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USA: Schumer Supports Nissequogue River Restoration Plan
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to approve Suffolk County’s application for hazard mitigation grants that would help support the Northeast Branch Nissequogue River Restoration Project. The project will mitigate recurring groundwater flooding that
Truckee Meadows Flood Project Nears Final Corps Approval (USA)
Helping prevent a repeat of the 1997 flood has been the focus of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District’s Truckee Meadows Flood Control Project ever since. Now the district’s recommended plan is a big step closer to final Corps approval, after it was approved Dec. 17 at Corps headquart
USA: Corps Awards Contract for Napa Oxbow Bypass Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, has awarded a $12,560,131 contract to Nordic Industries Inc. of Olivehurst to build the oxbow bypass project in Napa. Nordic Industries’ was the best value out of four submittals received Nov. 20 in response to a request for proposals. Flood wal
Top News – December 16 to 22, 2013
VIDEO: Panama Canal Expansion Program Update – December 2013 The Panama Canal expansion project will double the capacity of the Panama Canal by 2015 by creating a new lane of traffic and allowing more and larger ships to transit. USA: Port St. Joe Port Inks LOI with Holland M. Ware Charitable Foun
New Tappan Zee Bridge Secures Largest TIFIA Loan Ever (USA)
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the New York State Thruway Authority and the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) have closed on a $1.6 billion low interest loan from USDOT’s Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program to support the New NY Bridge proj
Corps Seeks Public Comment on 2015 Tybee Beach Renourishment Plans (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed 2015 Tybee beach renourishment project. The Draft EA and FONSI evaluate the environmental impacts of the propose
USA: Officials Announce Funding for Hurricane Sandy Flood Relief & Prevention
U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3), Joe Courtney (D-CT-2), and Jim Himes (D-CT-4) announced $7,532,001 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service Emergency Watershed Protection Progra
Corps Releases Hurricane Sandy Coastal Projects Performance Evaluation Study (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has completed and released the findings of the Hurricane Sandy Coastal Projects Performance Evaluation Study that was conducted in accordance with the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-2, or often referred to as the Hurricane Sandy Re
USA: Corps to Prepare DEIS for Cherry Creek Dam
A draft Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District to address environmental issues related to remediation alternatives that will be proposed at the conclusion of a Dam Safety Modification Study for the Cherry Creek Dam in Aurora, Colo. Public
USA: Corps Awards Tangier Island Dredging Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, awarded a $991,500 contract to a Cleveland, Miss.- based company to dredge the Tangier Island, Va. federal navigation channel on Dec. 16. The contractor, 4H Construction Corporation, will perform maintenance dredging in the channel, removing approx
USA: Orion Marine Nabs Port of Lake Charles Contract
Orion Marine Group Inc, a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced a contract award of approximately $18 million. Orion Marine Group will demolish and reconstruct a cargo dock for the Port of Lake Charles in Louisiana. Demolition of the existing cargo
USA: Weeks Marine Bags NC Dredging Contract
The Louisiana based company, Weeks Marine Inc, has won the Wrightsville Beach and Ocean Isle Beach maintenance dredging contract. This $15 mln beach replenishment project, located in NC, consists of dredging, transporting, placing and shaping beach fill and performing all pre and post construction b