The state of Louisiana and the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LaTIG), the group charged with approving funds from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement for coastal restoration projects in the… Read More
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The Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study (LMRCM) has been paused after receiving no funds in the Corps of Engineers’ FY 2025 work plan. The project team was also notified… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District recently awarded a contract for constructing the ninth reach on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. This… Read More
The Corps of Engineers held a press conference January 23 to kick off public comments for the forthcoming Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study. “Your concerns, needs and… Read More
Members of Waterways Council Inc. (WCI) and maritime industry stakeholders gathered at the Four Seasons in New Orleans November 13-15 for WCI’s annual Waterways Symposium. This year’s symposium, while… Read More
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and the Port of Terrebonne met in… Read More
The New Orleans Engineer District awarded a $34.2 million contract to McMillen Inc., Boise, Idaho, on August 31 for construction of a steel system to allow dewatering of… Read More
Despite announcing just over a month and a half ago that the New Orleans Engineer District will need an additional $2.97 billion to complete the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain… Read More
Maj. Gen. Diana Holland, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Valley Division and president of the Mississippi River Commission, was in the New Orleans Engineer District… Read More
The Mississippi Valley Engineer Division and the New Orleans Engineer District have granted the conditional permit and Section 408 permission to Louisiana’s Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) for the… Read More