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ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is proposing to construct a habitat rehabilitation project at the head of Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River, located in Pierce County, Wisconsin, using material dredged from the Mississippi River. The Corps released its draft Environmental Assessment for the project today at: www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Home/PublicNotices.aspx… Read More
Serving 8.1 million residents and millions of visitors in 16 counties, the South Florida Water Management District does just what its name implies: control water. That means providing flood control when there’s too much water, drinking supplies when there’s not enough and restoring as much of the area’s natural water systems as having all those… Read More
By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org With Floridians focused on surviving the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to significantly expand an underwater dump site off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. The site would be used to dump material dredged during the upcoming $437-million Port Everglades harbor deepening project and unspecified “future proposed… Read More
Due to increasing statewide costs to combat coronavirus, Flagler County officials are worried they may be on the hook for $6 million dollars to complete the next phase of the dune restoration project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is spearheading the nearly $17.5 million project. The federal government is responsible for almost $11.4 million… Read More
Covid-19 has cut short a dredging operation by contractor Manson Construction in San Diego, which was set to remove 400,000 cubic yards of sand, and has now wrapped up with only 250,000 completed. The work at Oceanside harbor was also impacted by heavy weather conditions, with rough seas and the march rains combining with Covid-19… Read More
In early February, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its fiscal year 2020 (FY 2020) work plan for Civil Works appropriations, which included $700,000 for the Pre-Construction, Engineering and Design (PED) of a deepening and widening project at Mobile Harbor, Alabama, and $274,300,000 for the federal portion of construction. The FY 2019 Corps work… Read More
Oceaneering International Services (OISL), a subsidiary of Oceaneering International, has got a contract to complete seabed route and debris clearance for the Moray East wind farm project in the Moray Firth, Scotland. The contract was awarded by Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited (MOWEL). OISL will provide a full suite of services for the project, including… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on a draft programmatic Environmental Assessment, or EA, it released today, April 8. Corps officials are accepting comments now through May 8. The draft EA focuses on the Corps’ floodplain forest management activities along the Mississippi River from Upper St…. Read More
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) — Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced that $24 million will be spent on four coastal restoration projects in southern Alabama. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation awarded the funding from its Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund. According to the governor, the projects were developed by state and federal resource agencies and are designed… Read More
Fort Island Gulf Beach’s closure due to the COVID-19 public health emergency has provided Citrus County Parks and Recreation an opportunity to move up a project that had been planned for later this spring. The $300,000 beach sand nourishment project commenced April 6 and is funded through capital improvement funds. Earth Tech Enterprises Inc. was… Read More
ENGLEWOOD — The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t slowed the restoration of Manasota Key’s critically eroded shoreline. The sand renourishment of the Gulf shoreline along the Charlotte County portion of Manasota Key is complete. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, the contractor, has now begun restoring beach sand along the Sarasota County portion of Manasota Key from… Read More
In a change from original plans, the hospital ship USNS Comfort will now be used for COVID-19 patients providing an additional 1,000 beds, staffed by federal personnel, to care for patients in New York, according to a statement released by the office of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday. The move came after reports that… Read More
CHICAGO – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Chicago District released for public comment today the Bubbly Creek, South Branch Chicago River final integrated feasibility report and environmental assessment. The study was completed in partnership with the City of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development. The final report provides a recommendation by the district’s… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District announces a 30-day public comment period on the Draft Programmatic Agreement for the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) South. Comments are due May 7, 2020. The Programmatic Agreement will establish the process the Corps will follow for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act,… Read More
Health concerns send contractor’s workers home early By Phil Diehl April 5, 2020 11:31 AM OCEANSIDE — Health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, along with rough weather, forced this year’s Oceanside harbor dredging project to wrap up earlier than expected, well short of its intended goal of 400,000 cubic yards of sand. The contractor,… Read More