SAULT STE. MARIE, MI-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is including more than $32 million for construction of a new Soo lock in its 2019 fiscal year work plan.
The funds will be used to complete the design for and construction of upstream channel deepening. Officials say it’s the next big step in the project.
The next opportunity for funding to complete channel deepening and continue the design of the upstream approach walls and new lock chamber is the 2020 President’s budget.
Construction of the new lock is expected to cost nearly $1 billion. Officials say contingent on efficient funding, the Soo Lock project could be completed in as few as seven years.
