St. Lawrence Seaway expansion idea scrapped: report
Posted August 16, 2011 10:46 am.
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Canada and the United States don’t believe the St. Lawrence Seaway needs to be expanded to allow larger, ocean-bound ships to enter the system, according to a media report.
The Watertown Daily Times in New York state reported that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has officially scratched the expansion idea.
This comes nearly a decade after one of Corps’ own reports suggested additional study of possibly widening the waterway, deepening channels in the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes and constructing larger locks.
The Corps’ most recent report on the Great Lakes navigation system said those ideas will no longer be considered because both the U.S. and Canada feel expansion of the system is not warranted at this time.
Environmental advocates argued the changes to the Seaway would only exacerbate environmental destruction.
