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The dream of having an inland port and intermodal facility in Crawford County is a step closer to becoming reality with work completed on both an environmental assessment and design of the port, according to Sen. Mat Pitsch, R-Fort Smith. The Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority (WAIA) announced in April 2020 it had applied for and… Read More
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, in coordination with local partners, is installing danger signs along several check dams associated with its southern New York flood risk management projects. These dams can pose serious safety risks to the public when they are used recreationally. Check dams reduce water flow velocity… Read More
EAST CHICAGO — The ongoing effort to remove sediment from the Indiana Harbor Ship Canal is on pause for three years, an official said. Approximately 1.7 million cubic yards of sediment has been dredged from the canal since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began overseeing dredging operations in 2012. Henry Rodriguez, the East Chicago… Read More
The Memphis District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate a fully functioning stormwater ditch replacement project in the New Madrid, Missouri area, on Apr. 12, 2021. A $3.4 million contract was awarded for two work areas to Tarpan Construction LLC., on Aug. 29, 2019. “The project consisted of replacing three stormwater ditches adjacent to the… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — The Emerald Isle beach nourishment project is nearing the halfway point, with 4.1 of 9.4 miles complete as of the end of the day Thursday. “Nourishment is complete all the way from Sound-of-the-Sea condominiums to Elizabeth Street (roughly 21,800 linear feet),” Carteret County Shore Protection Office Manager Greg Rudolph said in an… Read More
In March, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army and 54th Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was getting ready for a well-deserved retirement after having served in the high-profile position since 2016. Then the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic came into focus. “I was going to… Read More
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – In recent months, boats have been getting stuck in shallow sand off Bradenton Beach, and Manatee County is set to solve that problem in early April by dredging the Sarasota Bay. “You could be going at a pretty high speed, then all of a sudden, sand. And you’ve got to slow… Read More
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal agency announced Wednesday it has awarded a contract to rebuild its port facility in Ketchikan, work state leaders called overdue. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it awarded an $18.8 million contract to Ahtna Infrastructure and Technologies, LLC for the project, which includes upgrades such as a new… Read More
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand are calling on the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to direct available funding toward an emergency dredging of Barcelona Harbor in the town of Westfield. Citing recent storms that have washed sediment over the break wall, the channel has increasingly shallowed. Schumer and… Read More
Rochester, N.Y. – Repairs on Rochester’s Summerville Pier are expected to resume this month. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says repairs to pier lighting and the concrete cap should be completed by next month. The agency is using funds that are currently available to repair about 600 feet of the Rochester Harbor east pier…. Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District has begun 24-hour surveillance of flood control structures at Arkabutla Lake due to high water. High water levels have also closed the following roads and areas at the lake: the dam road; Baker Road; Highway 51 Landing; Highway 51 East Access; Dietchman’s Road Access;… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. — Making its way through the murky waters and swift current of the Mississippi River at the Vicksburg riverfront, the Research Vessel Martin looks like any other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey boat. However, there is one major difference. The inland survey vessel has been converted into a semi-autonomous craft, making it… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $67 million contract to Industrial Builders Incorporated of West Fargo, North Dakota, to complete the Interstate 29 grade raise portion of the Fargo, North Dakota / Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, April 9. This project consists of a grade raise of… Read More
Boaters may use the shoreline on the left side of the boat ramp to load and offload safely. From the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce: April 7, 2021 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will temporarily close the courtesy dock adjacent to the boat ramp at the W.P Franklin Lock and Dam… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBS12) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will stop advance releases starting Saturday that it has been making under the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Harmful Algal Bloom deviation. Releases to the Caloosahatchee will be reduced to 1,000 cubic feet per second as measured at the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam… Read More