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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be conducting maintenance activities at Brookville Lake in Brookville, Indiana, which could impact downstream fishery conditions and recreation public access to the tailwater area. These activities are scheduled to begin in April and last through November 2023. Maintenance activities from mid-April through May will at… Read More
U.S.-based American Commercial Barge Line (ACBL) has announced plans for an 11,000 horsepower (HP) class inland towboat. ACBL has signed a contract with C&C Marine and Repair of Belle Chasse, Louisiana, where construction is expected to begin this year. Delivery is planned for the third quarter of 2024. “When comparing this 11,000 HP class towboat… Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Yesterday, a signing of the Project Partnership Agreement for aquatic ecosystem restoration work at Rathbun Lake, Iowa, was executed between the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This agreement will begin aquatic ecosystem restoration design and construction work at Rathbun Lake, Iowa,… Read More
New Orleans – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for constructing the second levee reach on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. This contract will construct approximately 1.7 miles of the 17.5-mile-long levee system that will provide 100-year level risk reduction to… Read More
Carlsbad City Council, during its March 7 meeting, awarded $373,687 in grants to support certain agricultural, coastal or wetland restoration projects that enhance quality of life in Carlsbad, including a “living shoreline” project that will restore a section of the Agua Hedionda Lagoon. Funding for the grants comes from fees that are paid by developers… Read More
CORONA, California – To get a first-hand look at Prado Dam and better understand upcoming modifications to its spillway, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ senior Dam and Levee Safety Branch program manager toured the spillway, exterior and deep interior of the dam, March 9, at Corona, California. “Seeing presentations of the project never do… Read More
DETROIT – Fourteen Michigan harbors would be dredged under President Joe Biden’s proposed budget that allocates more than $157 million for Great Lakes operations and maintenance, officials said. The funds would go to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District, which operates and maintains and operates 81 navigational projects on lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is advising landowners adjacent to public lands around Lake Dardanelle and Ozark Lake that contract maintenance crews will be conducting boundary line maintenance along a 34-mile section of government boundary at Lake Dardanelle and a 22- mile section at Ozark Lake. Work will be conducted on the USACE boundary… Read More
With the release of the Biden-Harris administration’s fiscal 2024 budget, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works held a joint press conference detailing the proposed civil works budget, including a historic $86 million for research and development with additional R&D funds spread… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, is extending the public comment period for the Yakima River Delta Restoration Project until April 10. The original 30-day comment period began January 30 and concluded today, March 10. However, USACE is extending the comment period for an additional 30 days, from March 10 to April… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District, announces the approval of a planned temporary deviation to the 1981 Lake Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress Interim Regulation Schedule. Brigadier General Daniel Hibner, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division, approved the planned deviation to raise the regulation schedule to facilitate Kissimmee… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Feb. 17, 2023) –Leaders of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and SeaPort Manatee executed an amendment Feb. 16, 2023, to the longstanding Project Cooperation Agreement governing their partnership in the Manatee Harbor Navigation Project. In a formal signing ceremony, Col. James Booth, USACE Jacksonville District Commander, and George Kruse, Chairman of the Manatee… Read More
Ducks Unlimited (DU) has received approval from the Buffalo and New York District of Army Corps of Engineers to increase the pool of wetland mitigation credits available through the New York In Lieu Fee program. In Lieu Fee (ILF) is a mitigation approach that allows small wetland impacts from many projects to be consolidated at… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District has received $1 million in federal funding to advance the Louisville Metro Flood Protection System Reconstruction Project. The funds, which were received as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program, will be used to initiate the preconstruction engineering and… Read More
The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) includes more than $7.4 billion in discretionary funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program, with just over $159 million set aside for Detroit District projects. Of great regional significance is $3 million for the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, a project that includes… Read More