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The Soo Locks’ MacArthur Lock will open to marine traffic June 19, 2022, after completing a critical repair that took longer than expected. The MacArthur lock was set to reopen in late April but replacing the almost 79-year-old tainter valve machinery, original to the lock built in 1943, caused the closure’s 59-day extension. “The tainter… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is providing an additional 15 days for the public to comment on the Clean Water Act Section 401(a)(2) action related to the PolyMet/NorthMet mining project. Public comments may be submitted until June 30. PolyMet Mining, Inc., submitted a permit application to the Corps on July 16,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is hosting a virtual public meeting to kick off the Shenango River Lake master plan revision. The corps is seeking public input about environmental and recreational topics to consider while revising the master plan, which will guide the use of the lake’s natural resources for the next… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, awarded a $7 million contract June 10, 2022, to implement engineering solutions to protect key water infrastructure in the Gallinas Watershed, near Las Vegas, New Mexico, in response to the recent damage caused by the local wildfires. The contract was awarded to North Wind Site Services, LLC,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $4.75 million contract to Michigan-based Dean Marine Excavating on June 2, for repairs to the Oswego Harbor west arrowhead breakwater and the foundation of the Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse in Oswego. “The repairs to the breakwater and lighthouse foundations are essential to ensuring safe… Read More
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is providing $13.5 million in Waterway Improvement Fund grants to enhance and improve public boating access, facilities, and navigation throughout the state. This funding is awarded to 45 applicants statewide, supporting efforts that include new public boating access, amenities, and facilities; dredging of navigable waterways; emergency vessels and equipment for local… Read More
Cleaning up the largest and most contaminated site within the Canadian Great Lakes requires in-depth planning, dredging up layers and layers of historic pollution. But with the help of the Lieutenant General John Simcoe dredge, things are looking up for Hamilton Harbour. Wayne Harris, senior project manager with Milestone Environmental Contracting, discussed the methodologies involved… Read More
Thanks to $500,000 in new federal funding, a frequently flooded swath of Acadia National Park will get some shoring up to enhance its ecosystem — and use for recreation. “It looks beautiful but it’s not in good shape,” Acadia’s chief of natural and cultural resources, Rebecca Cole-Will, told the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission at its triannual meeting last… Read More
Port Tampa Bay (PTB) board members will gather next week (June 21, 2022) at the Joseph Garcia International Center to vote on a 3-year dredging contract with Orion Marine Construction, Inc. (Orion). For the last decade and a half, Orion has been dredging at Port Tampa Bay, removing over 100,000 cubic yards of sediment annually…. Read More
The Waterfire Dredging Project (the “Project”) consists of dredging approximately 35,000 cubic yards of a sand/silt material from the Providence River, Rhode Island starting at the Crawford Street bridge and extending to approximately the Point Street bridge. The dredging limits extend from bank to bank and will be four feet (plus 0.5 foot allowable overdredge)… Read More
Boaters in Great Kills Harbor will have a safer time navigating seas in the area thanks to funding for a new dredging program announced Monday. The $6.75 million investment from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge a nearby federal navigation channel comes from funds in the bipartisan infratructure act that President Joseph Biden… Read More
Dive Brief: Texas does everything big, and this applies to climate change adaptation as well. The state, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has proposed a $31 billion coastal barrier — the country’s largest civil engineering project ever — to protect Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast from storms and sea level rise…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Miami Beach Renourishment project will begin sand placement at the southern end of the Indian Beach Park section of the project (beginning at approximately 43rd Street) starting the week of June 13, 2022. “The Corps is working closely with its contractor and City of Miami Beach partners to minimize… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its updated Mississippi River Pool 6 draft dredged material management plan and Environmental Assessment, or EA, today, June 14. The updated draft plan describes what the Corps proposes to do with the dredged material, or river sand, near Winona, Minnesota, once it’s removed from the… Read More
NEW BREMEN – New Bremen Council learned at their Monday night meeting that the bid for a wastewater lagoon project was below earlier estimates. Also, council moved forward on the process to purchase a new leaf collection truck. Village administrator Brent Richter said contractor Synagro Central LLC of Baltimore, Maryland, submitted the lowest and best… Read More