WARSAW, Ky.
Army Corps of Engineers officials say a gate failure at the Markland Locks and Dam is slowing Ohio River traffic.
Corps spokesman Todd Hornback says a 250-ton gate segment fell into the water Sunday morning. The failure forced the shutdown of the locks that span the river between Kentucky and Indiana until a smaller auxiliary lock could be opened later that night.
Hornback says traffic was moving slowly Monday morning. He says its taking about 90 minutes, or three times as long as normal, for a standard-sized barge to pass through the auxiliary gate.
Hornback says federal funding was recently approved to replace the gates, but installation wasn't planned until 2011. He says he doesn't know if the gate failure will affect that timetable.
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