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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
WILCOX, Pa. — With the snip of three large scissors, 14 years of waiting finally ended for the residents of Elk County, Pennsylvania. “Can I have a piece of that ribbon?” asked Ned Jacob after the ribbon-cutting ceremony, marking the reopening of the East Branch Clarion River Lake and the completion of the dam’s safety… Read More
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. – Representatives of local, county, state and federal agencies gathered May 27 to celebrate the official completion of the BSNF Railroad Bridge Pier Protection Project in Corona, California. The purpose of the project is to minimize risk to the railroad bridge in flood conditions and during increased water releases from Prado Dam… 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