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President Biden has nominated Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan to serve as Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. If confirmed by the Senate, Fagan would serve as the first woman to be promoted to a 4-star rank in the U.S. Coast Guard. She would serve as the 32nd Vice Commandant. Fagan currently serves as… Read More
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI — A long-term project to construct a new lock at Michigan’s Soo Locks facility is set to resume this week after a winter break. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday that the project is on schedule as construction resumes on phase one and preparations begin for phase two. Trade… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced today upcoming temporary road closures on Netherlands Road as dredging activities continue to progress on Phase 2 of the $36.5 million Muddy River Flood Risk Management project in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. Temporary road closures have been delayed and will now take… Read More
Lake Okeechobee discharges will resume in short bursts over two days this week so government scientists can study the flow of sediment that pollutes coastal estuaries. Tuesday’s release from the Moore Haven Lock & Dam to the Caloosahatchee River does not concern the Treasure Coast, but Wednesday’s release from the Port Mayaca Lock & Dam… Read More
PORT MAYACA, Fla. (CBS12) — Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District will execute a temporary, minor deviation to the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule April 20-21 as part of the ongoing study by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to find ways to indirectly measure sediment and nutrients transported… Read More
Weeks Marine, Cranford, N.J., was awarded a $7,551,500 firm-fixed-price contract for monitoring, observing and relocating endangered species. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Brazos Island, Texas, with an estimated completion date of July 5, 2021. Fiscal 2021 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $7,551,500… Read More
The Dutra Group, San Rafael, Calif., was awarded a $19,607,500 firm-fixed-price contract for West Coast dredging projects. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Portland, Ore., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 15, 2021. Fiscal 2021 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $19,607,500 were… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. (April 14, 2021) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Engineering With Nature (EWN®) initiative has selected The Water Institute of the Gulf to analyze how the federal benefit-cost analysis, used to select projects for construction, can more fully account for nature-based project benefits to the economy, environment and our communities…. Read More
SALISBURY — The town manager expects to ask voters for a little help with a beach replenishment project next month. A total of $19 million has been included in the federal fiscal 2022 budget to dredge sand from the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers. More than 220,000 cubic yards of Merrimack River sand has been claimed for the rebuilding… Read More
After an initial delay, the contested $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency Project is set to break ground in the coming days. All against a backdrop of legal filings and vociferous community opposition. “Building a recovery for all of us means fighting climate change and investing in resilient communities,” Mayor de Blasio stated in a… Read More
I had NO IDEA so much went into repairing our dunes! More than getting the project funded and approved, the sand selection (if not dredging the sand from the ocean floor) is super specific. The Toms River Township Council approved a contract this week for $438,525 to repair the dunes that were badly damaged in… Read More
The city of Portland has received state and federal approvals that bring it a step closer toward dredging piers, wharfs and waterfront properties in Portland Harbor. Green lights from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, announced Thursday, allow Portland and its partners to build a “confined aquatic disposal… Read More
Nearly 11 years after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is preparing to bid out the marsh restoration project on Barataria Bay, La. According to NOAA, the lead federal agency on the Barataria Bay project, the explosion killed 11 people, injured 17 others and… Read More
This project will also provide a benefit to boaters in Hurricane Pass by dredging and removing excess sand. DUNEDIN, FL — The Florida Park Service is undertaking a resource management project to restore approximately 150,000 cubic yards of sand onto a portion of the beach at Honeymoon Island State Park. Tides passing through “Hurricane Pass”… Read More
MOUNT PLEASANT — The Army Corps of Engineers will adjust where it will place sediment to renourish the Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary after a continuous push from the town. The Corps thought it had reached a compromise with Mount Pleasant in 2018 after agreeing to shift the sediment to the southeast, but leaders remained unsatisfied…. Read More