On Wednesday January 28th the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 1 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The bill passed with a vote of 244 - 188 with no Republicans voting for the bill. The House bill includes $526.5 billion in spending and $275 billion in tax cuts of that spending figure only about 5% will go toward infrastructure. Read More
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Letter from the Water Resources Coalition chairs to Daniel K. Inouye Thad Cochran Dave Obey and Jerry Lewis House Appropriations Committee Read More
Washington D.C. January 28 2009. The U.S. inland waterways were given a grade of D- by the American Society of Civil Engineers in their 2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. Read More
Washington D.C. January 28 2009. The U.S. inland waterways were given a grade of D- by the American Society of Civil Engineers in their 2009 Report Card for Americas Infrastructure.Announced three months early in order to provide input to the Congressional debate on a hefty infrastructure stimulus bill the report card awarded an overall grade of D to the Nations infrastructure with individual grades given in 15 categories Read More
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will release its 2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure on Wednesday January 28 – almost two months early. It is anticipated that the… Read More
A listing of all members of the House of Representatives and how they voted on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1) is on web site: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll046.xml… This… Read More
When U.S. Airways flight 1549 crash landed in the Hudson River on January 15 dredging contractor Donjon Marine and industrial diving company Randive Inc. were soon on the spot to stabilize the aircraft which had begun floating downriver right after impact. Weeks Marine was later subcontracted to retrieve the plane from the water. Read More
When U.S. Airways flight 1549 crash landed in the Hudson River on January 15 dredging contractor Donjon Marine and industrial diving company Randive Inc. were soon on the spot to stabilize the aircraft which had begun floating downriver right after impact. Weeks Marine was later subcontracted to retrieve the plane from the water. Read More
Corpus Christi Chip Channel Texas Humble Basin to Viola Turning Basin in Nueces County Texas Pipeline Dredging. Awarded to T. W. LaQuay Dredging Inc. for $ 6130380 line items 1… Read More
. AIWA members voted to present a resolution to Congress urging creation of an AIWA commission comprisin representatives from the five waterway States that would recognize the AIWA as a vital interstate transporation system. Read More
