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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
VICKSBURG, Miss. – Dr. Igor Linkov, senior science and technology manager at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory, has been selected by the George Washington University and Arthur S. Flemming Commission as one of 12 exceptional public servants in 2020. The winners – who represent a range of federal agencies… Read More
By Staff 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… Read More
CONCORD, Massachusetts – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District received a permit application from the Town of Farmington for proposed work in Temple Stream at Route 43 and Temple Road in Farmington. The proposed work involves the Walton’s Mill Dam removal and the town park enhancement project encompassing the complete dam removal including… Read More
A study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers nears completion as various governments confront coastal storm and flood vulnerability in the Florida Keys. With recommendations for shoreline stabilization along U.S. 1, voluntary home raising and structure floodproofing, fortifying the Keys from future storms and flooding is estimated at $2.6 billion. Monroe County Board of… Read More
Dive Brief: In a $1.6 trillion discretionary funding request sent to the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Appropriations on Friday, President Joe Biden’s administration did not ask for border wall construction funds and proposed that unobligated, prior-year funding set aside for wall construction be canceled. The president will submit his full budget request for 2022 in the coming… Read More
The Biden administration has suspended a critical Clean Water Act permit for a contentious Minnesota mining project, handing a groundbreaking win to a Native American tribe fighting potential pollution from the upstream development. The Army Corps of Engineers sidelined a wetlands permit for the PolyMet mine last month after a court found the Trump EPA… Read More
The dream of having an inland port and intermodal facility in Crawford County is a step closer to becoming reality with work completed on both an environmental assessment and design of the port, according to Sen. Mat Pitsch, R-Fort Smith. The Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority (WAIA) announced in April 2020 it had applied for and… Read More
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, in coordination with local partners, is installing danger signs along several check dams associated with its southern New York flood risk management projects. These dams can pose serious safety risks to the public when they are used recreationally. Check dams reduce water flow velocity… Read More
The Memphis District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate a fully functioning stormwater ditch replacement project in the New Madrid, Missouri area, on Apr. 12, 2021. A $3.4 million contract was awarded for two work areas to Tarpan Construction LLC., on Aug. 29, 2019. “The project consisted of replacing three stormwater ditches adjacent to the… Read More
In March, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army and 54th Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was getting ready for a well-deserved retirement after having served in the high-profile position since 2016. Then the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic came into focus. “I was going to… Read More
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand are calling on the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to direct available funding toward an emergency dredging of Barcelona Harbor in the town of Westfield. Citing recent storms that have washed sediment over the break wall, the channel has increasingly shallowed. Schumer and… Read More
Rochester, N.Y. – Repairs on Rochester’s Summerville Pier are expected to resume this month. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says repairs to pier lighting and the concrete cap should be completed by next month. The agency is using funds that are currently available to repair about 600 feet of the Rochester Harbor east pier…. Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District has begun 24-hour surveillance of flood control structures at Arkabutla Lake due to high water. High water levels have also closed the following roads and areas at the lake: the dam road; Baker Road; Highway 51 Landing; Highway 51 East Access; Dietchman’s Road Access;… Read More