For Immediate Release: Monday January 31, 2022 Jim Gwinner, jgwinner@ls2group.com, 314-791-2774 Mississippi River Mayors and the Waterways Council Applaud Corps’ Infrastructure Spending Plan for Transformative Projects in Middle America Totaling $5.3 billion for the Mississippi River…
Read More View PDFJanuary 19, 2022 U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SPEND PLANS ADVANCE INLAND WATERWAYS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its spend plans outlining the specific inland waterways projects that were allocated funding from the Infrastructure…
Read More View PDFWCI LAUDS HOUSE APPROVAL OF INFRASTRUCTURE BILL LEGISLATION PROVIDES $2.5 BILLION FOR INLAND WATERWAYS CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR REHABILITATION PROJECTS Washington, DC – Last night, by a vote of 228 to 206, the House of Representatives approved the Senate-passed H.R. 3684, Infrastructure…
Read More View PDFJuly 29, 2021 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVES FY22 FUNDING FOR CORPS OF ENGINEERS Today, the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Energy & Water Development (E&WD) appropriations, with overall funding for the Corps’ Civil Works Mission…
Read More View PDFJuly 29, 2021 Infrastructure Package Advances Last night, the Senate by a vote of 67 yeas – 32 nays, passed a motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed on the bipartisan infrastructure package; in other words, agreed to move forward with debate for the bipartisan infrastructure…
Read More View PDFJuly 16, 2021 HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES STRONG FY22 FUNDING FOR CORPS OF ENGINEERS NESP RECEIVES $22.5 MILLION COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING Today, the House Appropriations Committee approved, by a vote of 33 to 24, funding for the Corps of Engineers for Fiscal…
Read More View PDFFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Deb Calhoun, dcalhoun@waterwayscouncil.org February 16, 2021 301/332-0813 WATERWAYS COUNCIL, INC. NAMES DUSTIN DAVIDSON AS DIRECTOR,…
Read More View PDFFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Deb Calhoun, 301/332-0813 December 22, 2020 dcalhoun@waterwayscouncil.org…
Read More View PDFNovember 10, 2020 SENATE RELEASES FY21 ENERGY & WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL WCI ELECTS BOARD, OFFICERS AND AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee released all 12 of its appropriations bills, including the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Energy and Water…
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