ITCS Memo# 2454 - ILLINOIS RIVER

To: RIAC
From: IRCA Chairman
Date: 12/23/06
Subject: ILLINOIS RIVER
ITCS Memo # 2454

ILLINOIS RIVER
UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER ISSUES THE FOLLOWING SAFETY ADVISORY:
DUE TO HIGH WATER CONDITIONS ON THE ILR, THE U.S. COAST GUARD SECTOR
UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN CONJUNCTION WITH IRCA AND THE ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS HAS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING SAFETY ADVISORY:
A. THE HIGH WATER WATCH PHASE OF THE IL WAP IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
WATERS OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER FROM MILE 50.0 TO MILE 129.0.
B. ALL TOWING VESSELS SHOULD PROCEED AT THE SLOWEST SAFE OPERATING
SPEED BASED UPON PREVAILING CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE WAKE
DAMAGE.
C. DUE TO HIGH RIVER LEVELS, DRIFT OF DEBRIS MAY BE AN ISSUE. AS A
RESULT, COTP UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER REMINDS ALL MARINERS TO USE
EXTRA CAUTION, AND TO BE ESPECIALLY VIGILANT DURING ALL BRIDGE
APPROACHS ALONG THE ILR DUE TO SWIFT CURRENTS.