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VICKSBURG, Miss. — Along the Florida coastline, forests of trees with a dense tangle of prop roots appear to be standing on stilts above the water. These trees, or mangroves, are not only magnificent to see, but are a key element in protecting coastlines and communities during coastal storms. Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer… Read More
The County Board voted this weekend on an agreement with the City of Alexandria to dredge Four Mile Run in order to help mitigate flooding. The neighboring jurisdictions will split the costs related to permitting, designing, construction, and dredging Four Mile Run, from around I-395 to the Potomac River. “It’s time for us to undertake… Read More
Most U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) districts have projects that can stretch hundreds of miles from their district’s physical location. Ensuring these projects are delivered on time, while upholding the high standards that USACE’s mission partners expect, can be a challenge. The USACE Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) is no exception. TAM projects are… Read More
HOUSTON, March 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes”) (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States announced today the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $90.3 million. The awarded work includes: Boston Harbor Navigation Improvement Project-Phase 3 (Capital, Massachusetts, $61.8 million) Rehabilitation Effort for the Panama City… Read More
Construction will begin this week on living shoreline demonstration projects in Topsail Beach to reduce soundside erosion and maintain valuable fisheries habitat. The town has partnered with the North Carolina Coastal Federation to install four shorelines. Restoration Systems will begin constructing the first phase of the living shoreline this week along Banks Channel, near the soundside public… Read More
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved more than $15.4 million to help the Town of Holden Beach restore sand and vegetation on the shoreline damaged by Hurricane Dorian in 2019. Funds for the project cover restoration of 555,000 cubic yards of beach sand and stabilization of 80,000… Read More
New Orleans, headquartered Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions reports that it has been awarded U.S. Navy contract worth $4 million that will see it utilize the 302-foot, 2013-built Harvey Deep Sea to provide ROV support and personnel to work in conjunction with Navy personnel is support of a special operations project in the U.S. Gulf of… Read More
The city manager is taking a deeper look. at the bid by Grubbs Emergency Services. PORT RICHEY — Months ago, Port Richey city officials balked at a bid for their long-awaited dredging project to improve boating on two channels. When only one bid came in and it was higher than the estimate, they rejected it…. Read More
Canadian ship repairer NewDock (St. John’s Dockyard Limited), St. John’s, Newfoundland, has been awarded a CAD20.7 million (about US$16.6 million) contract to complete Vessel Life Extension (VLE) work on the Canadian Coast Guard Ships (CCGS) Cape Roger and Cygnus. These two ships perform offshore patrol missions in support of international fisheries surveillance, and are available… Read More
Butomus umbellatus may conjure up images of a hippopotamus belly, but in reality, it is flowering rush, an aquatic invasive plant species that poses a grave threat to the Columbia River Basin’s aquatic ecosystems. Flowering Rush is not native to the Pacific Northwest and its eradication is a focus for the US Army Corps of… Read More
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia district is still accepting public and agency comments on a draft report that addresses the need for storm protection along a portion of the existing Cape May seawall, in the vicinity of Wilmington and Beach avenues. According to a release, in late February, the Army Corps… Read More
Targeted work includes historic masonry wall, eastern shore bluff areas The U.S., Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has released its project findings for the Old Fort Niagara Streambank and Shoreline Erosion Protection Study. A 735-page report represents the federal government’s response to the Lake Ontario shoreline erosion problems that threaten historically significant structures at… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will present at the Small and Disadvantaged Business Opportunities Council government procurement fair on April 26 at 1 p.m. This presentation will be part of a week-long virtual government procurement fair hosted by the Small and Disadvantaged Business Opportunities Council. The procurement fair… Read More
Move to allow EPA to conduct review required by Clean Water Act REGIONAL— Another major permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine near Hoyt Lakes has been suspended until further notice as a result of a court ruling. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has pulled the project’s wetland impact permit after the Environmental Protection… Read More
Maj. Gen. William H. Graham, deputy commanding general of civil and emergency operations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, visited the Moose Creek Dam on Feb. 19 while touring the organization’s northernmost flood control project. Col. Kirk Gibbs, USACE Pacific Ocean Division commander, and Col. Damon Delarosa, USACE Alaska District commander, accompanied the general…. Read More