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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District is urging boaters to use caution as construction of the submerged stone wall at the entrance to Shipping Slip 3 on the Outer Harbor begins. Buoys that marked the submerged wall have been removed, allowing Ryba Marine Construction Co. to finish placement of additional bedding stone, 4.8… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has announced the publication of the Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) for the Pearl River Basin Mississippi Federal Flood Risk Management Project. This significant step in the project’s development marks the beginning of a 45-day public review period, concluding on Monday, July 22, 2024. The DEIS and its… Read More
LAKE MARY, Fla – FEMA has approved $1,394,686 in grant funding to reimburse Indian River County for beach and dune restoration expenses after Hurricane Nicole. The storm caused extensive damage to the beach. This restoration repairs beaches and dunes that are natural protections against future flooding and storm surge. FEMA’s Public Assistance program provides grants to… Read More
SAUGATUCK — A project to dredge 68,000 cubic yards of sediment from Saugatuck Harbor, ensuring safe navigation between Lake Michigan and the Kalamazoo River, will begin next week. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, announced its plans for dredging the two-mile federal channel on Tuesday. Work is expected to be finished July 19, although… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District is urging boaters to use caution as construction of the submerged stone wall at the entrance to Shipping Slip 3 on the Outer Harbor begins. Buoys that marked the submerged wall have been removed, allowing Ryba Marine Construction Co. to finish placement of additional bedding stone, 4.8… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers recently welcomed the government dredger MURDEN to New England. According to the Corps, MURDEN began dredging May 30 at Green Harbor in Marshfield, Massachusetts, and is currently dredging Great Salt Pond in Block Island, RI. Green Harbor in Marshfield is located at the northwest end of Cape Cod Bay,… Read More
BALTIMORE – As part of the Unified Command response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving today restored the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original operational dimensions of 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep for commercial maritime… Read More
Curtin Maritime Corp., Long Beach, California, was awarded an $18,774,208 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Oakland, California, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2024. Fiscal 2024 civil consolidated working funds in the amount of $18,774,208 were obligated at the… Read More
Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service Co., doing business as Newt Marine Service,* Dubuque, Iowa, was awarded a $22,693,700 firm-fixed-price contract for mechanical dredging along the Illinois River. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2029…. Read More
Inland Dredging Co. LLC, Dyersburg, Tennessee, was awarded a $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 7, 2025. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is… Read More
It has been one year since the Tigertail Lagoon/Sand Dollar Island Ecosystem Restoration Project was completed. The City and the project engineers report that the project is performing as designed. After Hurricane Irma in 2017 the lagoon was evolving toward closure. In 2023, the City and Collier County funded the ecosystem restoration project which included… Read More
Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, 55th chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, signed the Chief’s Report for the Oakland Harbor Turning Basins Widening Study on May 31, 2024, during a ceremony at USACE Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The milestone represents a culmination of four years of study between the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sent a support team to assist the City of Atlanta in dealing with the next steps of the water crisis in Atlanta, June 4, 2024. On Friday, May 31, 2024, multiple main water pipes began leaking in Atlanta. City Mayor Andre Dinkins requested assistance from the Corps. The Corps… Read More
A project to dredge the Missouri River at Tobacco Gardens Resort and Marina is making headway now that the permit to do the work has finally been approved by the Army Corps of Engineers. It was necessary for the Army Corps of Engineers to issue a permit for dredging because the land that Tobacco Gardens… Read More
Storm-driven erosion has shrunk the beach at high tide on Seventh Avenue in North Wildwood to a skinny version of its former self. A once 70-foot-wide dune has been wiped out. Starting this week, the state of New Jersey will begin beefing up the stretch of beach, as well as others, in North Wildwood as… Read More