Great Lakes Waterways Conference David Wright U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Operations Detroit District US Army Corps of Engineers
Agenda FY14 Maintenance Dredging Key FY14 Needs/Projects Duluth-Superior 21 st Ave Pilot Green Bay Cat Island Restoration SOO Locks Asset Renewal
FY14 Dredging Funding Chippewa Harbor Grand Marais Taconite Silver Bay Lake Superior Two Harbors Eagle Harbor Lac La Belle Knife River Cornucopia Duluth- Superior Port Wing La Pointe Bayfield Keweenaw Waterway Grand Traverse Bay Big Bay Little Lake Whitefish Point Harbor MI Presque Isle Marquette Grand Marais Manistique Channels in Straits of Mackinac Grays Reef Soo Locks St. Marys River Detour Les Cheneaux Island Mackinac Island Little Bay de noc St. James Mackinac City Cheboygan WI Cedar River Menominee Oconto Pensaukee Big Suamico Green Bay Two Rivers Washington Island Sturgeon Bay Algoma Kewaunee Hammond Bay Petoskey Inland Route Charlevoix Leland Alpena Black River Harbor Greilickville Frankfort Harrisville Arcadia Au Sable Harbor Portage Lake Tawas Bay CANADA Ogdensburg Morristown Cape Vincent Sackets Harbor Manitowoc Manistee Point Lookout Port Austin Sheboygan Ludington Pentwater Saginaw Harbor Beach Port Ontario Oswego Port Washington White Lake Muskegon Grand River MI Black River Port Sanilac Lexington Milwaukee Grand Haven St. Clair River Commercial Recreational FY14 Funded Dredging IL Kenosha Waukegan Chicago Harbor Chicago River Calumet IN Holland Saugatuck South Haven St. Joseph St. Joseph River New Buffalo Michigan City OH Pine River Clinton River Lake St. Clair Rouge River Detroit River Monroe Bolles Harbor Belle River PA NY 3
Key FY14 Detroit District O&M Activities Duluth Maintenance Dredging w/ 2 nd Year of Pilot Project for Disposal at 21 st Avenue Green Bay Maintenance Dredging and Use of Cat Island Dredged Material Disposal Facility Renard Island CDF Closure Soo Locks Asset Renewal: Installation of New Poe Lock Hydraulics Installation of New MacArthur Lock Gate Anchorages Replacement of Poe Lock Dewatering Pump Controls Poe Lock Gate 3 Repairs/Recoating
Key FY15 Detroit District O&M Needs St. Marys River Dredging Continuing Soo Locks asset Renewal: Initiate MacArthur Lock Controls Replacement Design of Poe Lock Controls Upgrades Replacement of Lock Dewatering Valves
Project Area in Duluth-Superior Approximately 110,000 cy of dredged material requiring placement each fiscal year Limited remaining capacity at Erie Pier
Duluth- Superior Harbor 21 st. Ave West Channel Duluth Area Office 600 Lake Ave South, Duluth, MN 55802 Erie Pier 40 th Ave Superior, WI
Duluth-Superior Hbr 21 st Avenue Pilot Project: Potential for three years placement of suitable dredged material Pilot to demonstrate and monitor placement, dispersion, plant growth, etc. Basis for pursuing similar sites of interest w/in the harbor
21 st Ave. W. View South
BUILDING STRONG
BUILDING STRONG
Unloading to Area 1
Discharge Line to Area 1
Discharge Diffuser
Agency Sampling-Monitoring Barr Engineering (Pete Kero) / MPCA - Bathymetric surveys (4) to monitor stability of sediment cap. UMD (Nate Johnson) - Contaminants / mercury. UMD-NRRI (Carol Reschke) - Benthic macroinvertebrates and aquatic vegetation sampling. USACE-ERDC (Joe Kreitinger) - Particle size analysis / modeling. USACE-LRE (Pam Horner) - Turbidity levels and suspended solids. WDNR (Joe Graham) - Water sampling events (3) for mercury analysis.
Fox River and Green Bay, Wisconsin 80,000 cy/year 100,000 cy/year
Cat Island Restoration Project for navigation: Provides for at least 20 years of disposal capacity for maintenance dredging for the Federal channel Environmental benefits: Re-creates the Cat Island chain (274 acres) Restoration of Pete s Marsh and Duck Creek Delta Wetland, providing 1,440 acres of wetland wildlife refuge
Cat Island Construction Jan 2013
West Cell Central Cell 84 Culvert East Cell 24 Culvert Ramps Off-loading Facility Federal Channel
BUILDING STRONG
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Soo Locks Asset Renewal Long-Term Plan Asset Renewal Plan will maximize reliability and reduce risk through 2035 $35.9M funded to date through FY13 New hydraulics, stop logs, utilities Crib Dam construction Compressed Air System Mac Lock modernization design 25 20 Funded Requirements Remaining funding required $69 million over 5 years Poe and Davis Pump Well Valves Poe Electrical Rehabilitation MacArthur Interlocks and Controls Upgrade Funding, $M 15 10 5 0 FY08 FY10 FY12 FY14 FY16 FY18
Soo Locks Asset Renewal - Ongoing MacArthur Lock Gate Anchorage Replacement Poe Lock Gate Hydraulics Replacement BUILDING STRONG
Poe Lock Hydraulics New Cylinder at Gate 2N
MacArthur Lock Gate Anchorages
Soo Locks Asset Renewal - FY14 Spending Bill Poe Lock Gate 3 Repair/Paint Poe Lock Dewatering Pump Controls Replacement BUILDING STRONG
Key Great Lakes Contacts GL Navigation Business Line Manager Mike O Bryan (313) 226-6444 Marie Strum (313) 226-6794 Shamel Abou-El-Seoud - Chicago Operations Chief (312) 846-5470 Josh Feldmann - Buffalo District Operations Chief (716) 879-4206 Dave Wright - Detroit Operations Chief (313) 226-3573 www.lre.usace.army.mil/greatlakes/navigation 27
Project Area in Green Bay
Renard Island Closure Dec 2013
Renard Island Closure Dec 2013
Renard Island Closure Dec 2013 Looking North at Bay Port Cell#7