The Waterways Council which is part of the Rebuild Rural Coalition sent a letter to the Biden administration asking that it make sure to put enough resources for rural needs into its infrastructure plan. Waterways Council President and CEO Tracy Zea says there are 15 inland waterway projects waiting to be built that they want funded.

He says the navigation ecosystem sustainability program fits in perfectly with President Biden’s infrastructure agenda.

Zea expects Congress to start working on economic recovery in the near future and his group wants them to include infrastructure funding in that.

Zea says while there are 240 locks and dams that need modernization, their focus is on 15 primary projects that need to go forward.