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Funding will help complete planning for 50-year replenishment project The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will allocate an additional $1.5 million for the planning, engineering and design of a federal sand project expected to beef up beaches in Encinitas and Solana Beach for the next 50 years, Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, announced Friday…. Read More
20-10i Channel Maintenance Dredging Potter 27JAN21 Update
RICHMOND, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — A boat landing that normally gives people access to the James River will be closed temporarily beginning next week. The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources says Osborne Landing will be closed between Jan. 25 and March 1. According to a release, the closing will allow for dredging of sediment that… Read More
Shive-Hattery, Fyra Engineering and Barr Engineering Company, were among the three out-of-state firms that proposed their statement of interest plans to lead a future Lake Mitchell dredging project. Three engineering firms seeking to lead a future Lake Mitchell dredging project pitched their proposals to the city on Thursday. Shive-Hattery, Fyra Engineering and Barr Engineering were… Read More
U.S. Representative Clay Higgins, who represents most of Acadiana in Congress, has announced federal funds that are being made available for dredging and waterway projects, as well as community health centers across the region. First, over $600,000.00 is being made available in supplemental funding for three 3rd District community health centers as part of the… Read More
Nearly $100 million awarded to 24 communities impacted by Irma BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Governor Ron DeSantis announced that nearly $100 million has been awarded to 24 communities impacted by Hurricane Irma through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s (DEO) Rebuild Florida Infrastructure Repair Program. The program, administered by DEO, helps communities fund infrastructure restoration… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is already hard at work dredging the Mississippi River to a depth of 50 feet. The dredging is being performed to allow super-sized ships called Panamax and Post-Panamax vessels to make their way up the Big Muddy as far as Baton Rouge—as long as they fit under bridge crossings…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, received an additional $56.02 million boost for fiscal 2021, including funds for oyster restoration, beach renourishment in Ocean City, the dredging and south jetty rehabilitation of Fishing Creek in Calvert County, completion of engineering and design work to restore James and Barren islands, and more. This funding… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bipartisan bill authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) – the top Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee – to address rising water levels and shoreline erosion in the Great Lakes has been signed into law. The new law provides support for local communities facing rising water levels,… Read More
PITTSBURGH – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District, announces its Fiscal Year 2021 Work Plan includes an additional $57.4 million for the civil works program. Total appropriations for FY21 from all sources are expected to be approximately $166 million. The plan provides $22 million to initiate construction for the Upper Ohio Navigation Project,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted a $22 million Construction New Start award to the Upper Ohio Navigation Project to finish the pre-construction, engineering and design phases of the project and to kickstart its construction. The $1.8 billion endeavor, set to take seven years to complete, will upgrade a series of locks along… Read More
The General Service Administration has awarded a contract to lease space in the historic Hens & Kelly Building – currently the Mohawk Building, allowing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District offices to relocate the main district office. The current campus located at 1776 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY has deficiencies that required researching locations… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District received a total of $140,542,000 in the Fiscal Year 2021 Work Plan to complete projects across the District’s area of responsibility. This includes the $34,405,000 the District had already received in the Fiscal Year 2021 President’s Budget. “The Buffalo District is grateful for the large investment into… Read More
Harbors at North Carolina’s ports may now be maintained year-round under a new agreement between the state and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The North Carolina Division of Coastal Management recently approved the Corps’ request to eliminate the seasonal dredging window at the ports in Morehead City and Wilmington. The Corps may clear the… Read More
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) today reported that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is directing an additional $63.6 million in FY2021 funding to Mississippi for work on 17 projects, including $9.2 million for pre-construction project planning and related activities, and to acquire mitigation lands for the new, recently approved Proposed Plan for the Yazoo… Read More