Last summer, people living along the Mississippi River from its confluence with the Ohio all the way down to Baton Rouge, La., might have seen a strange sight: a helicopter… Read More
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The Kansas Citys Levees project held a groundbreaking ceremony October 13 at the Central Industrial District Levee Unit, marking the start of the levee raising phase of the $529 million… Read More
The Omaha Engineer District and the city of Hamburg, Iowa, signed a Section 1176 project agreement February 10 that will allow for raising the Hamburg Ditch 6 levee 8 feet,… Read More
The Omaha Engineer District announced the award on May 19 of an $8.74 million construction contract to AECOM Technical Services Inc. of Los Angeles, Calif., to close the remaining breaches… Read More
The Kansas City Engineer District announced May 1 further progress and more contracts awarded in its levee rehabilitation program. It said 66 levee systems are on target for repairs, some with… Read More
The Omaha Engineer District is moving forward in its response to severe flooding on the Missouri River and tributaries that began in March and continues into June as an unprecedented… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the updated National Levee Database (NLD) for public access June 5. The NLD is a living, dynamic information source that provides visualization and… Read More
