Wed August 23, 2017
Indiana Waterway Creates Concern
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) Northwest Indiana residents are concerned that a plan to store contaminated dredged sediments in a local disposal facility will create health risks and won't be an effective long-term solution to cleaning an area waterway....
Wed August 23, 2017
N.D. Dam to See Drainage System
RIVERDALE, N.D. (AP) A drainage system is being replaced this summer at the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River in North Dakota. Todd Lindquist, Army Corps of Engineers project manager, said the system that manages natural seepage at the dam was losing effectiveness....
Wed August 09, 2017
Gate Project at Air Force Base Receives $9M Contract
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) An Ohio company has received a $9.1 million contract to relocate a security gate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton. The Army Corps of Engineers said Dayton-based Messner Construction Company is scheduled to complete the project in September 2019....
Seanna Adcox - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon July 31, 2017
Army Corps Approves Permit for New S.C. Interstate
By Seanna Adcox - ASSOCIATED PRESSCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) A decades-long proposal to build a four-lane, nonstop path to the heart of South Carolina's tourism industry has cleared a major hurdle, but funding remains questionable....
Sarah Rankin - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon July 31, 2017
Dominion Gets Permit for Power Transmission Line Near Jamestown
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted Dominion Energy a final permit to proceed with a towering power transmission line above the James River in Virginia, a project opponents have said will blight the views in one of the country's most historic areas....
Matt Volz - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed July 19, 2017
Judge Blocks Montana Dam Again Over Threat to Fish
HELENA, MONT. (AP) A judge blocked construction of a $59 million irrigation dam because of the potential threat to an ancient fish species in Montana's Yellowstone River just three months after he lifted a previous injunction on the project....
Scott McFetridge - Wed June 07, 2017
Climate Change Raises New Risk … Are Inland Bridges Too Low?
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A century-old train trestle stands as one of the trophies of Des Moines' push to spruce up its downtown. Bicyclists and pedestrians pose for pictures beside the brightly painted beams of the Red Bridge and gather on viewing platforms overlooking the Des Moines River....
Fri May 26, 2017
Funding for Army Corps Will Go Toward Fargo Flood Control
The North Dakota congressional delegation says funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2017 includes $20 million for permanent flood protection in the Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota area. The delegation says the money will support the construction of a gaited inlet structure that is considered the first phase of the Red River diversion project....
Wed March 08, 2017
Work Continues on Philly's Delaware River Dredging
The backhoe excavator dredge, New York, and the drill barge, Apache, are working together to remove rock fragments from blasting locations along the Delaware River near Philadelphia, Pa. The Army Corps of Engineers is working with Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company on the $350 million project, which began in 2010 and is expected to be complete in 2017....
Tue February 14, 2017
Construction Begins on $2.1 Billion Red River Flood Diversion Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says construction activities will begin this week on the first phase of the $2.1 billion Red River flood diversion project in the Fargo-Moorhead area. The Corps said Tuesday that Ames Construction of Burnsville, Minnesota, is sending equipment to the site near Horace, North Dakota, to conduct pre-construction studies for the diversion inlet....
