Did you know?
In 1942, The Port of Longview became the main supply base for lend-lease shipping to Russia. Every week, three to four full shiploads of government issued war equipment and materials were exported across Port docks to Russia and Great Britain.
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PNWA Welcomes our new member-GEI Consultants (GEI)
GEI Consultants (GEI) is an employee owned nationwide geotechnical and environmental services firm consisting of approximately 650 professionals. They serve the Pacific Northwest from offices in Seattle, Portland, and Hood River, Oregon. GEI has completed hundreds of projects at ports, harbors and on waterways. These projects are often broad in scope, involving site environmental services including complex permitting and remediation, aquatic or marine ecological risk assessments, and geotechnical, geostructural and civil design and engineering, and construction management. These projects also often involve aspects of brownfields site redevelopments. GEI provides these integrated services both as prime consultant owners or sub to A/E firms and contractors.
GEI's extensive experience and service offerings include:
- Geotechnical analysis and design of waterfront structures, including bulkheads, seawalls, piles and heavy transport piers and other structures supporting commercial shipping.
- Contaminated and navigational sediment projects in freshwater and saltwater streams, rivers, canals, estuaries and harbors.
- Maintaining aquatic and marine biological laboratories, and their staff's capabilities span a variety of disciplines, including all aspects of aquatic and marine ecology, fresh water and marine sediment investigations, fresh and tidal wetland assessments, wildlife surveys, rare species assessments, terrestrial surveys, mitigation and restoration plans, shoreline stabilization and landscape design.
- Uplands site characterization and remediation projects including remedial decision making for future use redevelopment and Brownfields projects.
- Site health, safety, and environment compliance expertise including storm-water assistance.
GEI's clients are looking for innovative design and remediation solutions in all phases of the project life cycle, and GEI is positioned to deliver. Please visit their website: geiconsultants.com or contact Rich Truax by email for further information.
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Future of Navigation - 21st Century Waterways public listening sessions announced
The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are co-sponsoring Future of Navigation - 21st Century Waterways public listening sessions. The listening sessions, which will be held in several locations across the country, will include various Federal agencies and stakeholders to discuss the joint Federal agency initiative to use modern technology to support a safer, more efficient, more secure, and environmentally sound Marine Transportation System. These listening sessions will provide an opportunity for stakeholders to express their emerging needs for navigational information and service delivery systems necessary to improve safety and efficiency of transits on the Nation's waterways.
A listening session is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, June 3rd at 6:00 pm at the Seattle Public Library. The intended outcome of these listening sessions is the development of a portfolio supported by multiple Federal agencies that will provide coordinated and timely delivery of navigational information and services to promote safety and efficiency on the MTS. PNWA staff will be in attendance, and encourages PNWA members to attend as well.
For further information, contact John Moriarty at (206) 220-7274 or john.f.moriarty@uscg.mil.
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Walla Walla District Spring Navigation Meeting scheduled for June 2nd
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District Spring Navigation Meeting will be held June 2nd, 2014 at 1:30 pm at the Walla Walla District offices located at 201 North 3rd Avenue, Walla Walla. Agenda items will include: 2014 Lock Annual Maintenance, Little Goose lock repairs, NWW Columbia/Snake River Long Term Planning and an update on the Programmatic Sediment Management Plan. We encourage our members to attend this meeting, please click here for more information.
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Obama Administration releases GROW AMERICA Act
On April 29th, the Obama Administration released their surface transportation reauthorization proposal titled "Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and Work with Accelerated Mobility, Efficiency, and Rebuilding of Infrastructure and Communities throughout America", or the GROW AMERICA Act. This bill is a $302 billion, four year proposal that comes following the President's FY2015 budget outlining his priorities for surface transportation reauthorization in the coming year.
The GROW AMERICA Act emphasizes the need for freight infrastructure by providing $10 billion over 4 years for a new multimodal freight incentive program. The program, which will fund innovative rail, highway and port projects, is aimed at addressing the greatest needs for the efficient movement of goods across the country. The proposal includes incentives to encourage coordinated investment in freight infrastructure and gives shippers, truck and rail industry representatives and associated labor organizations a role in crafting investment decisions in partnership with state and local officials.
The bill also proposes funding for multiple grant programs to support freight and infrastructure related investments, and promote innovation and collaboration between local, state and federal partners. The GROW AMERICA Act would permanently authorize the TIGER competitive grant program, at $5 billion over four years and would allow additional regional and national transportation needs to be met. In addition, the bill proposes $4 billion for the Fixing and Accelerating Surface Transportation (FAST) grant program which would award funding to states, tribes and MPOs that adopt innovative strategies to implementing long-term transportation improvements.
For more information on the GROW AMERICA Act, please visit http://www.dot.gov/grow-america.
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