Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 17, 2019
D.C Area Battles Heavy Rains
Washington, D.C. and surrounding areas in Maryland and Virginia were under a flash flood emergency issue on July 8, as heavy rains reported as a month's worth in approximately an hour caused flooding. In the city of Baltimore, Md., a 12-in....
USDOT - Wed July 03, 2019
Vermont Receives $500K for Emergency Repairs to Flood-Damaged Roads
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced May 28 the immediate availability of $500,000 in "quick release" Emergency Relief (ER) funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help repair flood-damaged roads throughout Vermont....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon July 01, 2019
Levee Breach Causes Major Flooding in Rural Arkansas
Damage from a levee breach in Dardanelle, Ark., is still being addressed several weeks later and a decision is yet to be made on repairs. The city is located about 60 mi. northwest of Little Rock in Yell County....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Mon June 03, 2019
Louisiana Comite River Diversion Aims at Reducing Flood Risk
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD) broke ground in April on the long-awaited Comite River Diversion Canal Project in East Baton Rouge. The $353 million project, a joint collaboration of the LaDOTD, the U.S....
Ohio Governor’s Office - Tue April 30, 2019
Feds Grant State Disaster Aid for February Flooding
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced April 8 that local governments, state agencies and certain private, nonprofit organizations in 20 southern Ohio counties impacted by severe weather in February are now eligible for federal funds to help pay for damage repair and extra costs incurred as a result of severe storms, flooding and landslides....
Rich Pedroncelli and Olga R. Rodriguez – Associated Press - Wed April 10, 2019
$1.1B Oroville Dam Spillway Repairs Put to Test
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) An epic winter of rain and snow has refilled California's reservoirs and pressed into service a spillway at the nation's tallest dam on April 2, a $1 billion structure that drained excess water for the first time since it crumbled two years ago and drove hundreds of thousands to flee the threat of catastrophic flooding....
AASHTO Journal - Wed April 03, 2019
Federal, State Governments Respond to Flood Emergency Across Midwest
State departments of transportation across the Midwest continue efforts to mitigate and repair damage to roads, highway, bridges, rails, and other modes of travel from severe flooding caused by rapid snow melt combined with heavy rains....
AASHTO Journal - Mon March 25, 2019
State DOTs Battle Major Flooding Across The Midwest
A "bomb cyclone" that struck the Midwest in mid-March caused major flooding across Nebraska and parts of Iowa and Missouri, damaging highways, roads and bridges and causing in excess of $1 billion in property losses, according to news reports....
Office of Sen. Charles Schumer - Thu March 14, 2019
Bipartisan Federal Lands Package Grants Easement for Staten Island Seawall
Days after a visit to Staten Island, where he made the case for the swift passage of a federal lands package, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced that his push to allow the National Park Service (NPS) to grant an easement to New York City for access to land so they can perform maintenance and general operation of the Staten Island Seawall has just passed the Senate as part of a larger bipartisan federal lands package....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 13, 2019
Winter Storms Cause Road Damage in Southern California
Following a brutal winter season that brought record rainfalls, sharp winds and heavy blankets of snow throughout portions of the state, work crews in Southern California are currently focusing their efforts on areas ravaged by recent torrential downpours....
