Big news in a years-long debate over the future of the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam as President Joe Biden signed the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 into law on Saturday.

We are one step closer to the finish line, and I have no doubt that our district shares my excitement,” Rep. Rick Allen said.

The Corps could remove the dam, but the river pool was not to drop below the level it was in 2016 when the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act was passed, which is 114.76 feet ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed replacing the lock and dam with a rock weir fish passage that would have dramatically lowered the pool of water in the Savannah River between Augusta and ...

The New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam hasn't seen commercial transport since the late 1970s and was formally deauthorized in 2016. It's now become a favored fishing spot.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a district court’s opinion in the 2019 case of New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, remanding the issue of fish passage near ...

The Corps of Engineers proposes to remove the New Savannah Bluff lock and dam, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of Augusta, and replace it with a series of rock weirs that would allow fish to ...

RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers argued before a Fourth Circuit panel Friday for the reversal of an injunction blocking the removal and replacement of the aging Savannah Bluff ...