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The Biden administration aims to sharpen the Army Corps of Engineers’ mission to advance environmental justice and more aggressively tackle climate change. Experts say it would be an important shift for a top-down agency that handles everything from issuing water permits to managing flood protection and the world’s largest ecosystem restoration efforts. “It’s the biggest… Read More
Even as emergency dredging in the St. Joseph Harbor is getting underway this month, Congressman Fred Upton isn’t sitting around waiting for future action by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has dispatched a letter today asking for support of dollars in the FY22 budget for dredging in three Southwest Michigan harbors. The St…. Read More
Earlier today in Washington, D.C. the Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) inked a strengthened partnership on safety and discussed ways, through shared understanding and commitment, to create and sustain an injury-free workplace and safety-first culture for the men and women of the dredging and… Read More
BALTIMORE —The President’s proposed budget for fiscal 2022 released May 28, 2021, includes nearly $40 million in Civil Works funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, to construct aquatic ecosystem restoration projects that benefit the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Aquatic ecosystem restoration projects proposed for funding include $4.2 million to continue… Read More
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / June 1, 2021 / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. reports that the US Army Corps of Engineers has completed the administrative record’ that will serve as the basis for its official review of the negative Record of Decision issued for Alaska’s Pebble Project last fall. The USACE completed the AR and… Read More
Duluth will close off a three-block stretch of beach until shredded cans and other trash inadvertently placed there can be removed. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday its plans to begin cleaning up materials dredged from the harbor and inadvertently deposited on the shore of Park Point along with about 50,000 cubic yards… Read More
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – The construction of a huge, new lock at Michigan’s Soo Locks was awarded $480 million in federal funding in President Joe Biden’s 2022 federal budget proposal. While the budget has a long way to go – and is likely to undergo many changes – before it’s approved by Congress, Biden’s… Read More
LOS ANGELES — During a recent visit to Southern California, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander celebrated the completion of one of the Los Angeles District’s flood-risk management projects in Corona, California. In addition to speaking at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of the BNSF Bridge Pier Protection Project,… Read More
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 1, 2021 –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District awarded a harbor dredging contract in the amount of $5,238,035 to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, LLC, May 28, 2021. Contracted work includes dredging six harbors. The harbors are Memphis Harbor/McKellar Lake in Memphis, Tennessee; Helena Harbor Phillips County in Helena-West Helena,… Read More
DETROIT- The President’s Budget for fiscal year 2022 includes $6.793 billion in discretionary funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program, which is the highest annual budget ever proposed for the Army Corps. This includes approximately $595 million set aside for Detroit District projects, including $480 million for the New Lock at… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budgeted $50 million to spot dredge the Vermilion River, Congressman Clay Higgins (R-Lafayette) announced Friday. Higgins’ announcement comes on the heels of an emergency approval of $5 million by Lafayette’s City Council for spot dredging along the river following intense rain in Lafayette last week that prompted isolated flooding…. Read More
The Army Civil Works FY 2022 Budget — the highest annual budget ever requested for the Civil Works program — focuses on investments that yield high economic and environmental returns, while increasing resiliency to climate change, promoting environmental justice and opportunity in disadvantaged communities, and supporting a strong economy by accelerating and improving the delivery… Read More
LAPLACE — In her “West Shore Wednesday” update for the month of May, St. John Parish President Jaclyn Hotard shared that recent inclement weather and coastal flooding has presented some delays to the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Levee Project. However, while the stockpiling of clay material was halted in the Bonnet Carré Spillway, the West… Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District’s Civil Works Program has been allocated $18.1 million in federal funding for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says that the “budget represents a continued investment in the nation’s water resources infrastructure and in the mitigation and reduction of… Read More
Transformational Investments for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2022. As the Administration continues to make progress defeating the pandemic and getting our economy back on track, the Budget makes historic investments that will help the country build back… Read More