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New Legislation to Strengthen Mississippi Waterways Infrastructure
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran yesterday praised passage of a Senate bill that provides important flood control and waterways infrastructure for Mississippi that the President’s budget sought to eliminate. The FY2017 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill was approved, 90-8, on Thursday. The bi
USACE Presents East River Dredging Plans
The USACE, New York District, proposes to perform maintenance dredging in the East River – South Brother Island, NY Federal Navigation Project with subsequent placement of the dredged material at the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS). The proposed maintenance dredging would remove approximately
Evergreen Lake Dredge Project Kicks Off
The Evergreen Lake Dredge Project started this week and is scheduled to be completed by mid-September, according to the Evergreen Metropolitan District. Initially, crews will be dredging from shore using a long reach excavator and after a few weeks of operations, a 30-by-80-foot barge will be set in
Navarre Beach Gets New Sand
The first segment of beach renourishment scheme is completed on the east end of Navarre Beach, Florida. Weeks Marine staff have shifted the sand pumping distribution pipe toward the west as they wrap up beach renourishment on the east end. Navarre Beach is now open to the public from behind Beach Co
Comments Invited on Surfside Beach Nourishment Scheme
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, is currently involved in the planning phase of a beach nourishment effort in the Grand Strand (Myrtle Beach) of Horry County, South Carolina. USACE said that the authorized project requires the construction of separate protective beach in three
Woolpert, Magnolia River Geospatial Win Coastal Mapping Project
WMR-532, the joint venture of Woolpert and Magnolia River Geospatial, has been contracted to acquire bathymetric and topographic lidar and imagery, and to provide final data products to the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise. The one-year, $10 million capacity contract wil
Senators Urge FEMA to Fix Flood Insurance Maps
U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin have sent a letter calling on Federal Emergency Management Director Craig Fugate to fix Flood Insurance Rate Maps for the Town of Ocean City, Maryland and follow the federal government line established by the USACE. FEMA’s incorrect map has caused pro
Four Short Courses at Miami WODCON XXI
The World Organization of Dredging Associations (WODA) and WEDA will offer four continuing education courses at WODCON XXI next month. These courses will be held at the Hyatt Regency Miami on Monday June 13, 2016. ‘Slurry Transport’ and ‘Dredge Material Capping’ are scheduled in the morning session,
USACE Celebrates Completion of Riverside Drive Scheme
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, and the city of Clarksville recently celebrated the completion of the Riverside Drive Stream Bank Stabilization Project with a ceremony at Freedom Point in Liberty Park. The city of Clarksville and the Corps collaborated to stabilize 1,530 feet
LSU: New Study on Channel Sediment Build Up
When the banks of a marsh channel accumulate sediment at a faster rate than relative sea level rise, it may seem like the marsh is resilient, Louisiana State University said in its latest paper. The new study proposes a new framework to look at sediment fluxes in marsh channels that takes into accou
VVK Realty Seeks Corps Permit for New Bedford Plan
VVK Realty, LLC, is seeking a permit from the USACE to conduct work in conjunction with maintaining and repairing a pier, adding floating docks and moorings and doing other work in Buzzards Bay, New Bedford, Mass. The project is designed to improve access between navigable waters of Buzzards Bay and
Dutch Minister Launches International Delta Coalition
Melanie Schultz van Haegen, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment, officially kicked off the International Delta Coalition today. The governments of the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, France, Myanmar, Indonesia, Japan, Mozambique, the Philippines, South Korea and Vietnam ar