Commercial Barges On Mississippi Still Stopped By High Water

Barge traffic on the Mississippi River is usually heavy this time of year, but not this year.  It’s at a standstill because high river water levels have closed 10 lock and dams downstream from La Crosse.  The U-S Army Corps of Engineers is getting ready to do a lot more dredging to keep the river deep enough when the barges are moving again.  There’s no estimate when the traffic can resume yet.