GLIN==> New Soo Lock Will Be Investment in America

A second Poe-sized lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan will be a
significant investment in America's future, and an outstanding return on
taxpayers' dollars was the message delivered today by a shipping
industry official at ceremonies marking groundbreaking for the coffer
dams that are the first step toward construction of the lock.  This
project creates "the economic equivalent of a small automobile plant,"
said James H.I. Weakley, 1st Vice President of Great Lakes Maritime Task
Force, the largest coalition ever to promote waterborne commerce on the
Great Lakes.  The project also provides "national security benefits and
economic stability for our mining, manufacturing and power-producing
heartland, "declared Weakley, who is also President of Lake Carriers'
Association, the trade association representing U.S.-Flag vessel
operators on the Great Lakes.'

See attached for more details.

 

Glen G. Nekvasil

Secretary

Great Lakes Maritime Task Force

   P:  440-333-9996

   F:  440-333-9993

   C:  216-702-6360

   E:  info at glmtf.org

 

 




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