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BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Four dredging projects slated for coastal Maine communities will improve safety and navigation for commercial fishermen and others, the state’s two senators said. The projects are in Ogunquit, Scarborough, Milbridge and Bar Harbor. The projects total about $18.5 million and they were included in the Amy Corp of Engineers work… Read More
The Wareham River in East Wareham is set to be dredged for the first time since 1953, thanks to funding secured at the federal level through the Nov. 2021 Infrastructure Bill. The Wareham Department of Natural Resources reported that the dredging of the river was funded as a navigational project. Expected funds will total nearly… Read More
We had some very good news this week out of Washington, D.C.: An $8.3 million funding allocation in the federal infrastructure bill to dredge the lower Newport Harbor. It is the final piece of the funding needed to restore the lower harbor to its original channel depths, which will maintain navigational safety, and improve harbor… Read More
In October 2018, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, in partnership with the non-federal sponsor, Walla Walla County, began a General Investigation (GI) study on the Mill Creek Flood Control Project. The purpose of the study was to address the risks Mill Creek presents to the community of Walla Walla, Washington, and… Read More
Congressional transportation policymakers recently announced plans to kick off consideration of legislation aimed at improving the country’s transportation waterways. An update of the Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, would pave the way for the approval of billions of dollars for programs centered on flood protection, port dredging and environmental protection. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.),… Read More
(AP) – The Biden administration on Wednesday announced the release of $14 billion to the Army Corps of Engineers to fund 500 projects, with a focus on easing supply chain problems and addressing climate change. The spending stems largely from President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure deal, and the administration is trying to show how… Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 20, 2022) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates locks across 14 dam projects crisscrossing the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers and their reservoirs. The Tennessee River flows for 652 miles, with locks providing safe passage for barges and other commercial vessels from Knoxville, Tennessee to the Ohio River at Paducah, Kentucky…. Read More
WASHINGTON – The Times Beach Nature Preserve, a 55-acre site on Buffalo’s Outer Harbor that has been battered into disuse by frequent storms in recent years, will be restored thanks to one of the first local outlays from last year’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal. Rep. Brian Higgins, a Buffalo Democrat, announced Wednesday that the… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received $12 million for three water supply and sanitary sewer infrastructure projects in northern and eastern North Dakota in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, Plan released this week. The three projects included in the plan are the city of… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received $61 million to complete the Maple Diversion Channel and levees north of city of Minot, North Dakota’s City Hall in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Plan released today. This project is a part of the much larger Mouse River Enhanced Flood… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received $437 million to complete work on the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Flood Risk Management Project in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, Plan released today. This project is intended to provide flood risk management for the more than 230,000 people and… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on its draft feasibility report and integrated environmental assessment for the proposed Lower Otter Tail River restoration project in western Minnesota. The proposed project, planned in collaboration with the Buffalo-Red River Watershed District, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and… Read More
Some $20.8 million in funding from the recent federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has been designated for Massachusetts projects by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including two projects in the western part of the state. The bulk of the funding announced this week will be used for repairs to the Cape Cod Canal… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced today that that the New Bedford Hurricane Protection Barrier in New Bedford and Fairhaven, Massachusetts, will be offline for routine operations for up to three months beginning Jan. 24, 2022, so operators can conduct routine inspections and complete a variety of maintenance… Read More
