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New Lock at the Soo Current total project cost $922.4 million (Fiscal Year 2019 Price Level) $241.6 million funded to date (25 percent funded) March 2020 • Construction of a new lock with dimensions equal to the Poe Lock (1,200 feet long x 110 feet wide) will provide much needed resiliency in the Great Lakes Navigation System. • Nearly all domestically produced advanced high strength steel used to manufacture products like automobiles and appliances is made with taconite (iron ore) that transits the Poe Lock. • A 30 day outage of the Poe Lock has a greater impact on the nation than a 30 day outage of any other USACE lock. • The New Lock is expected to provide annual benefits of $77.4 million and a benefit-cost ratio of 2.32 at a 7.0 percent discount rate. Artistic Rendering of the New Lock at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. IMPORTANCE The New Lock would eliminate the single point of failure in our Nation’s iron ore supply chain. The New Lock would eliminate the single point of failure in our Nation’s iron ore supply chain. Iron Ore Mines Steel Mill IRON ORE Major Routes and Receiving Ports Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Indiana Illinois Iowa Ohio Pennsylvania New York West Virginia Silver Bay Two Harbors Lake Erie Works Duluth/Superior Presque Isle Indiana Harbor Gary Burns Dearborn Toledo Ashtabula Cleveland Conneaut Detroit Algoma Dofasco SOO LOCKS Upstream Channel Deepening awarded Winter 2020 Upstream Channel Deepening awarded Winter 2020 N BUILDING STRONG ®

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Page 1: New Lock at the Soo Soo...New Lock at the Soo Current total project cost $922.4 million (Fiscal Year 2019 Price Level) $241.6 million funded to date (25 percent funded) March 2020

New Lock at the SooCurrent total project cost $922.4 million (Fiscal Year 2019 Price Level)

$241.6 million funded to date (25 percent funded)March 2020

• Construction of a new lock with dimensions equal to the Poe Lock (1,200 feet long x 110 feet wide) will provide much needed resiliency in the Great Lakes Navigation System.

• Nearly all domestically produced advanced high strength steel used to manufacture products like automobiles and appliances is made with taconite (iron ore) that transits the Poe Lock.

• A 30 day outage of the Poe Lock has a greater impact on the nation than a 30 day outage of any other USACE lock.

• The New Lock is expected to provide annual benefits of $77.4 million and a benefit-cost ratio of 2.32 at a 7.0 percent discount rate.

Artistic Rendering of the New Lockat the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

IMPORTANCE

The New Lock would eliminate the single point of failure in our Nation’s iron ore supply chain.

The New Lock would eliminate the single point of failure in our Nation’s iron ore supply chain.

Iron Ore Mines

Steel Mill

IRON OREMajor Routes and Receiving Ports

Michigan

Wisconsin

Minnesota

IndianaIllinois

Iowa

OhioPennsylvania

New York

West Virginia

Silver BayTwo Harbors

Lake Erie Works

Duluth/Superior

Presque Isle

IndianaHarbor Gary

Burns

Dearborn

ToledoAshtabula

Cleveland

Conneaut

Detroit

Algoma

Dofasco

SOO LOCKS

Upstream Channel Deepeningawarded Winter 2020

Upstream Channel Deepeningawarded Winter 2020

N

BUILDING STRONG ®

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• Upstream Channel Deepening: complete and manage construction• Upstream Approach Walls: complete design, award and manage construction contract • New Lock: continue design

• Upstream Channel Deepening – manage construction• Upstream Approach Walls – complete and manage construction• New Lock - complete design and advertise construction contract$50M remaining capability identified in fiscal year 2021• Upstream Approach Walls – manage construction • New Lock Chamber – year 2 of construction contract • Continue New Lock Chamber construction through completion

Ongoing Work:• Construction of Upstream Channel Deepening• Design of Upstream Approach Walls • Design of New Lock Chamber

Next steps upon receipt of further funding:• Award Upstream Approach Walls Construction Contract

(90% of upstream approach wall construction capability funded to date)• Continue design of New Lock Chamber

BUILDING STRONG ®

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE

Contact Information:Mollie Mahoney, Project Manager, (313) 226-2033 [email protected]: https://www.lre.usace.army.mil/www.facebook.com/USACE Detroit District

PROJECT STATUS

FUNDING

Fiscal Year Allocation/(Capability) Activities Funded/Capabilities

2018 $32.0M • Design and planning efforts• Downstream Channel Deepening construction completed • Sabin Lock Cofferdam construction completed

2019 $69.2M

• Complete Upstream Channel Deepening design and award construction contract• Complete Upstream Approach Walls design• Resume New Lock Chamber design

2020 $125.3M

2021 ($173.2M)

2022 ($156.9M)

2023-2030 ($474.0M)

FY2028 FY2029FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2026 FY2027 FY2030FY2019

New Lock Chamber

Design/Advertise,

Offer, Award

Construction

North

Completed

Work

NewLock

Chamber

Upstream

Approach

Walls

Prior to

Upstream Channel Deepening

Upstream Approach Walls

$32.3M Work Plan$36.9M State of MI

$75.3M Allocated

$123.2Min PBud Request

$50M Work Plan

** Early completion could be realized with approval of Continuing Contracts Clause, efficient funding and favorable weather conditions

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Deepening