Waterway Advocacy and Infrastructure Policy

GICA advocates for improvements to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Coast Guard and state departments of transportation, and lobbies state legislatures and the U.S. Congress for continued maintenance and construction funding.

Policy positions

Positions are set through resolutions approved annually by the membership, including support for:

• Full funding of the inland waterways Capital Investment Strategy
• A permanent 75/25% Inland Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF) cost share
• Replacement of the IHNC, Bayou Sorrel and Brazos River/Colorado River locks

Coastal and shoreside development

GICA works to ensure that coastal protection and restoration projects and commercial and private expansion along the GIWW consider navigation needs from initial project development, and supports USACE community outreach on the IHNC Lock replacement.