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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is extending its public comment period for its Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam and Lock and Dam 1 disposition study to Dec. 18. These locks are located on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam is directly below… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is continuing a dredging operation to assist with vessels traveling down the low Mississippi River. They are temporarily closing navigation near Rosedale through October 29. While it’s closed, the corps will work to clear the channel. Additional closures may be needed to complete the work depending on the dredge… Read More
Antoinette R. Gant was promoted to the rank of brigadier general today in a traditional military ceremony at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas. Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Randy George, conducted the promotion ceremony. Brig. Gen. Gant is the first African American female, active-duty engineer to… Read More
Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded a $33,112,700 firm-fixed-price contract for beach renourishment. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, with an estimated completion date of March 1, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil construction funds in the amount of $33,112,700 were obligated at the… Read More
Leadership from the Ports of Longview and Kalama, Wash., and the Portland Engineer District have agreed to fund an estimated $2.1 million study of potential improvements to lower Columbia River turning basins. Currently, there are very few places on the lower Columbia to turn large, fully loaded ships. These vessels need to be turned around… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers released a report about the Missouri River for September. Once again, the Missouri River basin has experienced below average runoff due to September lack of precipitation. Soil conditions continue to be very dry and according to the Drought Mitigation Center, over 90% of the Missouri River basin is currently experiencing some form of… Read More
The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials in partnership with San Antonio River Authority signed a project partnership agreement last month establishing the path forward with the Westside Creeks Ecosystem Restoration Project. Changes in the hydraulic regime of the Westside Creeks over the last half-century are largely due to shifts in urbanization,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on its draft feasibility report and integrated Environmental Assessment, or EA, for its proposed Reno Bottoms Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project on the Upper Mississippi River near New Albin, Iowa. The project is located in Pool 9 of the Upper Mississippi River within… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on its draft feasibility report and integrated Environmental Assessment, or EA, for its proposed Reno Bottoms Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project on the Upper Mississippi River near New Albin, Iowa. The project is located in Pool 9 of the Upper Mississippi River within… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, in coordination with the County of Ventura, is performing maintenance dredging near the entrance of Channel Islands Harbor. Manson Construction of Seattle, the Corps’ contractor, is completing the work. Dredging began at the end of September and is expected to be completed at the end of… Read More
Unexpected changes likely caused by recent weather have shut down a southwest Michigan port. The St. Joseph harbor is closed to commercial vessels until further notice after the carrier ship Manitowoc encountered shoaling conditions last Thursday in the outer harbor. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has since confirmed the shoaling conditions, and efforts to… Read More
During Tuesday’s Paducah City Commission meeting, leaders approved a construction contract with Dredge America Inc. for dredging downstream of the city’s transient boat dock. City Engineer Rick Murphy says the project is to remove the island building up downstream on the riverfront. The project is a temporary fix, moving 60,000 cubic yards every year for three… Read More
At Deep Creek Lake, Arrowhead Cove was identified in multiple studies as an area with relatively high sediment accumulation. It was also identified as a suitable location for a pilot dredging project. Sediment dredging removes excess accumulated sediment caused by stream inputs — primarily during high rain and snow melt events — and shoreline erosion… Read More
How much is 1.2 million cubic yards of sand? The quick answer is, a lot. To put it another way, a standard dump truck holds about 14 cubic yards of sand. So, 1.2 million cubic yards is the equivalent of about 86,000 dump trucks of sand. This is how much fresh sand will be pumped… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers awarded Pacific Dredge & Construction, LLC. (PDC) the Napa River Maintenance Dredging project. The project’s goal is to return the river to its original navigational depths, allowing boats to transit entirely throughout the river. To perform this project, Pacific Dredge & Construction, LLC. is using our smaller rig, “Horton,”… Read More