The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District, in partnership with the Fulton County Board of Levee Commissioners (FCBLC), is nearing completion of two maintenance projects, the Island 8 Parcel 1 Relief Well Ditch Restoration Project and the Lake No. 9 Collector Ditch Erosion Repair Project, both located along the Mississippi River Mainline Levee south… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. (April 7, 2021) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced today upcoming temporary road closures on Netherlands Road as dredging activities continue to progress on Phase 2 of the $36.5 million Muddy River Flood Risk Management project in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. Temporary road closures will take place April… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is placing dredged sand on the North Reach section of Brevard County beaches. The Brevard County Shore Protection Project will put about 465,000 cubic yards of sand on the southern four miles of beach from Patrick Space Force Base to North 2nd Street in Cocoa Beach. They are presently… Read More
On Monday, U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, state Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, and state Rep. Toby Overdorf, R-Palm City, urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to eliminate regulatory discharges from Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie River as part of the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM). “The Army Corps has determined that discharges from… Read More
PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tetra Tech, a leading provider of high-end consulting and engineering services, announced today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District awarded the Company a $49 million, multiple-award, architecture and engineering services contract to support facilities throughout the United States. Under this five-year contract, Tetra Tech will provide environmental services for the… Read More
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is extending the alternate schedule on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke through April 12 due to continued shoaling issues in the ferry channel just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. The schedule through April 12, weather permitting, is as follows: Ocracoke to Cedar Island:… Read More
BALD HEAD ISLAND, NC (WWAY) — A dredging project that has been happening since January on Bald Head Island is nearing completion. The Village of Bald Head Island says the Wilmington Harbor Inner Ocean Bar Project is expected to be finished on Friday, April 2. The project was to dredge the federal navigation channel reaches… Read More
A coastal rehabilitation project aimed at repairing an area of Sabine Pass will restore a local coastline to where it was 100 years ago, officials say. “It will stop saltwater intrusion into the 128 acres of marsh north of the beach, improve the health of the marsh; contribute to the finfish and crab habitat, the… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released Thursday a proposal for the next phase of the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Superfund site. The proposal calls for dredging of contaminated sediment and excavation and capping of floodplain soil at Silver Lake, Bridgewood Lake, Kirkwood Lake, and Hilliards Creek between Gibbsboro, Voorhees and Lindenwold. Silver Lake and the creek… Read More
Crowley Government Services Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., has been awarded a $56,569,632 bridge contract for the firm-fixed-price portion of a previously awarded contract (N6238715C3135) for operation and maintenance of six government-owned maritime prepositioning force vessels: USNS 2nd LT John P. Bobo (T-AK 3008); USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK 3009); USNS 1st LT Baldomero Lopez (T-AK… Read More
The Charleston District has had many influential projects over the last 150 years that continue to have an impact today. At the same time, the District is currently working on hundreds of different projects throughout Charleston, the state of South Carolina and the entire southeast. While all these projects will have a great impact on… Read More
WILCOX, Pa. — After seven years of construction at the dam of East Branch Clarion River Lake, and more than a decade of lowered water levels, the reservoir and dam will reopen in late May with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an open house event. The dam repairs addressed a “bus-sized” hole in the dam that… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $2.2 million contract to Tunheim Construction LLC of Fargo, North Dakota, to complete the Southern Embankment Reach SE-1 portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project. The Southern Embankment Reach SE-1 portion is to be located in Cass County,… Read More
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Duluth’s mayor is pressing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to investigate whether the agency is responsible for erosion along a six-mile stretch of Lake Superior beach. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Mayor Emily Larson sent a letter March 12 to the corps to investigate whether its maintenance work on… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $2.2 million contract to Tunheim Construction LLC of Fargo, North Dakota, to complete the Southern Embankment Reach SE-1 portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project. The Southern Embankment Reach SE-1 portion is to be located… Read More