CEG Search results for "superstorm sandy"

Channel to Barnegat Bay Inlet Reopens After Dredging

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NJDOT - New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials announced State navigation channels in the Barnegat Bay Inlet area have been restored to navigable depths for the first time since Superstorm Sandy following the completion of a dredging project in Ocean County. Many of these chann...

Board Approves $364.2M for Major Holland Tunnel Project

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CEG - The Port Authority Board of Commissioners approved a major rehabilitation and resiliency project for the Holland Tunnel to repair and restore critical mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems caused by Superstorm Sandy, and to install protective measures to mitigate future flooding in the faci...

After Five Years, J.F. Kiely Construction Co. Helps 'Sandy' Family Return Home

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CEG - In August 2016, J.F. Kiely Construction Co. partnered with the St. Bernard Project (SBP), a non-profit organization, identified a family that was still displaced from Superstorm Sandy after nearly five years, and promised to get them back to their home.J.F. Kiely Construction Co., the lead...

Amtrak: Sandy Tunnel Repairs May Begin in 2025, Cost $1B

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Alfonso A. Castillo - Construction work on a critical project to repair damage from superstorm Sandy in East River tunnels used mostly by the Long Island Rail Road may not begin until 2025 — 13 years after the structures were deluged with 14 million gallons of corrosive saltwater.The work, once expected t...

Port Authority Board OKs Sandy Mitigation Projects at PATH, Holland Tunnel, JFK

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CEG - The Port Authority Board of Commissioners authorized more than $77 million in flood protection and resiliency projects at major Port Authority assets throughout the region that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy in 2012.The projects include planning for permanent flood mitigation repairs to ...

Replacement of Sandy-Damaged Rail Bridge Moving Ahead

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David Porter - ASSOCIATED PRESS - The lasting effects of Superstorm Sandy continue to wash across New Jersey, evident on a century-old railroad bridge that nearly became a casualty of the ferocious October 2012 onslaught. The storm surge from the Atlantic Ocean up into the Raritan Bay pushed a barge into the bridge, dislo...

ARA Donates $5,000 to L.A. Flood Relief Efforts

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CEG - Declared “the worst disaster to strike the United States since Superstorm Sandy” by the American Red Cross, the historic flooding that has ravaged Louisiana has claimed at least 13 lives, made 20 parishes federal disaster areas and has forced thousands of people from their homes....

Damaged Canarsie Tube Scheduled for Repair in Jan. 2019

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Ezra Kaplan - ASSOCIATED PRESS - NEW YORK (AP) A subway tunnel that was severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy will be closed for 18 months starting January 2019 for repairs, shutting down one of the system's most crowded lines that connects Manhattan with vibrant neighborhoods in Brooklyn, officials said July 25.The Me...

NYC, State Reach $26.1 Billion Deal on Transit Funding

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Jonathan Lemire - ASSOCIATED PRESS - NEW YORK (AP) A deal has finally been struck to fund the New York City region’s mass transit capital spending program, ensuring that vitally needed infrastructure upgrades — including repairs to damage wrought by Superstorm Sandy — will be underwritten for the next five years. ...

Audit: NY Sandy Relief Program Paid Millions for Flawed Work

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MIKE BALSAMO - ASSOCIATED PRESS - NEW YORK (AP) - A program that was supposed to rebuild homes wrecked by Superstorm Sandy paid $6.8 million to contractors for work that was ”flawed or incomplete,’ the city’s comptroller said in an audit released Tuesday.Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office examined ...