There are 7 article(s) tagged Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District:

• October 2023

  • Mississippi River breaks last year’s record low

    Preliminary data shows the Mississippi River’s level at Memphis likely hit a new all-time low in mid-September. 

    By Keely Brewer October 09, 2023

• May 2023

  • Army Corps replaces 75-year-old river grader with 1 million pound machine

    The new $22.5 million grader, delivered to its home port at Ensley Engineering Yard in Memphis in April, will service more than 950 miles of the lower Mississippi River, from Cairo, Illinois, to the gulf. 

    By Keely Brewer May 03, 2023

• February 2023

  • Sprawling $50M Mississippi River restoration project proposed

    The Army Corps is looking at a $50 million, 6,000-acre and 39-mile ecosystem restoration project beginning near Memphis. 

    By Keely Brewer February 27, 2023

• February 2021

  • Oil pipeline project clears environmental hurdle

    Opponents of the proposed pipeline believe local governments can stop the project and nine property owners are still refusing to give Plains All American access to their land. 

    By Blake Fontenay February 11, 2021

• April 2020

  • Gateway Shopping Center to house temporary hospital as city braces for COVID-19 surge

    The state plans to build a temporary hospital of non-acute care beds at the Gateway Shopping Center on Jackson Avenue. Other sites are being evaluated.

    By Bill Dries April 03, 2020

• June 2019

  • What’s the plan for Tom Lee Park?

    Documents obtained from the Army Corps of Engineers depict design plans for Tom Lee Park as of May and a Corps summary of a meeting about the plans.

    By Wayne Risher June 28, 2019

• May 2019

  • Corps of Engineers intends to leave federal building, eventually

    The Corps of Engineers still intends to leave the federal building Downtown, but no move is imminent.

    By Tom Bailey May 15, 2019