Similarly, I was amazed at the lack of traffic on the Erie and Oswego canals
as we passed through them last summer. Based on what we saw, it is hard to
justify the cost to keep the locks open and channels dredged.

"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
The budget for maintaining the ICW has never been lavish. Now it's just
been cut a bit more...

One of the big problems I see is that the section between Beaufort NC
and Norfolk is going downhill. For much of the Atlantic, going offshore
isn't too terrible an option (*if* the inlets are passable)... but Cape
Hattaras is a deal breaker.

anchorlt wrote:
Salty Southeast Nautical Newsletter Supplement
(very long cut-n-paste spam snipped)

There was an article in Soundings recently about how much the commercial
traffic in the ICW contributes to the economy, and they noted that the
figures don't include recreational traffic. The question is, does the
ICW pay it's own way?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King