WTOP Radio News & Howard County, Md - Tue May 31, 2022
VIDEO: Maryland County Secures Loan to Build Tunnel in Flood-Prone Ellicott City
The largest and potentially most-effective aspect of Howard County, Maryland's $165 million plan to minimize flooding along Main Street in historic Ellicott City will break ground later this year. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced May 24 in a press release that the county has secured a low-interest loan to build a 5,000-ft.-long tunnel that will divert water away from Ellicott City's Main Street and into the nearby Patapsco River....
Associated Press - Tue May 03, 2022
Largest Floodplain Restoration Project in California Under Way
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) Between vast almond orchards and dairy pastures in the heart of California's farm country sits a property being redesigned to look like it did 150 years ago, before levees restricted the flow of rivers that weave across the landscape....
NYC Department of Environmental Protection - Fri April 22, 2022
NYC Makes $148M Investment in Southern Brooklyn Sewers
NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Rohit T. Aggarwala and NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley announced the completion of the $148 million, three-phase program to reduce street flooding, ensure the reliability of the drinking water delivery system, improve the health of Fresh Creek and Jamaica Bay and make neighborhood roadways safer for all users....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu April 21, 2022
Reed & Reed Leads Replacement of Aging, Deteriorating Bridge in Maine
The Maine Department of Transportation is replacing a deteriorated bridge in Woolwich and adding another new bridge to the project to address flooding concerns on Route 1. The total cost of the project is approximately $40 million and the construction contract is $33.5 million....
NYC Department of Design and Construction - Mon February 28, 2022
Moveable Flood Gate Installed at East Side Coastal Resiliency
Commissioner Thomas Foley of the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced that the first massive gate that will help protect the Lower East Side from future coastal flooding was installed Feb....
CEG - Wed December 22, 2021
Major Flood Risk Management Project Kicks Off on New York's Long Island
New York state officials, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and project partners, gathered Dec. 17 at Fire Island Lighthouse to mark the start of construction works for a major coastal-storm risk-management effort....
Lane Construction - Tue October 26, 2021
Lane Breaks Ground On Kansas City Flood Protection Project
The Lane Construction Corporation, the United States subsidiary of Webuild Group, has broken ground on the Kansas City Levee Flood Risk Management Project. The $258 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contract will reduce the risk of a levee breach and overtopping during future flooding events in the surrounding area....
Raleigh News & Observer - Thu October 21, 2021
NCDOT to Widen, Raise I-95 Through Lumberton to Prevent Floods
Torrential rain from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 sent the Lumber River over its banks onto Interstate 95 in Lumberton, N.C., closing the East Coast's main north-south highway for several days. Just two years later, it happened again after Hurricane Florence....
CEG - Mon September 06, 2021
Tropical Storm Ida Inflicts Flood, Wind Damage to Large Areas of the Northeast
The weather system that was once Hurricane Ida roared through the mid-Atlantic and Northeast states Sept. 1-3, bringing with it historic rainfall amounts, catastrophic flooding, multiple reports of tornadoes, and death and injuries....
CEG - Tue August 31, 2021
NJ Eyes $16B Plan for Gates, Elevations to Alleviate Shore Flooding
New Jersey officials hope to slam the door on some of the worst flooding at the state's shore by building gates at the mouths of three inlets and in the middle of two bays that can be closed during severe storms....
