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The Keweenaw Peninsula will benefit from funds released as part of the 2018 Work Plan of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
$70 million in total will go toward repairing breakwaters, dredge harbors and complete various projects and studies throughout the Great Lakes.
$925,000 will go toward dredging the Keweenaw Waterway and $1.5 million will be spent on dredging the Ontonagon Harbor.
The big ticket item is the Soo Locks, which will have more than $57.5 million for its major rehabilitation.
Here is the full press release:
Detroit Corps office receives more than $79 million in recently approved Work Plan
DETROIT – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District announces additions to its fiscal year 2018 program based on the recently approved Work Plan. This additional $79 million will be used in 2018 to repair breakwaters, dredge harbors and complete various projects and studies throughout the Great Lakes.
The Detroit District’s work plan increase of $79 million includes 21 dredging projects and four repair, replacement, or construction projects. Significant funding will be applied to the Soo Locks to help further asset renewal projects and the major rehabilitation of key components of the MacArthur and Poe Locks. In addition, the work plan includes design funding for two environmental projects.
“These Work Plan funds will help address critical asset renewal and major rehabilitation projects at the Soo Locks facility, and also address numerous dredging needs around the Great Lakes. We construct, maintain and operate key infrastructure projects that are crucial to the nation’s economy, environment, safety and quality of life, now and in the future,” said Lt. Col. Dennis Sugrue, district engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District.
The work plan came about when Congress appropriated additional funding for ongoing work in the fiscal year 2018 Energy & Water Development Appropriations Act as contained in the 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The Corps developed an allocation plan for high priority work packages based on the criteria established by Congress.
Detroit District projects that will be executed as a result of the fiscal year 2018 work plan include the following
Dredging projects –
Michigan –
Arcadia Harbor , Mich. $225,000
AuSable Harbor, Mich. $420,000
Big Bay Harbor, Mich. $250,000
Bolles Harbor, Mich. $265,000
Caseville Harbor, Mich. $325,000
Channels in Lake St. Clair, Mich. $1,000,000
Frankfort Harbor, Mich. $400,000
Keweenaw Waterway, Mich. $925,000
Lexington Harbor, Mich. $270,000
New Buffalo Harbor, Mich. $275,000
Ontonagon Harbor, Mich. $1,500,000
Pentwater Harbor, Mich. $265,000
Port Sanilac Harbor, Mich. $225,000
Rouge River, Mich. $800,000
Saugatuck Harbor, Mich. $375,000
South Haven Harbor, Mich. $365,000
White Lake Harbor, Mich. $305,000
Whitefish Point Harbor, Mich. $305,000
Wisconsin –
Milwaukee Harbor, Wis. $1,000,000
Sturgeon Bay Harbor, Wis. $800,000
Two Rivers Harbor, Wis. $1,050,000
Repair, replacement or construction projects –
Operations and Maintenance
Michigan –
St. Marys River, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. $7,845,000
(Asset renewal and hydropower projects)
Minnesota –
Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minn. $500,000
Two Harbors, Minn. $250,000
Wisconsin –
Ashland, Wis. $450,000
Cornucopia, Wis. (engineering & design) $200,000
Construction
N. Wisconsin Environmental Infrastructure $650,000
Northeast Minnesota Environmental Infrastructure $ 50,000
Oakland County, Mich., Environmental Infrastructure $600,000
Soo Locks major rehabilitation, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. $57,580,000
