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By Alicia Tarancon, Action News Jax The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District is searching for people in our area who want to step up and protect our beaches from coastal storms and reduce the risk of flooding. It’s hiring people who really want to make a difference and don’t mind getting paid to… Read More
Greater Sacramento, California, is considered one of the most at-risk regions in the United States for catastrophic flooding. Its location, at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers, has made it necessary to rely on an aging system of levees, weirs, and passes, as well as Folsom Dam upstream, to reduce flooding. In 1997,… Read More
Project expected to be complete by April 30 COCOA BEACH, Fla. – Cocoa Beach — the Space Coast’s premier tourism spot — soon will see new sands, dredged up and pumped in from shoals several miles offshore of Cape Canaveral. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin placing the new sand on the so-called… Read More
Scorpion Pier provides visitors from around the world access to Santa Cruz Island—the most visited island in Channel Islands National Park, California. The pier is located at Scorpion Anchorage, a semi-protected ocean environment that poses both opportunities and challenges to the Park and visitors. The former pier was a repurposed flatbed railcar installed in 2000,… Read More
Continental Maritime of San Diego LLC, San Diego, Calif., has been awarded a $32,520,591 firm-fixed-price contract for a combination of maintenance, modernization and repair of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD-25). The contract is to execute the ship’s fiscal 2021 selected restricted availability and includes options that, if exercised, would bring itd… Read More
As the Baker administration prepares to open the bidding process for a third offshore wind project, it’s announcing some big changes — and some new requirements — for companies that want to develop a wind farm off the Massachusetts coast: bigger projects and a greater focus on diversity and equity. Unlike the previous two rounds,… Read More
The project is currently finalizing permit application documents with plans to implement the project in fall 2021. MANHATTAN BEACH, CA—The Manhattan Beach Dune Restoration Project, a multi-agency partnership with The Bay Foundation, will get underway in the Fall of 2021. The goal of the project is to increase the resiliency of the beach to improve… Read More
Imagine it’s pouring rain for days on end, and you live near the Mississippi River. Not a far-fetched idea for many. With rain comes rising river waters and possible flooding. To prepare for such events, monitoring the river is essential but much harder to do if the levee surface isn’t safe for travel. That’s why… Read More
Memphis District Commander Col. Zachary Miller and other district leaders hosted the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of Army (Civil Works), Mr. Vance Stewart, and USACE’s Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations, Maj. Gen. William (Butch) H. Graham, on March 11, 2021. During his tour, Graham stopped by the… Read More
After repeated assurances that downtown Montauk would be the first component of the long-awaited Fire Island to Montauk Point Reformulation Project, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said last week that the Army Corps of Engineers had announced that the town is not slated to see renourishment of the ocean beach this fall, when… Read More
In the midst a detailed, fact-filled draft letter to the US Army Corps from the Sandwich board of selectmen, one sentence dramatically underscored the town’s urgent need for federal help. “Over the last month, four private homes on Spring Hill Beach have toppled onto the beach and been destroyed as drastic erosion continues to place… Read More
The Mississippi River at the Carrollton Gage in New Orleans has risen above 11 feet prompting the New Orleans Engineer District to activate Phase I flood fight procedures beginning March 11, 2021. Closely coordinating efforts with the local levee authorities, the New Orleans District will begin patrolling levees along the Mississippi River twice weekly until… Read More
Every day thousands of vessels move people, animals, and products across the country via the nation’s rivers and harbors. This water traffic is a vital component of the nation’s economy. One of the Corps primary missions is to ensure that this traffic can move safely, reliably, and efficiently and with minimal impact on the environment…. Read More
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CONCORD, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing a Section 111 Shore Damage Mitigation Study for beach nourishment of Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts, that has eroded as a result of the Cape Cod Canal Federal Navigation Project (FNP) jetties at the east entrance of the Canal. The… Read More