NOTICE TO NAVIGATION INTERESTS
NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT DATE: 01/16/2026 NOTICE NUMBER: 212879
ATTN: CEMVN-DE
7400 LEAKE AVENUE
NEW ORLEANS LA 70118-3651
HTTP://WWW.MVN.USACE.ARMY.MIL/
POC:
Jesse Adams 504-862-1061 Robert Swayze (504) 862-2062 LOCAL NUMBER: MVN 26-04
WATERWAY: IHNC LOCK
LOCK(S): GI 03
EFFECTIVE: 01/26/2026 06:30 thru 03/27/2026 17:30 CDT
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GUIDEWALL DEMOLITION OPERATIONS Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock

Mariners are advised that beginning on 26 January 2026 and continuing through 27 March 2026, the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock will be closed to navigation from 6:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, due to a U.S. Government Maintenance Unit performing demolition operations on the damaged sections of the riverend timber guidewall. 

//signed//


Sisung, Wesley M, Supervisor, Channel Survey Section