by Mary Scott Nabers America’s coast hosts more than 300 ports, which are vital to the U.S. economy. Annually, the ports contribute more than $5 trillion to the country’s GDP. Although port traffic was disrupted significantly by COVID-19, port traffic is greater now than ever. Before the pandemic, port officials rushed to dredge deeper channels to […]
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America’s Ports Surge Ahead with $5 Trillion in Funding for Groundbreaking Infrastructure Overhaul
Friday, November 10th, 2023Retro Infra: Military Roads, c. 1943
Thursday, September 3rd, 2015EXPEDIENT METHODS FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN SWAMPY AND SANDY GROUND. USE OF CORDUROY MATS, WIRE MESH AND STEEL LANDING MATS.
US Army Training Film TF5-1193
View this complete post...Strathmere, NJ: Protecting the Shore
Monday, June 1st, 2015Drone video from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shows the extensive work being done to build dunes and burms along the Jersey Shore. The work is being done by the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company.
View this complete post...Missouri DOT: Take a Ride on the “Snooper”
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014Missouri Department of Transportation provides a lending hand to the Army Corps of Engineers at Table Rock Lake in Branson, MO. The MoDOT bridge inspection crew gave the Corps a lift in one of MoDOT’s under bridge inspection units allowing them to inspect dam. This video provides a first person view of what a ride in an under bridge inspection unit to inspect underneath bridges looks like. Enjoy the ride!
View this complete post...Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration
Thursday, September 19th, 2013U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
The Los Angeles River is the 51-milelong backbone of an 870 square mile watershed. It once anchored a vast system of riparian foothill, riverine and freshwater marsh habitat that carried seasonal rains and subterranean flows across the coastal plain to the Pacific Ocean. Over the last 150 years, the River has been degraded by a cycle of increasing urban development in the floodplain, flooding, and channelization, culminating in the mid-20th century with the construction of the Federal flood risk management project known as Los Angeles County Drainage Area (LACDA).
Corps of Engineers Water Resources Infrastructure: Deterioration, Investment, or Divestment?
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed and now operates and maintains a water infrastructure network across the United States that includes dams, levees and coastal barriers for flood protection; locks and dams for inland navigation; ports and harbors; and hydropower facilities.
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