Soo Locks gets new lock

A new Poe-sized lock will be built in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.The Senate passed America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 last Wednesday.Soo Locks connect Lake Superior to the four lower Great Lakes.About 90 per cent of approximately 80 tonnes of cargo passes through the Poe Lock. The other lock, the MacArthur, is too small for the most efficient vessels, Lake Carriers’ Association says.
The new lock is expected to cost $922 million and take seven years to build.“After more tha