Today, Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) released a white paper prepared by HDR titled Inland Navigation Construction Organization: A New Programmatic Approach for Delivering Major Projects. The paper outlines the necessity for creating a new integrated and programmatic Inland Navigation Construction Organization (INCO) within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to drive accountability and execute multiple inland waterways mega projects from inception to completion more efficiently, with an Inland Program Manager serving as the hub and conduit for information sharing.

The white paper is a follow-up to the Recommendations for Improving the Delivery of Inland Waterway Capital Projects report prepared by HDR in September 2025 for WCI. It examined how the Corps can address project delays and cost overruns, which have plagued the inland navigation construction program.