Bruce Schreiner and John Raby – ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed August 17, 2022
Infrastructure Damage Hampers Flood Recovery in Kentucky
HINDMAN, Ky. (AP) Damage to critical infrastructure and the arrival of more heavy rains hampered efforts to help Kentucky residents hit by massive flooding last month Gov. Andy Beshear said. As residents in Appalachia tried to slowly piece their lives back together, flash flood warnings were issued for at least eight eastern Kentucky counties....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Tue August 02, 2022
East Side Coastal Resiliency Project Receives 'Envision Gold Award' From Institute For Sustainable Infrastructure
NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley announced Aug. 1 that the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) Project, which is enhancing parks while creating a 2.4-mi. long flexible flood barrier extending from Montgomery Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side up to Asser Levy Playground at East 25th Street, has been selected to receive an "Envision Gold Award" for sustainability from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI)....
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Wed July 13, 2022
USACE Backs $1.3B Plan to Floodproof Thousands of Louisiana Homes, Businesses
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has approved a $1.3 billion effort in Louisiana to elevate or floodproof 2,240 homes and businesses in Iberia, St. Martin and St. Mary parishes that are subject to storm surge flooding during tropical storms and hurricanes....
NYC Department of Environmental Protection - Mon July 11, 2022
New Sewers, Water Mains Delivered in South Jamaica, St. Albans, Queens Neighborhoods
NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley announced the completion of a $24 million project to improve street conditions, alleviate flooding and upgrade infrastructure in the South Jamaica and St....
U.S. House of Representatives - Tue June 14, 2022
U.S. House Approves $31B Solution for Ike Dike; Vote Next
Committees in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have approved the biennial Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), which would authorize a long list of water infrastructure projects, including the $31 billon Ike Dike megaproject to protect the Texas coast around Galveston from rising waters....
North Carolina Department of Transportation - Tue May 31, 2022
VIDEO: NCDOT Equips State Roads With Cutting-Edge Flood-Warning System
When the next hurricane strikes North Carolina, the state will be armed with an advanced flood-warning system that relies on a network of 400 river and stream gauges. In making the announcement May 23, the state's Department of Transportation (NCDOT) said on its website that the new system will allow the agency for the first time to analyze, map and communicate in real-time any flood risks to roads, bridges and culverts....
WTOP Radio News & Howard County, Md - Tue May 31, 2022
VIDEO: Maryland County Secures Loan to Build Tunnel in Flood-Prone Ellicott City
The largest and potentially most-effective aspect of Howard County, Maryland's $165 million plan to minimize flooding along Main Street in historic Ellicott City will break ground later this year. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced May 24 in a press release that the county has secured a low-interest loan to build a 5,000-ft.-long tunnel that will divert water away from Ellicott City's Main Street and into the nearby Patapsco River....
Associated Press - Tue May 03, 2022
Largest Floodplain Restoration Project in California Under Way
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) Between vast almond orchards and dairy pastures in the heart of California's farm country sits a property being redesigned to look like it did 150 years ago, before levees restricted the flow of rivers that weave across the landscape....
NYC Department of Environmental Protection - Fri April 22, 2022
NYC Makes $148M Investment in Southern Brooklyn Sewers
NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley announced the completion of the $148 million, three-phase program to reduce street flooding, ensure the reliability of the drinking water delivery system, improve the health of Fresh Creek and Jamaica Bay and make neighborhood roadways safer for all users....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu April 21, 2022
Reed & Reed Leads Replacement of Aging, Deteriorating Bridge in Maine
The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing a deteriorated bridge in Woolwich and adding another new bridge to the project to address flooding concerns on Route 1. The total cost of the project is approximately $40 million and the construction contract is $33.5 million....
