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....
NOLA.com - Tue October 18, 2022
USACE Building Underwater Levee on Mississippi River in Louisiana To Block Saltwater
A dredging company began construction Oct. 11 on a 1,500-ft.-wide underwater levee designed to block a wedge of Gulf of Mexico saltwater from reaching public and industrial water supply intakes on the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish and New Orleans....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 13, 2022
$250M USACE Project Deepens Mississippi from Baton Rouge to Gulf of Mexico
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed the first part of a project to deepen the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico, opening the way for larger vessels from the widened Panama Canal to travel as far north as Baton Rouge....
Gothamist - Wed September 28, 2022
Army Corps of Engineers Proposes $52B Barriers for NY-NJ Waterways
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released a report Sept. 24 detailing the agency's proposed $52 billion plan to protect the New York City metropolitan area from storm surges and coastal flooding....
Cruz.senate. org - Tue September 06, 2022
Officials Tour Potential Sites for 70-Mi. Flood Solution
Sen. Ted Cruz, Congressman Randy Weber and State Rep. Mayes Middleton met with leadership from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District to visit possible construction sites for the coastal barrier known as the Ike Dike....
Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 31, 2022
USACE Begins Final Stage of $529M, 17-Mile Flood Protection Project in Kansas City
Reconstructing a levee along a river, or erecting a concrete flood wall, is not a monumental task, certainly not for experienced engineers and contractors working under the watchful eye of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers....
MetroNews - Mon August 01, 2022
Several West Virginia Projects Part of Federal Water Infrastructure Measures
Congress is closer to sending a measure to President Biden for his signature that would perform work on various water projects across the country, including several in West Virginia. Senators overwhelmingly passed the Water Resources Development Act July 25 that authorizes the U.S....
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District - Wed July 20, 2022
USACE Awards $1.068B of New Soo Lock Phase 3 Contract
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District anticipates Phase 3 construction will start this summer with the $1.068 billion of the New Lock at the Soo Phase 3 contract award July 1, 2022. Kokosing Alberici Traylor LLC (KAT), a joint venture headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, will begin constructing the largest phase, the new lock chamber and rehabilitation of the downstream approach walls....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Wed July 20, 2022
Lock, Dam Construction Progresses in Kentucky
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is busy powering ahead on construction at the Kentucky Lock and Dam Project in western Kentucky's Land Between the Lakes to help address some of the longest shipping delays in the country....
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....
