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Gov. John Bel Edwards met with Baton Rouge area leaders to discuss updates on the University Lakes Restoration Project Monday. Edwards announced that work to restore the six lakes around LSU campus will begin this summer and some restoration efforts will be completed in December. Edwards first spoke about the need for a restoration of… Read More
Recently, First Selectwoman Jennifer Tooker joined Representative Jim Himes and Senator Richard Blumenthal as they took a boat tour of the Saugatuck River to survey conditions and announce $2.81 million in federal funding for proposed dredging activity. Also joining the tour were Police Chief Foti Koskinas and Public Works Director Peter Ratkiewich. First Selectwoman Tooker… Read More
This morning, Congresswoman Julia Brownley presented the County of Ventura’s Harbor Director Michael Tripp with a check for $15 million for the bi-annual maintenance dredging of the Channel Islands Harbor. This critical funding will meet the dredging needs at the harbor, which is essential to keeping the harbor open for industries that drive our local… Read More
Kahlotus, Wash. – Officials at Lower Monumental Lock and Dam are closing dam crossings to the public starting today in order to perform spillway maintenance. Public crossing will be closed until May 30. Normal crossing hours are once an hour, on the half-hour, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Public dam crossings… Read More
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $8.4 million contract to Cleveland-based Great Lakes Towing on April 20 for lease of the tugboat Don Raul to serve on the Great Lakes. The boat will primarily be used on Lake Erie between Buffalo, N.Y. and Toledo, Ohio, but may… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, began building emergency temporary levees in Valley City, North Dakota, yesterday, April 24. The Corps of Engineers awarded the nearly $1.6 million contract to Strata Corporation, Grand Forks, North Dakota, to protect low-lying areas within Valley City from flooding following the recent… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has begun preparing for the hurricane season in the Southeast with an extensive schedule of training and safety exercises throughout Georgia. The official Atlantic Ocean hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 with the peak threat period occurring between mid-August and October…. Read More
SACRAMENTO, California — Two Sacramento area projects were recognized for their excellence during an awards dinner as part of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Region 9 and San Francisco Section’s annual infrastructure symposium April 22 in San Francisco. The Sacramento District took home two prizes amongst 21 categories of California projects including 2021… Read More
PANAMA CITY, FL – Today, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) announced the U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a contract to begin construction of the fourth Heritage Class offshore patrol cutter (OPC), the future USCGC RUSH (WMSM 918). The OPC will form the backbone of the service’s future fleet around the globe. ESG has worked hard… Read More
Galveston, Texas — Oceanographer Bill Merrell will never forget the night he spent trapped inside a building in Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Ike slammed ashore in 2008. The storm caused $30 billion in damage. “Ike was probably a 30-year storm,” Merrell, who works at Texas A&M University, told CBS News. “There’s a lot worse storms… Read More
PLYMOUTH – A $25.2 million infusion of federal money will fund long-overdue repairs to the backbone of Plymouth’s barrier beach and allow the Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild thousands of feet of the stone dike that has stabilized Plymouth’s Long Beach for more than a century. The work, not scheduled to begin until at least next… Read More
The federal government plans to spend up to $62 million to shore up St. Augustine Beach and part of the coastline north of the St. Augustine Inlet following damage from a nor’easter. Jason Harrah, a project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announced the funding this week to St. Johns County commissioners. The funding will… Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Regulatory Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District is refining its process to emphasize review of Department of the Army (DA) permit applications and requests associated with pending DA permit applications beginning April 22, 2022. As of today, requests not associated with a DA permit application, including standalone… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District will temporarily close Columbia Lock and Dam (L&D) at Mile 117 to navigation on the Ouachita/Black rivers from May 9-17. During this time, district personnel will repair hydraulic lines that services the lock chamber miter gates and tainter valves. Repairs will require the… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is closely monitoring conditions in the Sheyenne River Basin and at Baldhill Dam, located near Valley City, North Dakota, in the wake of the recent winter storm, rain events and forecasted rain. Snowmelt from the historic, late-winter storm along with rain is forecasted… Read More