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In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the Army Corps of Engineers has been studying New Jersey’s 3,400 miles of back-bay shoreline to determine flood risk and look for possible structural options to mitigate the coming damage from rising sea levels. On Thursday, the Corps published an update to its “New Jersey Back Bays Study,” this… Read More
OCEAN CITY, Md. – Efforts by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to replenish and support Ocean City beaches in the unpredictable foreground of climate change will commence after Labor Day and are expected to finish before Memorial Day next year. “We’re protecting such an important part of our state,” U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin,… Read More
In what the Southern Environmental Law Center calls “an abrupt reversal in decades of policy and practice,” the Corps now plans to allow hopper dredging year-round at Wilmington and Morehead City Harbors. That includes, according to the SELC, the height of turtle nesting season and times of year when many fish are in young sensitive… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has selected Jason Mooney as Chief of Project Resources Management Branch (PRMB). In this role, Mooney will lead the way of carrying out PRMB’s mission, which is to provide quality engineering and other professional services for flood damage reduction, hydropower production, recreation management,… Read More
DEPOE BAY — Several areas at the Depoe Bay City Park will close for two weeks starting Sept. 10 as the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and its contractors begin a project to dredge the Depoe Bay check dam and harbor boat basin. The dredging will begin Sept. 13 and last at least two weeks,… Read More
Oak Island town officials have opened bids for a sand renourishment project this winter that could put more than 1-million cubic yards of sand along the strand from about Middleton Avenue to nearly the western end of the beach. The $23.4-million project, if accepted, is intended to replace losses from Hurricane Florence. The apparent low… Read More
BEAUFORT — The Carteret County Board of Commissioners Monday approved a $1 million expenditure for the first phase of a multi-year study that aims to identify sources of sand for future beach nourishment projects. The matter was originally part of the consent agenda for the meeting, held Monday evening at the administration complex in Beaufort,… Read More
After 25 years of planning and struggling for funding, the Lake Redwood dredging project will begin moving dirt starting next month. The goal is to remove up to 650,000 cubic yards of sediment to increase the current average depth of Lake Redwood from 2.8 feet to its original depth of 20 feet. Before dredging the… Read More
OCEAN CITY, MD- Ocean City is announcing a 15.7 million dollar Beach Restoration project, aimed at keeping the beach viable for visitors, and protected against erosion from rising sea levels and stronger storms brought on by climate change. Maryland Officials stood alongside the Army Corps of Engineers Thursday to Unveil the OC Shoreline Nourishment program,… Read More
OCEAN CITY, Md.- Right on the Ocean City Boardwalk, leaders in Maryland announced a beach nourishment project. This is part of a bigger Atlantic Coast or Maryland Shoreline Protection Project. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) says the 8.3-mile shoreline will be just a small part of what has already prevented $1 billion… Read More
BOSTON- To help Massachusetts’ coastal communities prepare for severe weather events and the impacts of climate change, including storm surge, flooding, erosion and sea level rise, the Baker-Polito Administration today announced the award of $4 million in grants to support local planning and management efforts. The funding, awarded by the Executive Office of Energy and… Read More
A contentious plastic manufacturing plant planned to be built in St. James Parish is facing another hurdle after the Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday called for an environmental impact assessment. In a statement, the Corps said it plans to compile a report on how the new plant from Taiwanese company Formosa Petrochemical would impact… Read More
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Relief appears to be on the way for one of San Diego’s most notorious areas for flooding during storms: Mission Beach. Bob Ruane says life on the peninsula is as good as it gets, except when a bad storm comes. “If you miss it by ten minutes, your office is flooded,”… Read More
Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $13,066,191 firm-fixed-price contract for a 72-calendar day shipyard availability. The work to be performed provides for services for the mid-term availability of the fleet oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201). The contract includes four unexercised options that, if exercised, would increase the cumulative contract value to $13,314,208…. Read More