Senator Kirk Leads Great Lakes Senators to Call for Investment in Great Lakes Navigation System Maintenance

by Gary Kopycinski on February 3, 2015

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WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), co-chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, led a group a group of Great Lakes senators in sending a letter on Friday urging the Army Corps of Engineers to invest in the infrastructure projects needed to ensure the Great Lakes navigation system continues to drive the region’s economy.