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The US Army Corps of Engineers recently welcomed the government dredger MURDEN to New England. According to the Corps, MURDEN began dredging May 30 at Green Harbor in Marshfield, Massachusetts, and is currently dredging Great Salt Pond in Block Island, RI. Green Harbor in Marshfield is located at the northwest end of Cape Cod Bay,… Read More
BALTIMORE – As part of the Unified Command response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving today restored the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original operational dimensions of 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep for commercial maritime… Read More
Curtin Maritime Corp., Long Beach, California, was awarded an $18,774,208 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Oakland, California, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2024. Fiscal 2024 civil consolidated working funds in the amount of $18,774,208 were obligated at the… Read More
Dubuque Barge and Fleeting Service Co., doing business as Newt Marine Service,* Dubuque, Iowa, was awarded a $22,693,700 firm-fixed-price contract for mechanical dredging along the Illinois River. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2029…. Read More
Inland Dredging Co. LLC, Dyersburg, Tennessee, was awarded a $30,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 7, 2025. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is… Read More
It has been one year since the Tigertail Lagoon/Sand Dollar Island Ecosystem Restoration Project was completed. The City and the project engineers report that the project is performing as designed. After Hurricane Irma in 2017 the lagoon was evolving toward closure. In 2023, the City and Collier County funded the ecosystem restoration project which included… Read More
Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, 55th chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, signed the Chief’s Report for the Oakland Harbor Turning Basins Widening Study on May 31, 2024, during a ceremony at USACE Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The milestone represents a culmination of four years of study between the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sent a support team to assist the City of Atlanta in dealing with the next steps of the water crisis in Atlanta, June 4, 2024. On Friday, May 31, 2024, multiple main water pipes began leaking in Atlanta. City Mayor Andre Dinkins requested assistance from the Corps. The Corps… Read More
SAUGATUCK, Mich. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, will begin dredging 68,000 cubic yards of sediment from Saugatuck Harbor, Michigan, next week to ensure safe navigation between Lake Michigan and the Kalamazoo River. The two-mile federal channel in Saugatuck is a popular recreational destination and harbor of refuge. The King Company, of Holland, is… Read More
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD), completed clearing and snagging maintenance in Bayou Teche within areas of Iberia Parish, La., May 22, 2024. LaDOTD provided $1.3M in funding to the Army Corps of Engineers so the clearing and snagging could… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $23.9 million contract to PWS, Inc. of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, to complete the Southern Embankment Reach SE-4 portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, May 28. The Southern Embankment Reach SE-4 portion is in… Read More
New Orleans, La. – On Tuesday, May 28, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general and 55th Chief of Engineers, signed the St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Chief of Engineers’ Report for transmission to Congress. The project calls for a mix of structural and non-structural methods to reduce the flood risk to more than… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will continue repairing its Duluth southern Vessel Yard Pier with Phase 2 beginning in July. Repairs this year are estimated to end around November and resume Spring 2025 with completion in the Spring of 2026. The repairs will take place weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Area home… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District reflects on the hard work and dedicated efforts of their state partners as well as the scientist and engineers within USACE and their unwavering commitment to Everglades restoration. USACE, and its state partners are making strategic efforts to restore, rehabilitate and reverse the damage inflicted in the past…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will continue repairing its Duluth southern Vessel Yard Pier with Phase 2 beginning in July. Repairs this year are estimated to end around November and resume Spring 2025 with completion in the Spring of 2026. The repairs will take place weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Area home… Read More