It’s also a nice break for the Corps, which has been advocating for funds to address smaller projects that may not rank high nationally, but are important to less populated regions and communities.
That’s on top of an additional $22.81 billion provided to the Corps in the 2022 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. Army Corps of Engineers for eastern North Carolina waterways, according to Sen. Lacking high-volume marine traffic or large ports, North Carolina’s northeast coast typically qualifies for far less federal funding to help maintain navigational channels and inlets than do the state’s southern coastal communities.īut mariners in Dare and Hyde counties will be getting their fair share of benefits from the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that Congress passed in November, with nearly $60 million of it going to the U.S. This is the second in a special reporting series on federal infrastructure spending and North Carolina’s navigation needs. Photo: Hank Heusinkveld/Army Corps of Engineers Shallowdraft dredge Murden clears the heavily-shoaled areas in Rollinson Channel near Hatteras in the Outer Banks during a past project.
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