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The Port of Oakland, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) San Francisco District, has reached a key milestone in the planning process to widen the Oakland Harbor turning basins to accommodate larger container ships calling North America. The comment period starts today, Monday, December 20, 2021, for the USACE draft Integrated… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss.— Modeling the risk of extreme weather and natural disasters along the nation’s coastline is critical to the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) mission of delivering innovative solutions for safer, better world. Increasing this modeling capacity and better dissemination of data to climate research is the goal of a new agreement between… Read More
Fire Island Light House — Earlier today, leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, gathered with elected officials and project partners at Fire Island Lighthouse, Bay Shore, NY, where an official ceremony kicked off commencement of construction for a major coastal-storm risk-management project. The Fire Island to Montauk Point (FIMP) Project… Read More
The Maryland Public Service Commission has awarded a 20-year Offshore Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) to Ørsted’s largest bid in the solicitation, the Skipjack Wind 2 Offshore Wind Farm with a capacity of 846 MW. Skipjack Wind 2 will generate enough green electricity to power 250,000 homes in the Delmarva region. Ørsted will build Skipjack Wind… Read More
The Lee County Board of County Commissioners recently approved funds for local beach and shoreline projects, which included approximately $2.43 million for Sanibel and Captiva combined. At its Dec. 7 meeting, the commission voted to approve interlocal agreements to fund 17 projects across Lee using more than $4.5 million tourist development tax dollars. Among the… Read More
Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New York District gathered at the Fire Island Lighthouse on Dec. 17 for an official ceremony kicking off construction on the $1.7 billion Fire Island to Montauk Point (FIMP) coastal-storm risk-management project, which has been in the works for several decades. The project is designed to reduce… Read More
At the request of the CNMI government, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, has agreed to halt the feasibility study for Coastal Storm Risk Management on Beach Road on Saipan, which is threatened by coastal erosion. The CNMI had preferred natural and nature-based solutions to mitigate the threats but the U.S. Army Corps… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to begin dredging operations on the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) Palm Valley North Reaches next week. Dredging will begin at the Duval-St. Johns County line and move southward to the Palm Valley Bridge. The work area will operate with 7.5 miles of pipe… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) San Francisco District, in collaboration with the Port of Oakland as the non-federal sponsor, have prepared a draft Integrated Feasibility Report and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Environmental Assessment (IFR/EA), as well as a draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed Oakland Harbor Turning Basins… Read More
Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., has been awarded a $21,604,117 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220522C4030) for a 118-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul/dry docking availability on the USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8), formerly USS Arctic (AOE-8), is the third ship in the Supply class of fast combat support ships and has the… Read More
LOGAN – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says it has plans to – at some point – dredge Lake Logan to deal with an ongoing siltation issue, once it has secured the use of a piece of adjacent land where it can deposit the silt removed from the lake. A Hocking County man, however,… Read More
A new wetland ecosystem is on the table for Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) Board of Directors has approved the initiative, which entails a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District. The $14.8 million project will create a wetland ecosystem for fish and wildlife… Read More
MOREHEAD CITY — The N.C. General Assembly earmarked $2 million in the recently adopted state budget for a shoreline stabilization project on Sugarloaf Island designed to protect the island from the damaging environmental effects of shoreline erosion. The proposed project is a collaboration between the N.C. Coastal Federation and Florida-based aquatic restoration firm Sea &… Read More
OAK ISLAND, NC (WWAY) — Oak Island Town Council Members unanimously accepted access to over $20 million in beach renourishment funds Wednesday. Members heard a presentation from the state in their special meeting. Now that the funding is approved, funds up to $20 million will be dispensed during individual beach renourishment projects that the town… Read More
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore approved funding for the installation of “constructed wetlands” along the Middle Branch, restoring the shoreline of parts of the Patapsco River and protecting South Baltimore neighborhoods from flooding, Mayor Brandon Scott said Friday. The project is part of the larger Reimagine Middle Branch initiative, which looks to activate the waterfront with… Read More