 In October, the tows were limited to six barges (two wide and three deep)..The 2019 flood deposited about 1.5 million cubic yards of sediment into the waterway, As of February 2020, barge traffic remained limited by tow size and restricted to daylight hours-only due to sediment, The corps expects to complete the dredging of sediment by late May 2020.The growth of business along MKARNS has greatly increased congestion at the locks.