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East Side Coastal Resiliency Project Receives 'Envision Gold Award' From Institute For Sustainable Infrastructure

NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley announced Aug. 1 that the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) Project, which is enhancing parks while creating a 2.4-mi. long flexible flood barrier extending from Montgomery Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side up to Asser Levy Playground at East 25th Street, has been selected to receive an "Envision Gold Award" for sustainability from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI)....


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....


New Sewers, Water Mains Delivered in South Jamaica, St. Albans, Queens Neighborhoods

NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley announced the completion of a $24 million project to improve street conditions, alleviate flooding and upgrade infrastructure in the South Jamaica and St....


U.S. House Approves $31B Solution for Ike Dike; Vote Next

Committees in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have approved the biennial Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), which would authorize a long list of water infrastructure projects, including the $31 billon Ike Dike megaproject to protect the Texas coast around Galveston from rising waters....


VIDEO: NCDOT Equips State Roads With Cutting-Edge Flood-Warning System

When the next hurricane strikes North Carolina, the state will be armed with an advanced flood-warning system that relies on a network of 400 river and stream gauges. In making the announcement May 23, the state's Department of Transportation (NCDOT) said on its website that the new system will allow the agency for the first time to analyze, map and communicate in real-time any flood risks to roads, bridges and culverts....


VIDEO: Maryland County Secures Loan to Build Tunnel in Flood-Prone Ellicott City

The largest and potentially most-effective aspect of Howard County, Maryland's $165 million plan to minimize flooding along Main Street in historic Ellicott City will break ground later this year. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced May 24 in a press release that the county has secured a low-interest loan to build a 5,000-ft.-long tunnel that will divert water away from Ellicott City's Main Street and into the nearby Patapsco River....


Largest Floodplain Restoration Project in California Under Way

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) Between vast almond orchards and dairy pastures in the heart of California's farm country sits a property being redesigned to look like it did 150 years ago, before levees restricted the flow of rivers that weave across the landscape....


NYC Makes $148M Investment in Southern Brooklyn Sewers

NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley announced the completion of the $148 million, three-phase program to reduce street flooding, ensure the reliability of the drinking water delivery system, improve the health of Fresh Creek and Jamaica Bay and make neighborhood roadways safer for all users....


Reed & Reed Leads Replacement of Aging, Deteriorating Bridge in Maine

The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing a deteriorated bridge in Woolwich and adding another new bridge to the project to address flooding concerns on Route 1. The total cost of the project is approximately $40 million and the construction contract is $33.5 million....


Moveable Flood Gate Installed at East Side Coastal Resiliency

Commissioner Thomas Foley of the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced that the first massive gate that will help protect the Lower East Side from future coastal flooding was installed Feb....







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