The Oregon Transportation Commission approved a $418,000 Oregon Department of Transportation grant to maintain and operate Willamette Falls locks and canal five days a week during the 2006 and 2007 boating seasons.

 

$100,000 of the grant, which was from Federal transportation enhancement funds dedicated to historic transportation facilities, came from public and private interests who participated in the Locks Funding Task Force facilitated by Oregon Solutions and convened by former Sen. Verne Duncan.

An agreement for locks preservation, maintenance, operations and funding sources were in place before October 1, 2007. Lock Fest on September 22, 2007  featured the signing ceremony for that final agreement.

Updated 6/25/10