Great Lakes Waterway

L.B. Foster Awarded $7 Million USACE Soo Locks Construction Project

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Great Lakes Waterway, St. Marys River, Waterways, Bodies of water, Canada–United States border, Water transport infrastructure, Soo Locks, Sault, Lock, Water, Soo, United States Army Corps of Engineers

Foster Company (the Company) (NASDAQ: FSTR) has been awarded a $7 million subcontract to supply infrastructure materials for the rehabilitation of existing upstream approach walls for a new lock at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Soo Locks Complex in Sault Ste.

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  • Foster Company (the Company) (NASDAQ: FSTR) has been awarded a $7 million subcontract to supply infrastructure materials for the rehabilitation of existing upstream approach walls for a new lock at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Soo Locks Complex in Sault Ste.
  • Foster and major supply partner, Gerdau, managed the delivery of the piling beginning in spring 2021, with installation estimated to be completed in 2023.
  • Approximately 80 million tons of commercial commodities pass through the Soo Locks annually.
  • Foster Company and its subsidiaries provide products and services for the rail industry, and solutions to support critical infrastructure projects.

Southwestern Ontario residents to be better protected against extreme weather events and flooding

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Canada–United States border, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Waterway, International rivers, St. Clair River, Sarnia, Saint Clair, Lake Huron, Borders of Canada

The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority will rehabilitate the shoreline at select locations along Lake Huron and the St. Clair River.

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Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Economic Impacts Study Results Released

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Transport, Water, Great Lakes Waterway, Saint Lawrence Seaway, Water transportation in the United States, Great Lakes, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation

WASHINGTON, July 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --The Great Lakes Seaway Partnership announces the release of Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, a year-long study of the economic impacts of the entire Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway navigation system.

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  • WASHINGTON, July 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --The Great Lakes Seaway Partnership announces the release of Economic Impacts of Maritime Shipping in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, a year-long study of the economic impacts of the entire Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway navigation system.
  • The study reports that in 2017 maritime commercesupported:
    The study also highlights the specific economic benefits of key navigation infrastructure, such as the St. Lawrence Seaway locks and the Soo Locks.
  • The study reports that in 2017:
    92,661 jobs were generated by cargo transiting the St. Lawrence Seaway locks
    "This report validates what we've long known that the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway is crucial to the US economy," says Craig H. Middlebook, Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
  • * The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System includes impacts of domestic and international cargo that has travelled at some point through the Great Lakes, its connecting rivers and the St. Lawrence Seaway (ending at St. Lambert Lock in Montreal).