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The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced on April 23 that work is underway on a $1.5 million project funded by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) at Morgan Shoal, the area off the lakefront between 47th and 51st Street. “The project at Morgan Shoal will supplement emergency protection measures that were completed early in… Read More
In 2020, three hurricanes – Hanna, Laura and Sally – left many along the Texas Coast holding their breath. In the tense hours before landfall, residents feared what might come. Each “near miss,” as many called them, brought critical flood and coastal resiliency to the forefront of conversations. It was the same conversation the U.S…. Read More
CLEWISTON, Fla. (April 14, 2021)—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District hosted it’s first-ever media day by inviting media from across the region to learn about projects, mission, and completion dates for south Florida projects including the rehabilitation of Herbert Hoover Dike and Lake Okeechobee. The four-hour event was planned in part by the… Read More
Derek Chow, deputy director, Department of Transportation, Harbors Division (DOTH) tells AJOT that the State of Hawaii has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the construction of a lock and dam system for the ship channel entrances to Honolulu Harbor to combat rising sea levels. In an April 20th email to the… Read More
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — US Rep. Fred Upton, R-District 6 announced the US Army Corps of Engineers has provided emergency funding to dredge the St. Joseph Harbor. The $500,000 in emergency funds will be used to deepen the channel into the St. Joseph River, Upton announced Monday. Upton said he requested the funding and that… Read More
During most off seasons, maintaining the Hurley takes a few months and a couple of crews to get everything done. This off-season was a bit different, as unexpected weather posed more obstacles than usual. Much of the south, including Memphis, Tennessee, was hit hard with frigid temperatures in mid-February this year. The last time Memphians… Read More
BOURNE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New England District announced today that repair work on the Sagamore Bridge is ahead of schedule and expected to be complete by Sunday, April 25, 2021. All lanes on the Sagamore Bridge are expected to be open for travel starting Sunday. Based on this accelerated timeline,… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced today that repair work on the Sagamore Bridge is ahead of schedule and expected to be complete by Sunday, April 25, 2021. All lanes on the Sagamore Bridge are expected to be open for travel starting Sunday.Based on this accelerated timeline, the… Read More
Nearly a year and a half after a powerful storm pummeled Chicago’s shoreline, repairs are still being made to damaged sections of the lakefront. A $1.5 million lakefront protection project is just getting underway between 47th and 51st Streets, a stretch of waterfront known as Morgan Shoal for the 400-million-year-old rock outcrop situated a few hundred… Read More
BOURNE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New England District announced today that repair work on the Sagamore Bridge is ahead of schedule and expected to be complete by Sunday, April 25, 2021. All lanes on the Sagamore Bridge are expected to be open for travel starting Sunday. Based on this accelerated timeline,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will increase Lake Okeechobee releases at the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam (S-79) from the current 1,000 cubic feet per second to 2,000 cfs beginning April 24. The increase is intended to help restart the lake recession following heavy rains that caused the lake to rise by… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has announced a contract solicitation to deepen the Ogdensburg Harbor, April 22 2021, to modify a 300 foot by 500 foot section of the federal channel to an authorized depth from 19 feet to 27 feet. The deepening and terminal expansion will allow two vessels to dock… Read More
OGDENSBURG — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, is seeking bids for dredging the Ogdensburg Harbor to modify a 300-foot by 500-foot section of the federal channel to an authorized depth from 19 feet to 27 feet. But city leadership is taking issue with the project. The deepening and subsequent terminal expansion will… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded a $53,910,509 firm-fixed-price contract to deepen and widen Mobile Harbor. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Irvington, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 18, 2022. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds; and fiscal 2021 civil… Read More
HARTFORD — The State Bond Commission this week approved the allocation of $140,000 in funding for two grants-in-aid under the Small Harbor Improvement Projects Program in Chester and Clinton. Those projects, a creek dredging, and an update of a key harbor management plan, will assist the municipalities in improving the infrastructure and management of local… Read More