CEG - Wed February 10, 2021
Federal Funds Will Complete Tennessee's Chickamauga Lock Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will receive nearly $191 million for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project from funding revised and adopted by Congress. The money will go toward the next phase of work on the lock at the hydroelectric Chickamauga Dam, located on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 06, 2021
Crews Race to Repair Edenville Dam Before Thaw
Emergency work on a failed dam in Midland County, Mich., has Fisher Contracting Co. crews working six days a week on a tight timeline under risky conditions. The Edenville Dam failed last spring after heavy rains led to a large May flood event....
Tribune-Review - Mon December 28, 2020
Army Corps' $2.6B Ohio River Project Might Get Funded Faster
Two key pieces of federal legislation recently could shave off years waiting to start construction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' $2.6 billion upper Ohio River project. The project, still in the design phase, replaces a lock each at the Emsworth, Dashields and Montgomery locks and dams in southwestern Pennsylvania....
By Anna Liz Nichols – ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue September 01, 2020
Michigan Investigators, Contractors Assess Remaining Portion of Edenville Dam
LANSING, Mich (AP) State investigators and contractors started assessing the remaining portion of a Michigan dam whose failure this spring contributed to millions of dollars in flood damage and destroyed more than 100 houses....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 25, 2020
Years After Hurricane Harvey, Dam Still Under Repair
Hurricane Harvey caused extensive damage in Texas and Louisiana during August 2017, including major devastation to the Vernon Lake dam and spillway in Vernon, La., which is the subject of a $1 million Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) repair project....
CEG - Mon March 09, 2020
FEMA Agrees to Pay $300M for Oroville Dam Repairs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) In an unusual reversal, federal regulators agreed to cover about $300 million in repair costs at the Oroville Dam, where a spillway collapse three years ago prompted the evacuation of nearly 190,000 people in Northern California....
Las Cruces Sun News - Wed February 26, 2020
New Mexico Gets $100M to Repair Hazardous Dams
The state with the highest percentage of high-hazard dams in the country — New Mexico — was recently awarded $100 million to help fix these troublesome barriers. The plan was approved last month amid an urgent call to upgrade facilities over fears of the loss of life in the event of a dam failure....
Mary Esch - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu November 21, 2019
Investigation: Dozens of N.Y. Dams Need Work; Most Have No Funding
AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) The Harrower Pond Dam, cracked and crumbling, with saplings sprouting from its walls, has been repeatedly cited by state and federal inspectors for safety violations over the past four decades....
Michael Casey – Associated Press - Thu November 21, 2019
Many New England Dams a Safety Risk, in Need of Repair
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Merrymeeting Lake is like so many others in the New Hampshire woods, a bucolic summer getaway of cabins and second homes where vacationers sail, swim and fish. Like dozens of other lakes in the state, it also has a problem that is hidden from most of the people who come to enjoy it....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu October 24, 2019
Waterbury Dam Still Needs More Repair Work Done; Awaits Fed Funds
The Waterbury Dam, which was built in 1938 and repaired numerous times, most recently in 2007, needs additional work, which may be completed if it receives federal funding. Sen. Patrick Leahy said money for repairs is included in a $20 million appropriation included in the Senate's Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which must be approved by the full Congress and signed by the president....
