The new year is a good time to remind readers of The Waterways Journal of changes arriving in how we cover dredging and marine construction issues. Over the past few… Read More
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The Fiscal Year 2020 Congressional budget passed both the House and Senate and was signed by the President on December 20. Included in the domestic appropriations bill is a section… Read More
Finally, much-needed supplemental federal money to restore river channels and repair damage from the flood of 2019, signed into law in June in the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief… Read More
Two members of Congress from Minnesota announced November 14 that they had secured the release of $100 million in dredging and restoration funds for the Upper Mississippi River to address… Read More
The Waterways Journal has covered news involving dredging and marine construction since it first hit print in 1887, but soon that coverage will expand greatly. As of 2020, International Dredging… Read More
Speaking to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee during an October 23 hearing, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, chief of engineers of the U.S. Army and commanding general of the… Read More
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. House easily approved a bipartisan bill to ensure the Harbor Maintenance Tax (HMT) is used for its intended purpose of maintaining federally authorized harbors. Passed by a… Read More
On October 28,  H.R. 2440, the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act, advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation—the top legislative priority of the American Association… Read More
A couple of short weeks ago, the Rock Island Engineer District was struggling to perform dredging to clear riverbends and shoals from the huge deposits of silt left by this… Read More
As the harvest season reaches its peak, Corps of Engineer districts are struggling to slowly unclog rivers and resurvey channels that were choked with unprecedented amounts of silt this spring. Read More
