The bill, AB 876, would exempt the levee project from various state and local environmental laws and regulations that could slow construction by years. Upgrades are slated to begin next year.

The trucks that will haul materials for billions of dollars worth of hurricane protection system construction will drive 50 million miles on highways and streets in the New Orleans area during the ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $639,000 contract to Three Oaks Construction, Inc., of North Sioux ...

A public information meeting outlining upcoming levee construction work along Tenmile Slough will be held April 7 as a new multi-year project aimed at reducing flood risk in north and central ...

Levee construction may save lives and property, but it also comes with a steep ecological price. Natural floodplains—those wild, wet places that flood and recede with the seasons—are some of ...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) — Residents of West Sacramento have been noticing a beehive of activity along the levee, where 120 construction crew members have been busy digging up dirt and ...

As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) revised its cost estimate, officials now estimate the construction cost on new levee system west of New Orleans has climbed to around $3.7 billion.

On the third anniversary of catastrophic flooding along the Missouri River, levee construction is nearing completion three years after the floods of 2019. "I'm very hopeful and probably more ...

A bulldozer levels dirt along a new levee being built along the Dungeness River on Saturday not far from the mouth of the river near the Dungeness community north of Sequim. The first phase of the ...