Floodwall

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Tue September 30, 2025

USACE Begins Murrieta Creek Phase 2B Flood Control

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los Angeles District and its local, state and federal partners broke ground on Aug. 28, 2025, on Phase 2B of the Murrieta Creek Flood Control, Environmental Restoration and Recreation Project, according to USACE....

NJDEP & WPIX-TV - Tue September 23, 2025

Work Progressing Along N.J. City Streets as Part of Rebuild by Design Hudson River Project

Marin Boulevard between 18th Street in Jersey City and Observer Highway in Hoboken, N.J. closed Sept. 22, 2025, and will remain shut down for approximately four months as the state Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is set to begin its latest phase of construction as part of its Rebuild by Design Hudson River project....

Blue Ridge Public Radio - Wed April 02, 2025

With FEMA Easing Major Floodplain Construction Rules, Impact on Storm Recovery Unclear

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is no longer enforcing certain rules around rebuilding in floodplains as a Trump administration decision rolls some federal funding criteria back to pre-Obama administration standards....

Office of New York City Mayor Eric Adams - Tue November 05, 2024

VIDEO: First of Two Sections of NYC's $1.45B East Side Coastal Resiliency Project Is Complete

New York City has completed the first section of its East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project ahead of schedule and under budget, Mayor Eric Adams announced Oct. 17. It marks a major milestone in the effort to protect more than 110,000 Lower East Side residents, including 28,000 in public housing, from future storms and high tides and protect billions of dollars' worth of infrastructure and property in the area....

NYC Department of Design and Construction - Thu June 01, 2023

Stuyvesant Cove Park Reopens With New Recreation Areas, Flood Protection For Surrounding Community

NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley and NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) Executive Vice President and Chief Infrastructure Officer Josh Kraus joined elected officials and community leaders May 31 to open the northern section of the new Stuyvesant Cove Park along the East River in Manhattan between East 20th Street and East 23rd Street....

NYC.gov - Thu October 27, 2022

VIDEO: New York City Mayor Breaks Ground on Two Bridges Coastal Resiliency Project

With a host of New York City officials and climate change advocates at his side, Mayor Eric Adams broke ground Oct. 26 on the Brooklyn Bridge-Montgomery Coastal Resilience (BRMC) project, which will see the construction of flood walls and deployable flip-up barriers meant to protect the Two Bridges neighborhood of Manhattan from future flood surges....

Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 31, 2022

USACE Begins Final Stage of $529M, 17-Mile Flood Protection Project in Kansas City

Reconstructing a levee along a river, or erecting a concrete flood wall, is not a monumental task, certainly not for experienced engineers and contractors working under the watchful eye of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers....