The St. Joseph harbor dredging project is underway. With Roen Salvage Co. on site and dredging St. Joseph’s inner harbor this week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District said the delayed outer harbor dredging and beach nourishment project by is set to begin around Aug. 1. King Co., the company contracted for the… Read More
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District has extended the comment period to August 9, 2022 for all affected federal, state, and local agencies, affected Native American Tribes, other interested parties, and the general public to review and comment on the Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s (PCCA) Channel Deepening Project Draft Environmental… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District hosted a Ceremonial Signing for the Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) and Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to start construction of the Caño Martín Peña Ecosystem Restoration Project. The event was held on July 26,2022 at the Area Recreativa Jose Pepe Diaz (Pepe Díaz Trail Park), San Juan, Puerto… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, partnered with the City of Destin, Florida to carry out a harbor capacity study by counting vessels in the harbor, on the water, vessel slips, and parking spaces around the harbor area. The overall goal of the study is to establish a balance between the environmental health… Read More
A broken portion of John Day Lock and Dam’s upstream navigation lock gate has slowed river traffic through that portion of the Columbia River. U.S. Army Corps technicians found the damage to a lower guide wheel July 25, and closed the lock to river traffic. Engineers and operations staff will initiate limited lockages this evening… Read More
Austal USA was awarded a $156 million U.S. Navy contract option for the construction of two Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ships (T-ATS). With the award, the company is now under contract for four T-ATS having received awards for T-ATS 11 and 12 in October 2021. T-ATS will provide ocean-going tug, salvage, and rescue capabilities… Read More
In an Assumption of Command Ceremony held on July 22, at the Renasant Convention Center in downtown Memphis, Col. Brian D. Sawser assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Memphis District. Mississippi Valley Division Commander and Mississippi River Commission President Maj. Gen. Diana M. Holland presided over the ceremony. The assumption of… Read More
The Detroit Engineer District anticipates Phase 3 construction of the new lock chamber at Soo Locks on the St. Mary’s River between Lake Huron and Lake Superior will start this summer, following the July 1 award of a $1.068 billion contract award to Kokosing Alberici Traylor LLC. Kokosing Alberici Traylor LLC is a joint venture… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District announces the selection of Maurice Gilmore as the new chief of the Mat Sinking Unit (MSU). In his new position, Gilmore will oversee a crew of more than 300 personnel and manage the unit’s mission of sinking concrete mattresses along the Mississippi River to prevent erosion… Read More
BRIGANTINE — Reversing its decision to postpone dredging to the island’s St. George’s Thorofare until next year, the state Department of Transportation is squeezing the work in this year. As part of the plan, portions of The Cove are expected to be closed beginning next month, officials said last week. The waterway has been in… Read More
Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced $3.2 million in grants to six dredging projects through the Massachusetts Dredging Program, established to promote the strength and sustainability of the Commonwealth’s coastal harbors through support of saltwater dredging. The Dredging Program awards grants on a competitive basis, with a focus on shovel-ready projects that contribute to the economic… Read More
An emergency dredging project is set to begin and be completed by the end of August to restore navigability in the Murderkill River, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today. Permitted by and with modification approvals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and DNREC regulators, the project calls for removing approximately 52,000… Read More
Environmental groups are ringing alarm bells as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proceeds with planning what could be the largest coastal barrier project in the United States. In early June, the U.S. House approved a bill that would let the Corps move ahead with the $31 billion project intended to protect hundreds of miles of the… Read More
Miranda Rexford-Brown walked atop the slowly disappearing sandy bluff between the Arctic Ocean and the house her father built. The late-June wind frazzled her hair as she looked out at the shore-fast ice and the approaching coastline. “It gets our window wet,” Rexford-Brown said about the ocean. “And then the mist, it sprays our house.”… Read More
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) is awarding grants to 22 communities for Phase 3 of the Resilient Coastal Communities Program (RCCP). More than $1.14 million dollars will be made available for the completion of Phase 3. “Our coastal communities have seen the impacts of climate change firsthand,” said… Read More