New lock gets House of Representatives support

U.S. House of Representatives supports funding for a new freighter-sized lock in Michigan Sault.A bipartisan agreement was passed last Thursday.The legislation, approving $922 million for the 1,200-foot lock’s creation, now seeks Senate approval.“After 50 years of harsh winters and extraordinary maintenance, we need to build a second lock to be ready in case the one lock we have fails,” said U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Midland, in a statement. “We cannot afford a disrupti