Separated by less than 50 miles of roadway at the Jersey Shore, Ocean City and Surf City have more than just the Atlantic Ocean as their easternmost point in common. Another shared trait was on full display Feb. 13 as federal officials toured several towns to survey beach erosion. “We know this is a big… Read More
This is a new construction dredge material placement area at the Beltway 8 portion of Segment 4 of the Houston Ship Channel Expansion, also known as Project 11. This new placement area will safely contain the sediment and other materials removed from the channel during dredging operations. Project 11 adds significant value to the nation… Read More
PALM BEACH, Fla. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will begin construction this month on the Mid-Town segment of the Palm Beach Shore Protection Project in partnership with the Town of Palm Beach. The effort will restore storm-related erosion along the federally authorized Mid-Town Beach project area, from Seminole Avenue to Banyan Road…. Read More
By RadiokerryNews Over €600,000 (€606,000) has been allocated to Dingle Harbour as part of this year’s Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. In total, the six State Fishery Harbour Centres (SFHC), were allocated over 22-and-a-half-million euro (€22,520,000). Today’s announcement has been welcome by the Minister Norma Foley, Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae, Senator Mike Kennelly,… Read More
Federal regulators have given the green light to build a massive new shipping facility at the former Sparrows Point steel mill site. The project will significantly expand cargo capacity at the Port of Baltimore, boosting regional economic activity. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved a major shipping expansion project that will transform part… Read More
By Chris Gray, Gulf Coast Reporter Just in time for Spring Break, the Texas General Land Office and its partners have restored more than 5,300 linear feet of a popular beach on Galveston’s West End. Even better, it’s one of the beaches where it’s legal to bring alcohol (just not in a glass container). The GLO noted Tuesday in a… Read More
By Eric Conklin | NJ.com Touring some of the Jersey Shore’s most eroded beaches last week, a senior U.S. Army Corps official said the federal government is preparing to provide “tens of millions of dollars” for rapid emergency repairs before summer crowds return. Adam Telle, the assistant secretary of the U.S. Army’s Civil Works Division, toured beaches in Ocean… Read More
Ducks Unlimited (DU) was recently awarded $1.2 million from New York’s Water Quality Improvement Project program for wetland restoration over the next three years. DU’s work will restore and enhance 805 acres of vital wetland and upland habitat in New York’s Montezuma Wetland Complex and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area near the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge…. Read More
The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) has taken a key step towards greener ferry travel by awarding a USD 78.6 million contract to SENESCO Marine LLC for a new diesel-hybrid vessel to join the Cape May–Lewes Ferry fleet, replacing the ageing MV Cape Henlopen. This unanimous commission decision, made on 18 November 2025, will… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on a draft environmental assessment, or EA, for the transportation of dredged material, or river sand, near Lock and Dam 4, east of Kellogg, Minn. This project is a continuation of the actions laid out in the 2022 Lower Pool 4 Dredged Material… Read More
By Henry Brannan, Columbian Murrow News Fellow The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted an environmental approval last month to a project that would dredge a 1,000-foot-wide deep-water ship turn around in the Columbia River near the Port of Kalama and expand Longview’s existing turning basin. The environmental approval came despite the agency’s environmental review… Read More
Find your next quality investment with Simply Wall St’s easy and powerful screener, trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Tetra Tech, NasdaqGS:TTEK, has secured a new five year U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract with the Portland District. The company will provide architectural and engineering services for critical navigation and water control infrastructure. The… Read More
USACE districts across the South Atlantic Division are hard at work strengthening coastlines, protecting communities and improving vital beach intrastructure. Charleston District has completed the first phase of the Grand Strand Renourishment Project in North Myrtle Beach. Over 49 days, crews placed more than 672,000 cubic yards of sand along eight miles of shoreline. Work… Read More
Nor’easters are nothing new for those living along the Atlantic Coast. These winter storms often bring high winds and waves, but their prolonged duration can have a bigger impact on the beaches than fast-moving hurricanes. Recently, a strong nor’easter took aim at the Outer Banks in North Carolina and sitting right in the middle of… Read More
In a utilitarian structure of reinforced concrete, a bastion of pragmatism near the Trinity River, there worked a group of government employees, cartographers not of lands, but of interventions. They are assets of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, and their charge is a solemn one: to translate USACE’s immense, earth-altering… Read More