Articles Tagged with ''Everglades''

Protestors at immigration detention center

Government

US Judge Halts Further Construction at 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Site

Temporary injunction restrains all work for two weeks at Everglades site while opponents' court challenge continues to move forward.

Pam McFarland

August 7, 2025

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Temporary injunction issued Aug. 7 by Florida federal judge restrains all work for two weeks while opponents' court challenge moves forward against detention facility for undocumented immigrants in the Everglades.

Legal

Court Orders Corps to Halt $80M Everglades Job After Bidder's Protest

James Leggate

May 5, 2022

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US judge agreed that agency failed to properly evaluate bid of Thalle Construction, a unit of giant heavy civil contractor Tully Group, in a big canal project award last year to Phillips & Jordan.

Water Infrastructure

Corps Spells Out Billions in Infrastructure Act Allocations

Tom Ichniowski

January 19, 2022

2 Comments

Everglades restoration program receives the largest allotment of roughly $1.1 billion.

Water

Lake Okeechobee Operating Shifts Set to Boost Everglades Flow

Herbert Hoover dike rehabilitation will coincide with new lake operating strategy

James Leggate

November 22, 2021

One Comment

New Corps lake system operating manual, replacing one in use since 2008, will improve water management, including better dry season Everglades flow and reduced algae blooms in rivers

Everglades Restoration Phillips and Jordan

First Contract Awarded for $3.5B Everglades Restoration Project

Thomas F. Armistead

October 1, 2021

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Phillips and Jordan will start work in November under fixed-price $80-million first phase of the A-2 Reservoir south of Florida's Lake Okeechobee.

Kendall Parkway early rendering of transit station

Highway Improvements

Fla. Gov. DeSantis Clears Way for Controversial $1B Kendall Parkway Project

Jim Parsons

September 24, 2021

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An administrative law judge had recommended that the project not move forward due to environmental concerns.

Florida, Corps reach agreement on Everglades reservoir

State Pact Allows Corps to Move Ahead On $3.4B Everglades Reservoir Project

Thomas F. Armistead

April 28, 2021

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Corps is set to begin construction on 10,500-acre storage facility, its portion of the cost-shared $3.4-billion project.

Everglades Restoration Moves Forward With $640M Reservoir Project

Thomas F. Armistead

April 20, 2021

One Comment

The reservoir, being built under the restoration program’s largest contract to date, should be completed in 2023

Construction Set to Start On Critical Everglades Project

Thomas F. Armistead

May 7, 2020

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The $207.8-million contract will deliver the first component of a $1.8-billion reservoir project.

Everglades Restoration

First Contract Awarded for $1.6B Everglades Project

Thomas F. Armistead

March 23, 2020

No Comments

The contractor's bid came in well below the engineer's estimate of $38.8 million.

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Articles Tagged with ''Everglades''

US Judge Halts Further Construction at 'Alligator Alcatraz' Detention Site

Court Orders Corps to Halt $80M Everglades Job After Bidder's Protest

Corps Spells Out Billions in Infrastructure Act Allocations

Lake Okeechobee Operating Shifts Set to Boost Everglades Flow

First Contract Awarded for $3.5B Everglades Restoration Project

Fla. Gov. DeSantis Clears Way for Controversial $1B Kendall Parkway Project

State Pact Allows Corps to Move Ahead On $3.4B Everglades Reservoir Project

Everglades Restoration Moves Forward With $640M Reservoir Project

Construction Set to Start On Critical Everglades Project

First Contract Awarded for $1.6B Everglades Project

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