ITCS Memo# 2246 - ILR REVISED SAFETY ZONE- ILR MM 87.0 TO MM 89.5

To: RIAC
From: IRCA Chairman
Date: 4/14/05
Subject: ILR REVISED SAFETY ZONE- ILR MM 87.0 TO MM 89.5
ITCS Memo # 2246

ILR REVISED SAFETY ZONE- ILR MM 87.0 TO MM 89.5
NAVNOTICE # 556

FROM ILLINOIS RIVER MILE 87.0 TO MILE 89.5, THE COTP ST. LOUIS,
IN CONSULTATION WITH IRCA, RIAC AND THE ACOE, HAS ESTABLISHED A
SAFETY ZONE WITH THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS:

A. ALL MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRANSITING
THE AREA. A RED BUOY MARKS SHOALING REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET
BELOW THE LEFT DESCENDING PIER OF THE HIGHWAY BRIDGE AND
APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET CHANNELWARD.

B. THE PILOT CHANNEL HAS BEEN DREDGED TO A MINIMUM OF A NINE FOOT
CHANNEL DEPTH AND HAS BEEN MARKED FOR NAVIGATION.

C. TOWS SHALL NOT MEET OR PASS WITHIN THE SAFETY ZONE.

D. ALL SOUTHBOUND AND NORTHBOUND TOWS SHALL NOT EXCEED 15 BARGES
AND ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION.