A year ago, St. Tammany Parish broke ground on the Mandeville Lakefront Wetlands Project. Supported by a $1 million contribution through CPRA’s Parish Matching Program, the project was completed in January. Today, the results are taking shape along the Lake Pontchartrain lakefront. The project combines several restoration features to strengthen this important stretch of shoreline…. Read More
Norfolk Dredging Co., Chesapeake, Virginia, was awarded an $11,213,334 modification (P00003) to contract W91278-26-C-A015 for additional maintenance dredging and disposal. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $56,955,071. Work will be performed in Irvington, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of June 11, 2027. Fiscal 2026 Civil operation and maintenance… Read More
NOTICE OF INTENT ANNOUNCEMENT The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published the Notice of Intent (NOI) for the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the evaluation of reinstating Operations and Maintenance Dredging on the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Rivers Navigation Channel in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, which was authorized by the 1945 River and Harbor Act (House Document 342,… Read More
On September 21, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency due to the “strong and likely historic El Nino event in the Pacific Ocean.” The timing of the announcement is in response to the latest predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, estimating a 90 percent chance of a “very strong event during… Read More
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH – Residents and property owners here made clear in a public hearing Tuesday night that more must be done to manage the erosion-battered oceanfront at the north end of Topsail Island. Their preference? Build a 2,021-foot-long terminal groin at New River Inlet, move ahead with plans to pivot the inlet channel’s alignment… Read More
