CEG - Tue June 20, 2023
Three Aging Dam/Lock Systems on Upper Ohio River in Pa. to Be Rehabbed in 2024
More than $857 million from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will help fund the repair of Pennsylvania's three aging locks on the upper Ohio River to prevent failures that could result in a halt to river traffic....
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Wed June 14, 2023
Army Corps of Engineers Wants to Deepen 445-Mi. Stretch of Arkansas River
The Little Rock and Tulsa districts of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are seeking input for a project to deepen a 445-mi. section of the Arkansas River, increasing the amount of cargo that can be shipped along the waterway....
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District - Thu June 01, 2023
Contractor Repurposing Items From Renovation of Georgia's Fort Stewart Army Post
Fort Stewart's Building 633, a 46-year-old Volunteer Army barracks at the base in Savannah, Ga., is undergoing extensive internal renovations, and the old doors, cabinets and other hardware items that were removed are being repurposed at various locations on the installation and throughout Georgia....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu May 04, 2023
Repairing Saint George's Bridge
Everyone likes short cuts. It saves time. It saves fuel and it saves aggravation. Business leaders in the late 1700s envisioned such a short cut slicing through a narrow strip of land to build a waterway linking the Chesapeake Bay with the Delaware River....
Oregon City Online - Tue March 21, 2023
Northbank Civil, Marine Inc. to Make Seismic Repairs
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Portland District (Corps) has awarded a construction contract for completing safety and seismic repairs at Willamette Falls Locks before the agency's official transfer of the historic navigation lock system to the Willamette Falls Locks Authority, expected to take place in 2026....
Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Carper & CEG - Mon March 13, 2023
Delaware Lawmakers in D.C. Get $51.7M in USACE Funding for Water Projects
Delaware's Congressional delegation in Washington, D.C., announced on March 7 that it had secured $51.7 for critical water infrastructure projects in the state as a part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) work plan for fiscal 2023....
East Hampton Star - Wed February 15, 2023
New York's Montauk Point Revetment to Finish Six Months Ahead of Schedule
The new 874-ft.-tall stone revetment at Montauk Point on New York's easternmost tip of Long Island will be completed six months ahead of schedule but with many more boulders than were originally budgeted....
Greenup Industries - Wed December 28, 2022
Greenup Industries Successfully Completes First of Three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Storm Protection Projects
Greenup Industries successfully completed the Stockpile 2 project for the West Shore Lake Ponchartrain Project (WSLPP) and is scheduled to complete Stockpile 1 in the summer of 2023. The company was awarded two contracts for stockpiling clay by the U.S....
Associated Press - Tue December 27, 2022
House Authorizes Defense Bill, Includes Ike Dike Protection
HOUSTON (AP) Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas, but mostly spared the region's oil refineries and chemical plants, the U.S. House of Representatives voted recently to authorize the most expensive project ever recommended by the U.S....
Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 08, 2022
USACE Shores Up Lake Pontchartrain
Three parishes just northwest of New Orleans are perilously situated between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. When hurricanes visit the area, as they regularly do, the 60,000 residents of St....
