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Reinforcing their sophisticated sand dune strategy to protect Key Biscayne’s shoreline, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials Wednesday presented their management study at a pair of virtual open house meetings to discuss the next 50-year protection plan. Officials gave details on three important parts of the project for Key Biscayne’s tentatively selected process, including: –… Read More
Jacksonville — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Nov. 15, 2020) – Jacksonville District announced public participation log-on instructions for two virtual Tampa Harbor, Florida Study presentations scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 18. The study focuses on the deep draft navigation channel and will investigate alternatives to improve ship vessel navigation efficiency, reduce transportation costs, and maintain safety in Tampa… Read More
Submitted for publication by Sevenoaks District Council Renewed efforts to secure funding to improve Bradbourne Lakes are being made by Sevenoaks District Council Working with the Kent Wildlife Trust, the council submitted a joint application on Friday, November 12 to the Heritage Lottery Fund for £550,000. If the application is successful, it will help fund… Read More
Lee County Board of County Commissioners approves state funding, will match a portion of funding The Lee County Board of County Commissioners voted to approve an approximately $2 million match to a $10 million grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for Lovers Key Beach nourishment which will lead to a total of $11,988,615.94… Read More
After 43 years, Rosemary Reilly is marking the end of an era. Reilly, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District’s Water Quality Unit lead, is closing out a landmark career that spanned more than four decades, earned numerous awards, built key partnerships, and served 18 district commanders. She began her career in 1978 as… Read More
Many people welcomed the news on November 5 when the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill that includes $2.5 billion in waterways infrastructure funding. Edward Belk Jr., P.E. has special reasons for welcoming it. Belk is director of programs for the Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division, and he oversees a lot of… Read More
Army Corps shipping channel navigation effort could have contributed. DULUTH – The Army Corps of Engineers will undertake an expensive study of Park Point’s longtime beach erosion issues. Duluth Mayor Emily Larson asked the federal agency last March to investigate whether its shipping channel navigation work could have caused erosion of the popular 7-mile sandbar,… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, continues to lower water elevations within its six Mississippi River Headwaters reservoirs in anticipation of winter conditions. Gull Lake, near Brainerd, Minnesota, is at 1,193.76 feet. The outflow is at 195 cubic feet per second, or cfs. The lake level is about… Read More
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 15, 2021– Black & Veatch announces that Randy Castro, president of the company’s federal business and a retired U.S. Army major general, will be awarded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) highest honor – the Gold de Fleury Medal – in recognition of his lifetime achievements and significant contributions to… Read More
Model run chosen as framework for future water control plan improves conditions for Central and South Florida communities he Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual is without doubt the most important water management effort we are working on in Central and South Florida for the next year. We’ve spent two years developing and working to meet… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation Signs Contract with Philly Shipyard, Inc. to Build the First Jones-Act Compliant Subsea Rock Installation Vessel for U.S. Offshore Wind Historic milestone for domestic offshore wind industry, will create hundreds of U.S. jobs. Major step in establishing U.S.-based rock supply chain for the offshore wind industry. Vessel expected to… Read More
The passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending package is setting off a mad dash from states and counties seeking federal funds to repair and replace the nation’s crumbling bridges, roads and ports. The legislation will deliver $550 billion of new federal investments to projects over the next five years. Many infrastructure plans have been… Read More
Woolpert collected bathymetric lidar data at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan under the previous Coastal Geospatial Services Contract. These data support benthic mapping to help manage and mitigate threats like erosion and increased nutrient influx. Woolpert will provide topo-bathy lidar data acquisition and processing, survey and GIS services, geospatial training and more under… Read More
North Carolina Department of Transportation crews will begin next week a yearlong facelift project on a Wrightsville Beach bridge. The outside eastbound lane of the South Banks Channel Bridge on Causeway Drive, or U.S. 76, crossing Banks Channel will be closed beginning at 9 a.m. Monday and is scheduled to remain closed until next fall,… Read More
Oak Island Town Council agreed Tuesday to changes in its contracts for ongoing beach renourishment. Council also agreed to continue negotiations with a company to replace the skateboard park destroyed by Hurricane Isaias in August 2020. Council agreed to two amendments to ongoing beach improvement projects. One change will pay contractors $145,000 for surveys of… Read More