Tag: WRDA

On January 10th 2022, DCA Executive Director Richard Balzano spoke with the Waterways Journal about the outlook and challenges ahead for the dredging industry in 2022 and beyond.

Waterways Journal: What do you know about the Corps’ dredging plans, and when will they be announced? Have members of your industry had any input into them or interactions with the Corps?

Balzano: We know the Corps is working on them, and we understand…

On December 22, 2020, the Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) praised congressional passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 as part of the FY 2021 omnibus spending bill and urged President Trump to sign it into law. DCA’s CEO & Executive Director Richard Balzano made the following statement in support of WRDA’s passage:

“For the first time WRDA will open the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) for its…

The Army Corps of Engineers released its allocations for the Donor and Energy Transfer Ports in its Operation and Maintenance Work Plan (released 10 February 2020).

“Congress and the Army Corps of Engineers continue to follow recent past precedence in allocating important funding for harbors and waterways that are considered energy transfer and donor ports,” said William P. Doyle, CEO of the Dredging Contractors of America.  “The program works as…

Critical water infrastructure projects will improve our Nation’s ports, harbors, and waterways, create good-paying American jobs, and incentivize businesses to buy and use American products

Today (October 10, 2018), the US Senate voted 99-1 in favor of America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018/Water Resources Development Act otherwise known as WRDA 2018.  In September, the Bill passed in the US House by unanimous voice vote (435-0).

Commenting on passage of…