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St. Charles Herald Guide - Wed August 11, 2021
Construction Begins on LA's $760M River Region Hurricane Levee System
Leaders from three Louisiana parishes joined Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and other state officials July 26 to break ground on the much-needed $760 million West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Protection system....
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District - Tue May 25, 2021
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Breaks Ground on Iowa's Ditch 6 Levee Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, in conjunction with the city of Hamburg, Iowa, conducted a groundbreaking ceremony May 5 to kickoff construction to rehabilitate the Hamburg Ditch 6 levee....
Lane Construction Corporation - Tue May 25, 2021
Lane Construction Wins $258M KC Flood Protection Project
On May 12, Lane Construction Corporation, the United States subsidiary of Webuild Group, announced it has been awarded the Kansas City Levees Flood Risk Management Project. The $258 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract will reduce the risk of a levee breach or overtopping and subsequent major flood damage within the heart of Kansas City's industrial and commercial districts, reducing the flood risk to more than 27,000 residents and employees and more than $10 billion in infrastructure, including one of the largest networks of United States Class I rail yards in the nation....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 05, 2020
USACE's $453M Kansas City Levees Project
The final phase of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Kansas City Levees Project is under way at various stages of design and construction to start in the Fall with the investment of $453 million to cover levee and floodwall raises; replacements and repairs to existing pump stations; improvements to aging infrastructure; and seepage and stability improvements....
Jim Salter - Associated Press - Tue April 14, 2020
USACE: Some Levees Still Vulnerable After 2019 Floods
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) With flood concerns already high in the Midwest, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is warning that many levees on the Missouri and Kansas rivers that were damaged during devastating floods last spring remain vulnerable to high water....
USACE - Wed March 04, 2020
USACE, KDWPT Prepare for St. Joe Levee Raise Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District and the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism (KDWPT), will temporarily close portions of the 1,601-acre Elwood Bottoms Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Site/Wildlife Area in the next few months for construction of the Corps' St....
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....
Wed July 19, 2017
U.S. Army Corps Plans to Repair Levee Holes in Arkansas
POCAHONTAS, Ark. (AP) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials are expected to begin repairing nine sections of a levee along the Black River in northeast Arkansas that was damaged by floods in May. Emergency workers are making plans to cover the holes in case of torrential rains such as the ones in May that caused record river levels in Pocahontas, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported....
Wed July 12, 2017
City in Iowa Receives Final Approval for $6.6M Levee Project
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given final approval to an estimated $6.6 million project in Iowa to improve the flood-control levee in Cedar Falls. The city received word from the Corps on June 28, Mayor Jim Brown told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier....
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