The Port of Long Beach has been given the next necessary approval for a new project to deepen its waterways. On 6 July, Assistant Secretary of the Army at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Michael L. Connor issued a Record of Decision (ROD) on the Port’s Deep Draft Navigation Feasibility Study and Channel Deepening… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, awarded a contract Aug. 26, 2022, to execute an aquatic ecosystem restoration project at Big Fishweir Creek. Big Fishweir Creek is an urban tributary of the St. Johns River, running approximately four miles south of downtown Jacksonville. It enters the St. Johns River, a designated American Heritage River,… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division Command Sgt. Maj. Chad Blansett was awarded the Silver De Fleury Medal at Division Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia on Aug. 22nd, 2022. The medal was presented by outgoing division commander Brig. Gen. Jason Kelly who stated, “The Silver De Fleury is a really big deal. There are… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is hosting a drop-in public workshop from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. September 13 at the Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville, 211 SE Walton Blvd., Bentonville, Arkansas. Information will be available at the workshop regarding potentially impacted properties and the newly proposed willing sellers only acquisition alternative. All interested persons are invited… Read More
The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will close some of its facilities at Wright Patman Lake beginning Sept. 2 to conduct routine maintenance operations. “Dewatering is necessary to conduct scheduled routine maintenance of the stilling basin,” said Emmitt Attaway, the Piney Woods Region’s Environmental Stewardship Business Line Manager. According to Attaway, the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District emergency operations center (EOC) activated at Level 2, Aug. 27 at 3 p.m., due to flooding on the Pearl River in the Jackson, Mississippi, area. Level 2, or Emergency Watch, means personnel will monitor conditions from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. The District is providing… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District is employing emergency authority to remove remaining portions of Green River Lock and Dam 6, near Brownsville, Kentucky, which is obstructing Green River. Currently, the remaining portions of Green River Dam 6 are obstructing a navigable waterway and presenting a safety hazard to members of the public… Read More
The Town of Surf City has announced that the next step in their beach nourishment project has begun. Per their announcement, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working to authorize a Surf City only project. This follows North Topsail Beach’s choice to not participate in the project. “After a hard-fought battle, we are finally… Read More
The director of Civil Works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers toured several sites along the Los Angeles and Santa Ana rivers, as well as major dams that protect millions of citizens down and upstream of the LA and Prado basins during a recent visit to Southern California. Alvin Lee, Senior Executive Service, U.S…. Read More
Dredging work is set begin this week on BX Creek in Vernon. The city says the annual work is part of efforts to maintain infrastructure. Starting as early as 7 a.m. Wednesday, crews will begin dredging the creek at the intersection of 48th Avenue and 20th Street. Single-lane traffic in both directions will be maintained;… Read More
The Marquette City Commission is moving forward with a $2.3 million dredging project. The Commission Monday night unanimously approved the selection of GEI Consultants for an environmental review of the area that will be dredged. The area the dredged material will be relocated will also be reviewed. The plan is to remove sediment from the… Read More
Dredging of the Kankakee River at Aroma Park is expected to be started and completed in 2023, as part of the initial $8 million investment to ease flooding along the waterway in Kankakee County. At last week’s Legislative Breakfast for Kankakee County, State Sen. Patrick Joyce, D-Essex, again touted the sand and sediment removal program… Read More
The town of Rehoboth Beach will be seeing maintenance in the coming months. The projects will take place on Norfolk street between Byers and Scarborough Avenue where the town will replace a water main, update service lines, and resurface the roadway. The work is expected to start sometime in October or November, and will take… Read More
Colonna’s Shipyard Inc., Norfolk, Va., has been awarded a $32,222,891 firm-fixed-price contract for the completion of the Chief of Naval Operations docking service craft overhaul availability under the Shippingport Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock Medium program. The contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring its cumulative value to $32,664,263. Work will be performed in Norfolk and is… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District announced that it will conduct vegetation management activities on Missouri River sandbars between Garrison Dam and Huff, North Dakota, during August and September 2022. The Bismarck-Mandan river reach (river miles 1325 to 1310) will not be sprayed. This preventative maintenance aims to keep the sandbars free of… Read More