by MBJ Staff Published: May 15,2013
Tags: amendment, executive, federal government, flood, flood control, flooding, governor, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, levee, Senator, state government, state gtovernment
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Senate has accepted an amendment authored by U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) aimed at giving Mississippi a role in a proposed levee project that could result in new flood threats to the Mississippi Gulf Coast if not carefully studied with input from affected parties. The Cochran amendment was incorporated into [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 30,2013
Tags: construction, county government, federal government, flood, flood control, flooding, levee, oppose, opposition, plan
HANCOCK COUNTY — Mississippi officials are asking the federal government to thoroughly study the potential effects of any proposed new levee construction in southeast Louisiana. Officials in Hancock County said they oppose a suggested 24-foot barrier levee that will close or partially close Lake Pontchartrain and protect St. Tammany Parish. “This is way bigger than [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 16,2012
Tags: boat, boater, boating, drought, dry, engineer, engineering, flood, flood control, navigation, rain, reservoir, river, ship, shipper, shipping, water, Weather
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri are joining the chorus expressing concern over the Army Corps of Engineers plan to reduce flow from an Missouri River reservoir, potentially affecting shipping on the Mississippi River. The Corps has said that around Nov. 23 it will reduce the flow at [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 14,2012
Tags: boat, boater, boating, engineer, engineering, federal agency, flodding, flood, flood control, navigation, reservoir, river, ship, shipper, shipping, water
MISSOURI RIVER — The Army Corps of Engineers will proceed with plans to reduce the flow from an upper Missouri River reservoir despite concerns that it will worsen low-water problems on the Mississippi River, officials told The Associated Press yesterday. The Corps expects to cut the flow from the Gavins Point Dam in South Dakota [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 13,2012
Tags: boat, boating, employer, employment, engineer, engineering, environment, federal agency, flood, flood control, flooding, job, navigation, river, ship, shipping, traffic, transportation, wildlife, work
MISSISSIPPI RIVER — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and the barge industry are imploring the federal government to keep water flowing on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers or face potential “economic disaster.” The nearly year-long drought has left many waterways at historic lows. Nixon sent a letter urging the Army Corps of Engineers to rethink plans [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 29,2012
Tags: disaster, engineer, engineering, flood, flood control, flooding, levee, natural disaster, rain, river, severe weather, water, Weather
ISSAQUENA COUNTY — Work to raise 4.7 miles of the Mississippi River levee in Issaquena County is beginning and should take a year to complete, the Army Corps of Engineers says. Raising the levee southwest of Onward requires asphalt to be removed from Highway 465 where part of the levee crests, the corps tells The [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 11,2012
Tags: agency, construction, dirt work, engineer, engineering, excavation, federal government, flood, flood control, flooding, improvement, levee
BATESVILLE — The Vicksburg District of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded the contract for levee improvements in East Carroll and Concordia Parishes, La. The contract was awarded to Bickerstaff Brothers Inc. of Batesville in the amount of $464,000 and consists of furnishing all plant, labor, materials and equipment for the construction. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 27,2012
Tags: builder, building, contract, contractor, federal agency, federal government, flood, flood control, flooding, levee, river, water
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, recently awarded phase two of the Steele Bayou Channel Relocation to Tri-County Contractors Inc. of Jackson. The work is part of the flood control efforts in the Yazoo River Basin and will consist of constructing the Steele Bayou channel relocation in the Yazoo National [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 20,2012
Tags: barge, boat, boating, Commerce, contract, education, federal agency, federal government, flood, flood control, flooding, maritime, Museum, railroad, river, river traffic, service contract, ship, shipping, towboat, train, transportation
VICKSBURG and RIDGELAND — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, has awarded a contract to Service Specialist of Ridgeland for the operation and maintenance of the Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Site (LMRM). The amount of the yearly contract is $305,000 and will provide staff, interpretive services, general maintenance and landscaping [...] [...]
CARROLL COUNTY — Carroll County has more flood-retarding dams than any county in Mississippi — about 120. The lakes that were created are used for recreation and are places of scenic beauty. They were also built in a flood control plan that helps not just the Carroll County area but also the Mississippi Delta. Some [...] [...]
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