LM dam crossing closed for 5 weeks

Public vehicle traffic across Lower Monumental Lock and Dam will be temporarily suspended Dec. 1 through Jan. 7 while maintenance crews clean river debris from the turbine intake trash racks, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, operations officials at the dam. This work requires the intake deck roadway to be closed to vehicle traffic, allowing workers to safely use a large mobile crane, said Lower Monumental Dam’s Chief of Operations Cody Crowder....