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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
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