Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Houston, Texas, was awarded an $8,798,900 firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with XX received. Work will be performed in Brownsville, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 12, 2024. Fiscal 2024 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $8,798,900… Read More
The Alabama Port Authority announced that the project to make the Port of Mobile the deepest port in the Gulf of Mexico is in its sixth and final phase. The widening and deepening project has been underway since May 2021 and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2025. “Once complete, this… Read More
The grant to fund a marsh restoration project in coastal Louisiana is the first of its kind under FEMA’s Flood Mitigation Assistance program, which is typically used to elevate, acquire, or relocate homes or floodproof businesses. For the first time, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has used its Flood Mitigation Assistance grant funds for a… Read More
A first-of-its kind federal grant will be used to reduce flood risk and rebuild lost wetlands in an area of St. Bernard Parish where homeowners have had to file repeated flood insurance claims. The $21 million wetlands restoration project could reduce future flood damage within the parish’s portion of the east bank hurricane levee system by millions of dollars,… Read More
WAIANAE, Hawaii — A half-mile stretch of Lualualei Beach Park in Waianae will close for two weeks starting Sept. 4 for maintenance work and an extensive cleanup effort, according to the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Parks and Recreation. The closed area will stretch between the bathroom building across from the Waianae Wastewater Treatment… Read More