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The Army Corps of Engineers is looking for public comment on a proposed beach nourishment project for the Dare County village of Buxton. The village applied to the Corps’ Wilmington District seeking authorization to dredge 1.2 million cubic yards of beach-quality sand from an offshore disposal site. The sand is to be deposited along a… Read More
Dare County has asked to dredge 1 million cubic yards of beach quality sediment from two offshore borrow sites to nourish about 2.5 miles of oceanfront shoreline in the village of Avon. The Army Corps of Engineers, which received the application from the county for the unincorporated village, has asked the public to submit comment… Read More
Funding for 60 Boating Access, Navigation, and Safety Projects in 19 Counties ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced $13.5 million in Waterway Improvement Fund grants for Fiscal Year 2022 to enhance and improve public boating access, facilities, and navigation throughout the state. The announcement—coming during the fourth day of the governor’s tour of the Eastern… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Houston, Texas, has been awarded a $24,292,116 firm-fixed-price contract for furnishing one fully crewed and equipped self-propelled trailing suction type hopper dredge on a rental basis. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, La., with an estimated completion date of October… Read More
More than two years have passed since the Army Corps of Engineers announced that only sand pumped from federal projects could be placed in Corps-maintained dredged material disposal sites, leaving local governments, marinas and private property owners the challenge to find land on which to put sand removed from clogged waterways. Since then, state and… Read More
St. Paul’s largest and arguably most overlooked lake is about to receive 400,000 cubic yards of dredge soil from the Mississippi River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday that it will use river soil to create six new islands in Pig’s Eye Lake, a 600-acre wetland area that sits across the river from… Read More
AVALON – Just weeks after completing emergency dredging in Princeton Harbor, Avalon Borough Council June 23 approved a contract with Mott MacDonald for permitting services and engineering services aimed at responding to unexpected shoaling in Pennsylvania Harbor. With the summer boating season underway, the borough will move as expeditiously as possible given the need for state approvals. Treating the… Read More
The work is expected to begin soon and may cause periods where boaters will not be able to traverse the area. EAST PATCHOGUE, NY — Suffolk County will begin an emergency dredge operation to remove a large sandbar left by severe storms at the mouth of the Swan River in East Patchogue, Legis. Robert Calarco… Read More
Brick Township has a “sunny day flooding” problem in neighborhoods on both its mainland and barrier island portions, and will dedicate $1.5 million in funding each year to see through numerous projects aimed at combating what has become a plague to residents. Mayor John Ducey announced his administration’s annual capital budget this week. For the… Read More
Off the coast of Oregon, Big Bertha moves in the water, inching toward land. Bertha, as her government creators to refer to it, is the result of three years of inter-agency planning. Her architects; some of whom work for the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; conscripted half of Portland District’s dredge fleet to scrape… Read More
Donjon Marine Co. Inc., Hillside, N.J., has been awarded a $24,464,820 firm-fixed-price U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract for maintenance dredging. Work will be performed in Staten Island, N.Y., with an estimated completion date of October 7, 2021. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Fiscal 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 and… Read More
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, and its contractor, Kovilic Construction Company Inc., RECENTLY began repairs of the Vermilion Harbor east pier, located in Vermilion. The current $1.825 million contract was awarded on Sept. 30, 2020. The Corps of Engineers is using available funds to repair 216 feet of the… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two federal agencies are partnering to pursue more offshore wind energy along the Atlantic Coast, though much of North Carolina’s coastline doesn’t seem to be involved. Meanwhile, state officials are pursuing similar plans. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued an announcement June 14 they’ve… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss.— Indu Shukla, a computer scientist at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), was recently chosen for the Asian American Most Promising Engineer of the Year Award, which is presented each year as part of National Engineers Week. “Winning this award to me is just absolutely phenomenal,” Shukla said. “I didn’t expect… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently signed a cost sharing agreement with the Red Lake Band to study the feasibility of constructing a fish passage in Red Lake and restoring adjacent habitat in the Zah Gheeng marsh in Clearwater County, Minnesota. The study will assess the hydrology… Read More