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Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) wrote to Michael Connor, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, prior to the Army Corps Engineers finalizing their supplemental work plan for Fiscal Years 2022 through 2024, to ensure that “all proposed and ongoing projects in Florida receive full and… Read More
Nick-named “Old Banana Boat” by Marc Krumholz Congress authorized the 9-foot Navigation Channel to increase commerce on the river in 1930. Upon the project’s approval, the Corps of Engineers began constructing a series of 29 locks and dams from Minneapolis to St. Louis, creating the stairway of water for river traffic that exists today. Since… Read More
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., – The Soo Locks’ MacArthur Lock will close to marine traffic 7:00 a.m. Dec. 15, 2021 through 12:01 a.m. April 30, 2022 to perform critical maintenance. The Poe Lock will remain open until 11:59 p.m. Jan. 15, 2021 or until commercial traffic ceases, whichever occurs first. The operating season is fixed… Read More
LOWER TOWNSHIP — New life could be coming to a swath of marsh near Sunset Beach, under a proposal to restore tidal flow to Pond Creek. Aside from returning a wide area of the Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area to its previous habitat, the three-phase state project could allow more public access to the site,… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has granted Dare County access to up to 6.6 million cubic yards of sand from the Outer Continental Shelf to restore 11.6 miles of beachfront in Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills. Set to begin next year, the project is part of Dare County’s long-term shoreline-management… Read More
Audubon North Carolina and the Currituck Sound Coalition announced the release of a landmark Marsh Conservation Plan that identifies the complex web of threats facing Currituck Sound and offers a blueprint of how best to protect and restore this invaluable coastal ecosystem for wildlife and people. The extensive freshwater marshes of Currituck Sound are a globally rare… Read More
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund has approved six restoration projects and two amended projects totally $26.8-million. They’ll be administered by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. In making the announcement today, Governor Tate Reeves said the projects will be critical in his administration’s coastal restoration and preservation efforts. “One of my… Read More
Mild temps allow workers to finish containment pit so dredging can begin next week BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – You can see the work – but you really can’t see the work. Ten-foot berms block the view of passersby along Fort Madison’s riverfront. The occasional earth mover crawls over the berms, but… Read More
Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony signifying the completion of the cliff line erosion repair project on Naval Station Rota, Spain (NAVSTA Rota), Nov. 5, 2021. Started by Seabees in January 2018, the project is designed to stabilize the eroding cliff line along the NAVSTA Rota shorefront in… Read More
The top U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer in the southeast recently paid a visit to the City of Charleston to address the City Council about the agency’s ongoing study into coastal storm risk on the peninsula and provide city leaders with a clear path through the federal study, design and construction process. The visit… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – Terry Stanton began his career at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) more than 29 years ago, and in September, his hard work and service to the Army were recognized with one of the highest honors bestowed to employees–the Bronze Order of the de Fleury Medal. Stanton, a senior… Read More
Each year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District constructs projects for the military valued in the millions of dollars to support readiness, training and quality-of-life initiatives for service members in the Far North. For each of these endeavors, the agency works to meet sustainability goals by ensuring the construction practices and new… Read More
DETROIT- Monitoring the amount of water moving through the Great Lakes system is important to help forecast Great Lakes water levels and support international monitoring efforts. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials physically measure discharge, or flow, in the connecting channels using acoustic technology. Monthly flow in the connecting channels is the largest contributing factor… Read More
Manson Construction Company, Seattle, Wash., has been awarded a $16,945,950 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Work will be performed in Saint Marys, Ga., with an estimated completion date of May 7, 2022. Fiscal 2022 operation and maintenance, defense-wide funds in the amount of $16,945,950 were obligated at the time of the award. Bids were solicited… Read More
BUFFALO, NY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Buffalo District and its contractor, Akron-based SAF, Inc., completed substantial repair of a confined disposal facility in the eastern end of Lorain Harbor on October 13, 2021. Construction on the approximately $300,000 project began in August and returned the CDF’s earthen berm to its initial… Read More