We have been notified Lockwood’s Folly, a portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in North Carolina, is experiencing severe shoaling and commercial traffic is being restricted to navigating only during high tides.  The result is that barges are waiting, sometimes for as long as 12 hours before navigating through the area. 

The Corps of Engineers does not have money in their budget to do emergency dredging to open up the waterway.  The situation is dangerous and totally unacceptable. 

I am asking you to contact your members of Congress today and ask them to provide emergency funds for the US Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District to dredge this area.   Go to the AIWA web site at www.atlintracoastal.org to locate your Congressional representatives.   Please use phone, email or fax to send your message.  Members of Congress need to hear from their constituents about this situation before it becomes worse.

I am asking all who receive this message to voice your concerns.  We need to make sure that our legislative leaders in Washington DC are aware of the far reaching effects of this situation.