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March 1, 2021 By David Murray
Barge traffic resumed on the Illinois Waterway as temperatures rose and the country’s midsection recovered from the polar vortex. Jeff Lebeau, assistant lockmaster at Starved Rock Lock and Dam, said February 24 was the first day that temperatures went above freezing.
According to Lebeau, floating pack ice at his lock and dam is still thick enough to require transiting towboats to use an assist boat. “The winch isn’t strong enough to pull cuts against the ice,” he told
The Waterways Journal.
The lock removed its 105-foot width restriction February 24 and went back to a 108-foot width.