The pieces are falling into place for construction to begin this year on Louisiana’s massive Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, planned for the west bank of the Mississippi River near the town… Read More
New Orleans Engineer District
The New Orleans Engineer District will host a pair of pre-scoping open houses this month to gather public input for its “Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana Feasibility Study.” The meetings are set… Read More
U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. has ruled against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a lawsuit brought by Harrison County, Miss., and a host of other southern Mississippi… Read More
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
The New Orleans Engineer District celebrated its three years under the leadership of Col. Stephen Murphy and the transfer of command to Col. Cullen Jones in a September 16 ceremony… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will embark on a pair of simultaneous lock closures August 30 when the Vicksburg District begins maintenance at Lindy C. Boggs Lock and the… Read More
For the first time in history, the controlling depth for the first 125 river miles of the Mississippi River Ship Channel has been set at 50 feet. The milestone comes… Read More
Col. Stephen Murphy, commander of the New Orleans Engineer District, officially announced June 8 his decision to push the pending closure of Old River Lock to August 30, two weeks… Read More
Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the nation’s largest provider of dredging services, announced this month a whopping $261.3 million in new contract awards. The largest share of that… Read More
In early August, the New Orleans Engineer District released the final version of the Lake Pontchartrain & Vicinity (LPV) and the West Bank & Vicinity (WBV) General Re-evaluation Reports, which… Read More
