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McConnell Rejects Infrastructure Spending For Next Coronavirus Bill Washington Waves

McConnell Rejects Infrastructure Spending For Next Coronavirus Bill

May 1, 2020

Washington, D.C.—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has rejected President Donald Trump’s proposal to include major infrastructure spending in the next coronavirus relief measure. “It’s unrelated to the coronavirus pandemic,… Read More

WRDA 2022 Moves Out Of Committee To Full House Washington Waves

WRDA 2022 Moves Out Of Committee To Full House

May 20, 2022

Washington, D.C.—A key House panel advanced its Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022 that would invest in the nation’s waterways and ports and study the impact of inland flooding… Read More

Grant Benefits Paducah Port’s Commodity Yard, Modernization The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority recently received a $3.32 million MarAd PIDP grant that will allow the modernization of its bulk commodity yard over the next few years. (Photo courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

The Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority recently received a $3.32 million MarAd PIDP grant that will allow the modernization of its bulk commodity yard over the next few years. (Photo courtesy of Paducah-McCracken County Riverport Authority)

Grant Benefits Paducah Port’s Commodity Yard, Modernization

January 7, 2022

A $3.32 million U.S. Maritime Administration Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grant is projected to revitalize the port in Paducah, Ky., for years to come. “It will allow us not… Read More

Federal Officials End Controversial Asian Carp Harvest Method In Kentucky Waters

December 29, 2021

Federal officials will not return to Kentucky to perform a seasonal tracking and harvest of Asian carp after a request by a county official. Lyon County Judge-Executive Wade White wrote… Read More

2021: The Annual Review Of Waterway Events Caption for photo: The Lower Monongahela River Project reached a major milestone in September when Charleroi Lock was dewatered. The Pittsburgh Engineer District had finished building the new lock chamber walls and emptied it of 20 million gallons of water to allow contractors to begin adding the mechanized inner works of the chamber. (Photo by Michael Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Caption for photo: The Lower Monongahela River Project reached a major milestone in September when Charleroi Lock was dewatered. The Pittsburgh Engineer District had finished building the new lock chamber walls and emptied it of 20 million gallons of water to allow contractors to begin adding the mechanized inner works of the chamber. (Photo by Michael Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

2021: The Annual Review Of Waterway Events

December 17, 2021

The year 2021 was a dramatic year in infrastructure developments, with much of the action turning on efforts by the administration of incoming President Joe Biden to overturn or reverse… Read More

Stopgap Measure Funds Government Until February 18 Washington Waves

Stopgap Measure Funds Government Until February 18

December 10, 2021

Washington, D.C.—President Joe Biden signed another stopgap measure to keep federal agencies funded until February 18 and urged Congress to use that time to reach a bipartisan agreement on funding… Read More

Kentucky Official Touts Experimental Carp Removal Method A still shot from a video posted online shows commercial fisherman Wade Robbins using the new “trap netting” method on Lake Barkley, an impoundment of the Cumberland River, in western Kentucky. (Photo courtesy of Lyon County (Ky.) Judge-Executive Wade White)

A still shot from a video posted online shows commercial fisherman Wade Robbins using the new “trap netting” method on Lake Barkley, an impoundment of the Cumberland River, in western Kentucky. (Photo courtesy of Lyon County (Ky.) Judge-Executive Wade White)

Kentucky Official Touts Experimental Carp Removal Method

November 26, 2021

A Kentucky county official is helping to promote the benefits of a new method of removing invasive Asian carp via a video posted online and a new subsidy in his… Read More

Green River Dam Removal To Benefit Recreation, Environment The lock chamber at Green River Lock and Dam 5 near Roundhill, Ky., has already been removed. The dam will be removed next summer. (Photo by Chris Wernick/Louisville Engineer District)

The lock chamber at Green River Lock and Dam 5 near Roundhill, Ky., has already been removed. The dam will be removed next summer. (Photo by Chris Wernick/Louisville Engineer District)

Green River Dam Removal To Benefit Recreation, Environment

November 24, 2021

The removal of a Green River Lock and Dam unused for the past 70 years will improve safety, allow better environmental conditions and create a new recreation space for users… Read More

Biden Signs Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Bill Washington Waves

Biden Signs Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Bill

November 19, 2021

Washington, D.C.—President Joe Biden signed his trillion-dollar hard infrastructure bill into law and then hit the road to promote its impact on the lives of Americans. Ports and waterways were… Read More

Kentucky Official Seeks To End Experimental Carp Program

November 5, 2021

A Kentucky county leader is asking U.S. Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to prevent the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from bringing an experimental type of Asian carp removal back to… Read More

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