The state of Michigan could pay $50 million to help upgrade the Soo Locks – that’s if the federal government takes the lead.
Gov. Rick Snyder, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley and some state lawmakers sent a letter to President Trump today pledging money to add another 1,000-foot lock between lakes Superior and Huron.
This would help get raw materials between Lake Superior and the other Great Lakes more easily.
President Trump made upgrading the locks a point of emphasis in speeches earlier this month.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates the total cost of an additional lock at around $900 million. Congress approved the plan to upgrade the locks back in 1986, but it was never fully funded.
