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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley District, recently awarded the Corps’ St. Paul District Small Boat Instructor Team its 2023 Water Safety Award for the work they have done teaming up with local emergency management services to conduct water rescue near locks and dams. The purpose of the water rescue training is to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is revising the master plans and associated environmental assessments for Nimrod Lake and Blue Mountain Lake. The master plan guides the classification and management of government-owned or leased lands around the lakes and may affect future recreational opportunities and natural resource management. Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act,… Read More
While a specific timeline for the project to begin hasn’t been formalized, details about the long-awaited dredging of the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal are beginning to come together. Beginning at Roosevelt Inlet in Lewes, the 10-mile-long canal connects the Delaware Bay to the Rehoboth Bay. Part of the Intercoastal Waterway, the canal was completed in 1918, and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday it had received funding approval for the Unalaska Bay dredging project, which aims to clear a channel through an underwater shoal at the entrance to Iliuliuk Bay, just outside Dutch Harbor and the Unalaska Spit. In a meeting with Unalaska City Council, Project Manager Jathan Garrett says… Read More
The Town of Mashpee submitted a permit application to the US Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, for proposed dredging and beach nourishment work in the approach channel to Popponesset Bay and Vineyard Sound and surrounding areas. The proposed work involves hydraulically dredging approximately 45,900 cubic yards of sandy material from shoaled areas totaling… Read More
The ACS Group, led by its Dragados subsidiary, has been selected by the United States Navy to construct a concrete dry dock in Hawaii at the Harbor Hickam Articulation Base in Hawaii at a cost of 2,840 million dollars (close to 2,700 million), as of this Friday It was reported by the United States Department… Read More
South Haven is in line to receive $610,000 in funding for dredging the city’s harbor along with sand nourishment at South Beach. The work is expected to get underway sometime in April or May, said Assistant City Manager Griffin Graham. “Our understanding is the nourishment will be placed on South Beach,” he said. The newest… Read More
More than $1 million from the Army Corps of Engineers has been secured to ensure the St. Joseph inner harbor will be properly dredged so that shipments of materials for construction work throughout the region can be received, Congressman Bill Huizenga announced. The Army Corps of Engineers will also be providing an additional $560,000 for… Read More
Louisiana was granted the final necessary funds Wednesday to build the unprecedented Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, with construction expected to start later this year on the nearly $3 billion project aimed at helping slow the land loss devastating the coast. The last set of funding will come from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, which is granting… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers will pump up to 200,000 cubic yards of offshore sand onto the south end of Pawleys Island next winter as part of a $14 million project to repair damage from Hurricane Ian. The agency’s announcement last week fulfilled a promise town officials made when they agreed to let the Corps… Read More
Carp removal. Sedimentation reduction. Regrowth of underwater vegetation. Years of cooperative groundwork between individuals and agencies will soon translate into visible projects to restore Lake Mattamuskeet’s water quality. And that, in turn, could benefit all area residents — human and wildlife. Located on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula, Lake Mattamuskeet covers about 40,000 acres and is the… Read More
Baltimore Harbor and Channels maintenance dredging, Maryland Channels, Chesapeake Bay, MD. The project consists of maintenance dredging approximately 1,500,000 cubic yards (cy) from the deep-draft federal navigation channels serving the Port of Baltimore. The work is to be performed between April 2023 through August 2023. The dredging depth varies by channel segment and ranges from… Read More
Funding for two Albert Lea projects was included in the $1.9 billion public infrastructure package approved Monday by the Minnesota House with bipartisan support. The bill includes $9 million for the final phase of dredging on Fountain Lake, as well as $2 million toward the city’s new wastewater treatment plant. District 23A Rep. Peggy Bennett,… Read More
The coastal dredge funded by American Rescue Plan Act funds awarded to York County government should be ready for delivery in May. The county government is working with the city of Saco to store the dredge and make it available for training. York County Manager Greg Zinser and Save Our Shores Saco Bay president Kevin… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District acquired a permit application to conduct work on an approach channel to Popponesset Bay and Vineyard Sound in Mashpee. Plans include hydraulically dredging approximately 45,000 cubic yards of sandy material totaling 7.6 acres within the Popponesset Bay Approach Channel. The plans also include a 600-foot-long by… Read More