Due to required maintenance, the Dismal Swamp Canal on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) between North Carolina and Virginia has been shut off to vessel traffic.
Work crews from U.S. Facilities Inc. — the primary services contractor for Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — removed two South Mills Lock canal gates last week, assisted by subcontractors W.O. Grubb Crane Rental and Chesapeake Bay Diving Inc. The $525,000 rehabilitation project is expected to take 90 days.
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