One human lifetime. That’s how long we’ve been debating whether the lock of the Industrial Canal should be widened — “we” meaning shipping interests, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and residents of ...

A controversial federal project to replace the lock on the Industrial Canal in New Orleans has ballooned in cost — from under $1 billion to nearly $5 billion — even as opposition builds among those ...

The lock, which began operating in 1923, is situated where the Mississippi River intersects the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, a 1,300-mile inland system of system of channels and tributaries running ...

The New York State Canal Corp. won't agree to any restoration work on the original Erie Canal locks in the city if it interferes with current canal operations, the committee leading the project was ...