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Comments Invited for Prosser’s Shoreline Plan
A program to manage about four miles of Yakima River shoreline within the city of Prosser is open for comment through the Washington Department of Ecology. The proposed shoreline program will guide construction and development along Prosser’s shoreline. It combines local plans for future development
PDT Meeting for Loxahatchee River Watershed
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will be holding a Project Delivery Team (PDT) meeting for the Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project Friday, January 30 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Kimbell Center at Jonathan Dickinson State Park. The Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project
VIDEO: Panama Canal Expansion – January 2015
The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, doubling the waterway’s capacity. To date, the overall program is over 80 percent comple
Funding OKd for Oak Island Dredging
The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners has approved $500,000 that will be used for a channel dredging and beach nourishment at Oak Island. The funding, to be used for the phase I of the Lower Lockwood Folly Habitat Restoration and Navigation Project, will be paid in three annual equal installme
Sea Gate Project in Brooklyn Makes Progress
Work is underway on the long-awaited Army Corps of Engineers project to construct T-groins and place sand in the community of Sea Gate west of the West 37th Street Groin in Coney Island. Crews working under a $25.2 million contract are first carrying out the stonework portions of the project, which
Governor Pushes for Ogdensburg Port Dredging
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday presented his “2015 Opportunity Agenda” at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. The Governor’s agenda is designed to restore economic opportunity, improve and reform the education system, and restore the public’s confidence and trust in the justice s
HYPACK 2015 Training Event – Great Success
People from all over the world gathered in San Antonio, Texas, for the HYPACK 2015 Training Event. With over 250 attendees, 25 exhibitors, and 6,000 remote viewers, the unavailing of the new and improved version of HYPACK® 2015 was a great success. HYPACK® 2015 is filled with new features such as en
Public Workshops for IDS
A series of public workshops are being sponsored by the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force Working Group to facilitate public participation in the 2015 update of the Integrated Delivery Schedule (IDS). The first Working Group-sponsored workshop will be held Monday, January 26th from 1 –
Empire Floodgate Dredging Scheduled
The contractor on the Empire Floodgate Kiewit and Pittman will be dredging for construction purposes associated with the floodgate this upcoming Saturday, January 24, 2015 and Sunday, January 25, 2015, at the Doullut Canal. There will be dredging of the channel between the existing gate and the new
Ecosystem Restoration Expert Joins ENVIRON
Dr. Steve Mathies, a renowned expert in ecosystem restoration and sustainable urban and coastal development, has joined ENVIRON as a Principal in the firm’s New Orleans, Louisiana, office. Dr. Mathies will direct the firm’s strategic services aimed at helping communities, government agencies and com
News in Photos: Dredger Potter at Work
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District’s Dredger Potter, built in 1932 during the Great Depression, recently completed another successful dredging season on the Middle Mississippi. During the season, she moved more than 3.2 million cubic yards of sediment – enough to cover a football fi
Mayhew Levee Repair Inspection Completed
Mark Boedtker, an engineering technical lead for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, concluded an inspection of a completed levee improvement project near the American River’s Mayhew levee in Sacramento, California, on January 14, 2015. The inspection marked the fourth completed le