date:Jul 14, 2014
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There have been no major objections to the timing of the lock project, which was announced this spring, said the Army Corps' Illinois River operations manager, Mike Zerbonia.
A month-long break between the project's two phases will allow cargo backed up by the closure to pass.
Repair work is needed to replace several worn components of the lock, which opened in 1960 and continues to operate with many original components.
If a part of the lock and dam structure known as a sheet pile cell w