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WASHINGTON – The Times Beach Nature Preserve, a 55-acre site on Buffalo’s Outer Harbor that has been battered into disuse by frequent storms in recent years, will be restored thanks to one of the first local outlays from last year’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal. Rep. Brian Higgins, a Buffalo Democrat, announced Wednesday that the… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received $12 million for three water supply and sanitary sewer infrastructure projects in northern and eastern North Dakota in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, Plan released this week. The three projects included in the plan are the city of… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received $61 million to complete the Maple Diversion Channel and levees north of city of Minot, North Dakota’s City Hall in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Plan released today. This project is a part of the much larger Mouse River Enhanced Flood… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, received $437 million to complete work on the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Flood Risk Management Project in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA, Plan released today. This project is intended to provide flood risk management for the more than 230,000 people and… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on its draft feasibility report and integrated environmental assessment for the proposed Lower Otter Tail River restoration project in western Minnesota. The proposed project, planned in collaboration with the Buffalo-Red River Watershed District, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and… Read More
Some $20.8 million in funding from the recent federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has been designated for Massachusetts projects by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including two projects in the western part of the state. The bulk of the funding announced this week will be used for repairs to the Cape Cod Canal… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced today that that the New Bedford Hurricane Protection Barrier in New Bedford and Fairhaven, Massachusetts, will be offline for routine operations for up to three months beginning Jan. 24, 2022, so operators can conduct routine inspections and complete a variety of maintenance… Read More
By Tom Ewing For dredging company executives, the recently passed $550 billion federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) sits like the proverbial Horn-o’-Plenty, ready to disgorge billions of federal dollars for maritime, port, harbor, coastal, inland waterways and flood projects, many of which will require dredging. This is a really big deal because this… Read More
BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the state will receive $2.6 billion in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (Supplemental Disaster Relief). This funding will support coastal, water management, and hurricane risk reduction… Read More
Project Will Use Dredged Sediment from Port Shipping Channels to Rebuild Islands Off Dorchester County BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) project to use dredged material to restore a pair of vanishing islands off the coast of Dorchester County received a major boost this week with allocation of… Read More
2020-00820 Expiration date: 2/18/2022 The applicant, the Borough of Ocean Gate, proposes to perform beach and dune restoration and to construct wave attenuation and dissipation structures along approximately 1 mile of waterfront. The project would include the discharge of approximately 10,000 cubic yards of fill materials into approximately 3 acres of waters below the high tide line. The… Read More
DETROIT – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Detroit District is receiving $561 million in fiscal year 2022 of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (DRSAA) funds for work in Michigan and on the Great Lakes. IIJA operations and maintenance funds are allocated one year at a time. More… Read More
The US Army Corps has just released a detailed list of projects and budgets to be funded under the Bipartisan Infrastructure law, as first reported by DredgeWire on Jan 18. There are four categories as noted below. “Operation and Maintenance Work Plan” https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll6/id/2240 “Construction work” https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll6/id/2236 “Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies work plan” https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll6/id/2237 Mississippi… Read More
The Freeport Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) Project is one of three projects included in the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay CSRM Program. Freeport and its vicinity features an existing hurricane flood protection system that was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1962 and protects the area from coastal storm surge events from the Gulf… Read More
