The work has been completed as far as I know. You cannot get out on the locks to fish like in the past. They have a fence put up to keep you off. Not even sure that a non emergency person can even operate the locks. Havent been there in a month so cant say about the barges but would imagine that with all this ice that it would be almost impossible to move them downriver. Planning a trip soon, been going crazy waiting for the thaw.