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A new wetland ecosystem is on the table for Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) Board of Directors has approved the initiative, which entails a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District. The $14.8 million project will create a wetland ecosystem for fish and wildlife… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers 2020 Work Plan included funding for infrastructure projects in Louisiana, including $85 million to deepen the Mississippi River to 50′. The launch of the project followed the July 31, 2020, signing of an agreement between the Corps and the state of Louisiana. The final 256 miles of the Lower Mississippi between… Read More
SURF CITY — The Town of Surf City has waited forever — literally — to renourish its beaches. Now, it will have to wait a little longer after North Topsail Beach pulled out of a joint federal project that would provide partial funds. The neighboring towns were tied together, based on proximity and project scope,… Read More
This week, Florida’s two U.S. senators–Republicans Marco Rubio and Rick Scott–wrote to Michael Connor, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, prior to the Army Corps Engineers finalizing their supplemental work plan for Fiscal Years 2022 through 2024, to ensure that “all proposed and ongoing projects in Florida receive full and fair… Read More
All members of Oregon’s congressional delegation are pushing for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to include funding for Oregon’s port infrastructure as the agency implements the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. A release from Senator Jeff Merkley said in a letter sent to the Army Corps and the Office of… Read More
To close out the two-day sprint across five states, the Memphis District held two final ribbon-cutting ceremonies on Nov. 18, 2021. Both events celebrated construction projects completed in Arkansas and Missouri. The first celebration acknowledged a project in Greene County, Arkansas. There, contractors addressed a damaged levee culvert and erosion caused by previous flood events…. Read More
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo., Dec. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Arcadis (EURONEXT: ARCAD) today announced it is among 12 firms selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Center (USACE) in Huntsville, Alabama as one of the awardees on a $1.136 billion shared-capacity contract for chemical, environmental and munitions remediation services. Services provided under the contract… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District awarded a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) to six Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) companies on Nov. 29, 2021. Simply put, a MATOC is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract awarded to multiple firms following a formal selection process. It provides for an indefinite quantity… Read More
Officials with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the Charleston District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently conducted a walk-through inspection of the completed Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary restoration project with project contractor Norfolk Dredging Company. Norfolk began placing approximately 660,000 cubic yards of compatible material from the Charleston Harbor Deepening “Post… Read More
Senators call on Corps to tackle backlog of dredging projects for small ports and channels, quickly transition from Poplar Island to Mid-Bay restoration U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (Both D-Md.) wrote Monday to the newly confirmed Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, who leads the Army Corps of Engineers, spotlighting the major priorities across… Read More
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) wrote to Michael Connor, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, prior to the Army Corps Engineers finalizing their supplemental work plan for Fiscal Years 2022 through 2024, to ensure that “all proposed and ongoing projects in Florida receive full and… Read More
Nick-named “Old Banana Boat” by Marc Krumholz Congress authorized the 9-foot Navigation Channel to increase commerce on the river in 1930. Upon the project’s approval, the Corps of Engineers began constructing a series of 29 locks and dams from Minneapolis to St. Louis, creating the stairway of water for river traffic that exists today. Since… Read More
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., – The Soo Locks’ MacArthur Lock will close to marine traffic 7:00 a.m. Dec. 15, 2021 through 12:01 a.m. April 30, 2022 to perform critical maintenance. The Poe Lock will remain open until 11:59 p.m. Jan. 15, 2021 or until commercial traffic ceases, whichever occurs first. The operating season is fixed… Read More
Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony signifying the completion of the cliff line erosion repair project on Naval Station Rota, Spain (NAVSTA Rota), Nov. 5, 2021. Started by Seabees in January 2018, the project is designed to stabilize the eroding cliff line along the NAVSTA Rota shorefront in… Read More
The top U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer in the southeast recently paid a visit to the City of Charleston to address the City Council about the agency’s ongoing study into coastal storm risk on the peninsula and provide city leaders with a clear path through the federal study, design and construction process. The visit… Read More