Overview
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday it will restart work on the Brandon Road Interbasin Project and shift management from its Rock Island, Illinois office to its Detroit district.
- Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle said Illinois was an unreliable partner and cited delinquent payments and missed real estate commitments.
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker rejected the claims, calling the move a political stunt and warning that Illinois may sue because the state owns the project site.
- Reporters asked whether previously frozen federal funds are now fully available and when construction will accelerate, and the Corps did not provide answers before publication.
- The barrier near Joliet would combine an electric field, loud acoustic blasts, a bubble curtain and a flushing lock to stop invasive carp at a river choke point that guards the Great Lakes’ fishing and recreation economy.