Hello:
The Okeechobee Waterway is open all summer UNLESS the locks are closed
for repair or the water levels drop too low. Right now, water level is NOT a
problem, and barring some other sincerely stupid move by the Floria Water
Management Board, I suspect this will not be a problem this summer.
Lock maintenance is another matter entirely. This work is almost always
accomplished during the summer months, and there have been many times over
the last decade when the Okeechobee has been closed at least part of the
summer due to lock maintenance. Give the Army Corps of Engineers office in
Clewiston a call at 941-983-8101 and inquire about the possibility of lock
closures this summer. That should do the trick!
Claiborne Young
Watermark Publishing
Hello:
The Okeechobee Waterway is open all summer UNLESS the locks are closed
for repair or the water levels drop too low. Right now, water level is NOT a
problem, and barring some other sincerely stupid move by the Floria Water
Management Board, I suspect this will not be a problem this summer.
Lock maintenance is another matter entirely. This work is almost always
accomplished during the summer months, and there have been many times over
the last decade when the Okeechobee has been closed at least part of the
summer due to lock maintenance. Give the Army Corps of Engineers office in
Clewiston a call at 941-983-8101 and inquire about the possibility of lock
closures this summer. That should do the trick!
Claiborne Young
Watermark Publishing
