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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will increase Lake Okeechobee releases at the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam (S-79) from the current 1,000 cubic feet per second to 2,000 cfs beginning April 24. The increase is intended to help restart the lake recession following heavy rains that caused the lake to rise by… Read More
OGDENSBURG — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, is seeking bids for dredging the Ogdensburg Harbor to modify a 300-foot by 500-foot section of the federal channel to an authorized depth from 19 feet to 27 feet. But city leadership is taking issue with the project. The deepening and subsequent terminal expansion will… Read More
President Biden has nominated Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan to serve as Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. If confirmed by the Senate, Fagan would serve as the first woman to be promoted to a 4-star rank in the U.S. Coast Guard. She would serve as the 32nd Vice Commandant. Fagan currently serves as… Read More
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI — A long-term project to construct a new lock at Michigan’s Soo Locks facility is set to resume this week after a winter break. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday that the project is on schedule as construction resumes on phase one and preparations begin for phase two. Trade… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced today upcoming temporary road closures on Netherlands Road as dredging activities continue to progress on Phase 2 of the $36.5 million Muddy River Flood Risk Management project in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. Temporary road closures have been delayed and will now take… Read More
Lake Okeechobee discharges will resume in short bursts over two days this week so government scientists can study the flow of sediment that pollutes coastal estuaries. Tuesday’s release from the Moore Haven Lock & Dam to the Caloosahatchee River does not concern the Treasure Coast, but Wednesday’s release from the Port Mayaca Lock & Dam… Read More
PORT MAYACA, Fla. (CBS12) — Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District will execute a temporary, minor deviation to the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule April 20-21 as part of the ongoing study by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to find ways to indirectly measure sediment and nutrients transported… Read More
Weeks Marine, Cranford, N.J., was awarded a $7,551,500 firm-fixed-price contract for monitoring, observing and relocating endangered species. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Brazos Island, Texas, with an estimated completion date of July 5, 2021. Fiscal 2021 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $7,551,500… Read More
The Dutra Group, San Rafael, Calif., was awarded a $19,607,500 firm-fixed-price contract for West Coast dredging projects. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Portland, Ore., with an estimated completion date of Dec. 15, 2021. Fiscal 2021 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $19,607,500 were… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. (April 14, 2021) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Engineering With Nature (EWN®) initiative has selected The Water Institute of the Gulf to analyze how the federal benefit-cost analysis, used to select projects for construction, can more fully account for nature-based project benefits to the economy, environment and our communities…. Read More
The city of Portland has received state and federal approvals that bring it a step closer toward dredging piers, wharfs and waterfront properties in Portland Harbor. Green lights from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, announced Thursday, allow Portland and its partners to build a “confined aquatic disposal… Read More
MOUNT PLEASANT — The Army Corps of Engineers will adjust where it will place sediment to renourish the Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary after a continuous push from the town. The Corps thought it had reached a compromise with Mount Pleasant in 2018 after agreeing to shift the sediment to the southeast, but leaders remained unsatisfied…. Read More
WESTFIELD — New York’s two U.S. senators are calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to direct any surplus funding toward an emergency dredging of Barcelona Harbor. Due to rising water levels and increasingly frequent storms washing sediment over the break wall, the channel has increasingly shallowed and is becoming shoaled in. Senate Majority… Read More
Reprinted from Island Free Press After numerous complications with dredging the South Ferry Channel, the Army Corps of Engineers reported to the Dare County Waterways Commission at its Monday meeting that the hopper dredge Murden has finally started work removing the problem shoal. “They’re working daylight operations only,” the Corps’ Chief of Floating Plant Joen… Read More
By WDAM Staff | April 17, 2021 at 11:38 AM CDT – Updated April 17 at 1:41 PM VICKSBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – The United States Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District opened Friday the gates of the Steele Bayou Control Structure for the first time since March 15. Due to rainfall in the Mississippi River… Read More