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Sand piles at Homer and Latsch Island aren’t going anywhere under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) new draft plan for managing dredge sand around Winona; however, there are some new options for sand disposal. The USACE released the revised plan last Tuesday and is holding a public open house on it this Wednesday… Read More
The Louisiana Legislative Auditor contends the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is not complying with requirements to monitor federal funds it disperses, though agency officials disagree with that assessment. Louisiana Legislative Auditor Mike Waguespack issued an audit report last week that examined CPRA finances, internal controls over financial reporting and compliance and whether the agency… Read More
The Navy has awarded Austal USA a $128 million contract to design and construct a new auxiliary floating dry dock, marking a major win for the company’s newly opened steel facilities and adding precious maintenance capacity for the service. “Combined with our contract for the [towing, salvage and rescue ship] program, the [Auxiliary Floating Dry… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District plans to execute a minor deviation June 22 that will release water from the lake as part of an ongoing sediment study by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The releases will affect only the Julian Keen, Jr. Lock… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will have four temporary closure periods at Lock and Dam 5A near Fountain City, Wisconsin, from July 19-28, to replace the lock chamber’s miter gates. The lock will be closed to all traffic, commercial and recreational, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., July 19, 21, 26… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Albuquerque District announced today that it has scheduled a block release of water from Santa Rosa Lake to start Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at 8:00 am. The Bureau of Reclamation, acting on the behalf of Carlsbad Irrigation District, requested the 14,500 acre-feet release. Carlsbad Irrigation District owns the… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District’s Lake Shelbyville and Mark Twain Lake were recently awarded the National Fish Habitat Partnership Bass Pro Shops U.S. Open Grant to improve fish habitats at the respective project sites. The projects funded through this opportunity are high-priority focus areas of the Reservoir Fish Habitat Partnership. The grants… Read More
MADEIRA BEACH — A multi-year effort to save John’s Pass from silting in with beach sand is moving forward, now that the state included more than $1.5 million in next year’s budget to address the issue. “We have a large sand problem that has been festering inside John’s Pass for nearly my entire lifetime,” Capt…. Read More
Happy 247th Birthday to the US Army Corps of Engineers! Our nation established the Continental Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 247 years ago, beginning a rich heritage of engineering solutions to this nation’s toughest challenges. This week we set aside time to celebrate the continued courage, honor and loyalty of our soldiers… Read More
The U.S. Navy announced Thursday that Fincantieri Marinette Marine is on contract to build a third Constellation-class Frigate, the future USS Chesapeake. This announcement follows last month’s successful critical design review of the first-in-class FFG-62, which is nearing the start of construction. The value of this contract option is approximately $536 million. According to a… Read More
HII (NYSE:HII) announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $240 million, cost-plus-fixed-fee advance procurement contract from the U.S. Navy to provide long-lead-time material and advance construction activities for amphibious transport dock LPD 32. The ship will be the 16th in the San Antonio class constructed at Ingalls Shipbuilding. “Our shipbuilders are proud to continue… Read More
Col. Robert A. Hilliard transferred command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District to Col. Christopher D. Klein in a formal change of command ceremony at district headquarters in Vicksburg, Mississippi, today. Klein comes to the district from Springfield, Virginia, where he graduated from the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource… Read More
Lt. Col. Colby K. Krug, a Buffalo, NY native and a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District from Lt. Col. Eli S. Adams on June 17. Krug will lead the district’s nearly 300 team members, responsible for projects in 16 commercial… Read More
Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, Commanding General, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and 55th Chief of Engineers, recently signed the New York & New Jersey Harbor Deepening and Channel Improvements (NY&NJHDCI) Chief’s Report. The Port of New York and New Jersey is the busiest container port on the East and Gulf Coasts and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District (USACE) announces a 45-day public comment period for the Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project Third Revised Draft Project Implementation Report and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (PIR/SEIS). Comments are due Monday, August 1, 2022. The report, along with information about the project and instructions on how to provide comments,… Read More