Wed February 10, 2021 - Southeast Edition
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Construction crews work Feb. 3, 2021, at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is building a larger replacement lock at the Tennessee Valley Authority project. (Lee Roberts/USACE photo)
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will receive nearly $191 million for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project from funding revised and adopted by Congress. The money will go toward the next phase of work on the lock at the hydroelectric Chickamauga Dam, located on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Tennessee Congressman Chuck Fleischman announced on Feb. 3 that the funding has been appropriated for the project in the fiscal year 2021 budget.