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2024: The Year in Review

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2024: The Year in Review

December 13, 2024

The year 2024 was a momentous one for the waterways industry. A long drought that reduced drafts and cargoes moderated—with a devastating hurricane helping to restore water levels at a… Read More

Controlled Explosives Breach Elizabeth Dam On Lower Mon Debris flies into the air following the first controlled detonation of Monongahela Dam 3 near Elizabeth, Pa. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Debris flies into the air following the first controlled detonation of Monongahela Dam 3 near Elizabeth, Pa. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Controlled Explosives Breach Elizabeth Dam On Lower Mon

August 6, 2024

A contractor for the Pittsburgh Engineer District blasted away the first portion of the Monongahela Dam 3 near Elizabeth, Pa., about 7 p.m. on July 10. The explosive demolition, which… Read More

Work On Coastal Texas Project To Begin This rendering illustrates what the proposed Galveston Bay Storm Surge Barrier System, which includes the Bolivar Roads Gate System, could look like. The system integrates structural and non-structural coastal storm risk management features to improve the resiliency of coastal communities and the shoreline. (Galveston Engineer District graphic)

This rendering illustrates what the proposed Galveston Bay Storm Surge Barrier System, which includes the Bolivar Roads Gate System, could look like. The system integrates structural and non-structural coastal storm risk management features to improve the resiliency of coastal communities and the shoreline. (Galveston Engineer District graphic)

Work On Coastal Texas Project To Begin

May 31, 2024

Funding in the recently announced Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program FY 2024 Work Plan will allow the Galveston Engineer District to begin work on the Coastal Texas Project. The… Read More

IWUB Requests Federal Funding For Cost Overruns The new, 1,200-foot lock chamber is being built next to the existing 600-foot lock chamber at Kentucky Lock and Dam in Gilbertsville, Ky.

The new, 1,200-foot lock chamber is being built next to the existing 600-foot lock chamber at Kentucky Lock and Dam in Gilbertsville, Ky.

IWUB Requests Federal Funding For Cost Overruns

July 27, 2023

During the July 20 meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) in Paducah, Ky., the board voted unanimously to recommend that the remaining cost for several major lock construction… Read More

Corps Reassesses Cost Of West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Project

July 21, 2023

In July 2021, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new hurricane protection system designed to shield communities along the southwestern shore of Lake Pontchartrain from… Read More

GLDD Wins Two Major Dredging Contracts

June 2, 2023

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) announced June 1 that it had received two major dredging contracts from the Galveston Engineer District totaling $186.6 million. The contracts include: Freeport… Read More

Corps Seeks Input On MKARNS Deepening

June 2, 2023

The Corps of Engineers is seeking public input on a proposal to deepen the navigation channel on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) to 12 feet. The Corps’ Little… Read More

New Orleans District Awards Contract For West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Levee Reach A bulldozer lays the foundation for an earthen levee that will make up part of the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. The 18.5-mile system will protect communities from Lake Pontchartrain storm surge during hurricanes.

A bulldozer lays the foundation for an earthen levee that will make up part of the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. The 18.5-mile system will protect communities from Lake Pontchartrain storm surge during hurricanes.

New Orleans District Awards Contract For West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Levee Reach

March 31, 2023

The New Orleans Engineer District has awarded a contract for the second levee reach of the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. The planned… Read More

Corps Updates Stakeholders On Chickamauga, Kentucky Lock Projects

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District officials and stakeholders view ongoing construction of the downstream section of the lock chamber during a tour of the active Kentucky Lock and Kentucky Lock Addition Project on the Tennessee River in Grand Rivers, Ky. The Nashville District engaged with stakeholders March 22 to provide an update on the important navigation project and to promote partnerships and communication. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

Corps Updates Stakeholders On Chickamauga, Kentucky Lock Projects

March 31, 2023

Nashville Engineer District leaders, engineers and project managers hosted stakeholder roundtables recently to provide updates and an opportunity to visit the district’s two mega construction projects. Lt. Col. Joseph Sahl,… Read More

NFWF Awards $660 Million For Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, Project Now Fully Funded

March 20, 2023

In a season where inflation and supply chain issues are disrupting some infrastructure projects, at least one is moving ahead at full speed and full funding: the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion… Read More

Corps Green-Lights $2.3 Billion Mississippi River Diversion A simulation of barge and ship traffic passing a cofferdam during construction of the planned Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion on the west bank of the Mississippi River near the town of Ironton, La. (Photo from final EIS for Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.)

A simulation of barge and ship traffic passing a cofferdam during construction of the planned Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion on the west bank of the Mississippi River near the town of Ironton, La. (Photo from final EIS for Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.)

Corps Green-Lights $2.3 Billion Mississippi River Diversion

December 22, 2022

The Mississippi Valley Engineer Division and the New Orleans Engineer District have granted the conditional permit and Section 408 permission to Louisiana’s Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) for the… Read More

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