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City Council approved an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers, allowing the Corps and its subcontractors to set up a location to offload dredged material into the city’s dredged material facility, which is currently under construction. City Manager Jim Hockaday said the agreement is the last item needed by the Corps to get the… Read More
The Delaware Inland Bays Program will receive $1.8 million in restoration funds as part of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to estuaries of national significance, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. “This funding is a valuable investment in equity, clean water and resilience for Delaware’s sensitive coastal shoreline,” said EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is dredging up public opinion about a proposed project in the Intracoastal Waterway. The Corps is soliciting comments on planned maintenance dredging in sections of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway or GIWW. The Corps’ stated objective is to maintain the safe navigability of the Intracoastal Waterway. The Corps’ additional goals… Read More
OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this year outlined its intention to increase the beneficial use of dredge material. Water injection dredging, a technique commonly used in Europe, offers one way to meet these new goals. HDR Senior Dredging Engineer Joe Wagner helped the only U.S. port to use this method so… Read More
Col. John P. Lloyd, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division, signed the updated Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering, or AMIE, program management plan at the NAD headquarters April 6. The update to the program management plan places focus on campus engagement and presence, aligns the plan with current USACE campaign… Read More
Two service gate liners will be replaced at Tuttle Creek Dam, near Manhattan, Kansas, later this year after damage was discovered during a routine dam inspection in Oct. 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District received funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL, and has awarded a $2.03 million contract for… Read More
The Sarasota County Commission has allocated $1.6 million to either dredge or install culverts at the former Midnight Pass area. Sarasota County taxpayers have already spent over $10 million on two failed attempts to obtain permits to dredge Midnight Pass. Dredging Midnight Pass would be expensive, environmentally damaging, and a waste of taxpayer money. The… Read More
Beaches along Delaware’s coast are being eaten away by climate change and erosion. But new funding could help create a solution before things get worse. Lawmakers and community members discussing plans today in Slaughter Beach. “They’re all just bandaids, we need that real nourishment,” said Bob Wood, Slaughter Beach Mayor. Slaughter Beach is just one… Read More
Bollinger Shipyards (“Bollinger”) today announced that the U.S. Navy has awarded the Lockport-based shipbuilder the detailed design and construction contract for the sixth Auxiliary Personnel Lighter–Small (APL(S)) 67 Class berthing and messing barge. Construction will take place at Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi and is anticipated to begin in the second quarter of 2023…. Read More
The 400-foot Delaware dredger is gobbling up sand at such a prodigious pace that most of the Plum Island replenishment project could be over by the end of the week, according to local and state officials. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working with Norfolk Dredging Company on the final stages of a… Read More
Greenwich Harbor is set to undergo much-needed dredging, thanks to a $500,000 federal grant awarded for the fiscal year 2023. First Selectman Fred Camillo announced the grant at a chilly gathering by the ferry landing in Greenwich Harbor with Senator Richard Blumenthal and Congressman Jim Himes as well as Selectwoman Lauren Rabin. Camillo welcomed everyone,… Read More
Park rangers across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District have been preparing for the upcoming recreation season throughout the winter months. “Recreation season provides us a platform to get out and do what we signed up to do. Park rangers love being outdoors and working with the public. This is the time when… Read More
Neches River forested floodplain buyouts, North Pleasure Island Shoreline restoration and Texas Point marsh conservation are among 12 Jefferson County projects that a state agency has included in its plan of key projects to receive funding. Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham on Monday announced that the Texas General Land Office had selected 121 projects, including 12 in… Read More
With all access roads now complete and construction contracts set to be awarded for two more reaches this spring, the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Levee Project is continuing to move toward a 2026 completion. During a “West Shore Wednesday” update streamed via Facebook Live, St. John the Baptist Parish President Jaclyn Hotard explained that the… Read More
Greer Island, also known as Beer Can Island, is set to get another facelift after a budget transfer was approved by Longboat Key town commissioners Monday. After an emergency dredge was completed last summer, extra sand from the project has been awaiting its new home on the Gulf side of the island. The sand will… Read More