In addition to the design and construction of a new levee in Princeville, the US Army Corps of Engineers announced that it will direct $281.5 million to complete two significant resiliency projects in eastern North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 @ 11:55 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) released the following statement after the Army Corps of Engineers announced it will complete two projects in the Third District to help mitigate the impact of storm damage.
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2020 @ 4:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The safety of American people is my absolute highest priority. We are sparing no expense.
Published: Thursday, September 13th, 2018 @ 10:23 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) commended the Trump administration’s withdrawal of the Water of the United States (WOTUS) rule, and released the following statement
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 12:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This month, Congressmen Walter B. Jones (NC-03), along with 87 other Republican Senators and Members of Congress, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth District calling for the Obama administration's destructive Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule to be struck down
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2016 @ 3:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Department of Transportation Secretary Nick Tennyson joined state and local representatives Friday morning to open the completed U.S. 70 Goldsboro Bypass.
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 5:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) secured $500,000 from the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge New River Inlet this year. Last month, Congressman Jones wrote a letter to Army Corps of Engineers leaders explaining that shoaling conditions in the channel are impacting Marine Corps training...
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2016 @ 1:32 am
By: Chris Downey
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) secured an additional $3,225,000 from the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Oregon Inlet, and an additional $1,000,000 for Hatteras Inlet. Last month Congressman Jones sent a letter to Army Corps leadership reminding them of the chronically poor...
Published: Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 @ 1:28 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) secured an additional $5 million dollars from the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Morehead City Harbor this year. Last month, Congressman Jones wrote a letter to Army Corps of Engineers leaders explaining that the harbor's channel has shoaled from its...
Published: Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 @ 5:10 am
By: Chris Downey
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Today Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) reiterated his call for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate funding to dredge New River Inlet in Onslow County, North Carolina. In a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Jo-Ellen Darcy and Lt. General Thomas P. Bostick at the Army
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 3:01 am
By: Chris Downey
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate additional funding to dredge Eastern North Carolina's Oregon and Hatteras Inlets. In a letter sent today, Congressman Jones reminded Army Corps of Engineers leadership of the chronically poor navigation...
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2016 @ 1:58 am
By: Chris Downey
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate additional funding to dredge Morehead City Harbor
Published: Friday, January 22nd, 2016 @ 11:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In this lecture to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers delivered this week, Patrick Moore, ecologist as well as founder and long time leader of Greenpeace, argues that the planet has actually been in a long term (50 million year) cooling trend; that long term temperature records...
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 @ 3:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, Congressman Walter B. Jones and several congressional colleagues joined forces to call on the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers to meet its statutory mandate to perform an assessment of the maintenance dredging needs along the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways.
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2015 @ 2:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Efforts to resolve the critical channel maintenance issues at the Port of Morehead City reached a major milestone when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract for maintenance dredging.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 12:26 am
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory is praising the teamwork that helped secure an additional $4 million from the United States Army Corps of Engineers for desperately needed dredging of the Morehead City Harbor Channel.
Published: Wednesday, February 4th, 2015 @ 1:43 am
By: Chris Downey
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As part of continued customer focus and enhancement of North Carolina's infrastructure, Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Tony Tata will meet with local leaders and transportation officials to consider all options for a recently widened section of...
Published: Saturday, January 24th, 2015 @ 9:37 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate additional funding to dredge Eastern North Carolina’s Morehead City Harbor.
Published: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 @ 4:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University's engineering program launched at a perfect time for Kyle Barnes.
Published: Sunday, October 5th, 2014 @ 9:19 am
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the North Carolina tourism industry generated record visitor spending in 2013.
Published: Saturday, May 17th, 2014 @ 8:49 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today, North Carolina State Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners
Published: Tuesday, May 13th, 2014 @ 10:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University has been building a workforce of teachers, nurses, artists and doctors for decades. Add another fast-growing group to the list of professionals that ECU sends out to serve the region: engineers.
Published: Friday, April 25th, 2014 @ 4:15 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Tuesday, April 1st, 2014 @ 2:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) asserted his opposition to a Draft Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) that would direct 43 percent of sand dredged from Morehead City Harbor to Shackleford Banks.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 11:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Don't look now, but North Carolina's long-maligned highway system is showing signs of significant improvement.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2013 @ 10:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Don't look now, but North Carolina's long-maligned highway system is showing signs of significant improvement.
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 1:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We yearn for that bright future but seem unwilling to take care of what we already have. This failure to invest in infrastructure will result in lost jobs, lost opportunities and even lost lives.
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2012 @ 5:47 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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