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It has been one year since the Tigertail Lagoon/Sand Dollar Island Ecosystem Restoration Project was completed. The City and the project engineers report that the project is performing as designed. After Hurricane Irma in 2017 the lagoon was evolving toward closure. In 2023, the City and Collier County funded the ecosystem restoration project which included… Read More
Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, 55th chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, signed the Chief’s Report for the Oakland Harbor Turning Basins Widening Study on May 31, 2024, during a ceremony at USACE Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The milestone represents a culmination of four years of study between the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sent a support team to assist the City of Atlanta in dealing with the next steps of the water crisis in Atlanta, June 4, 2024. On Friday, May 31, 2024, multiple main water pipes began leaking in Atlanta. City Mayor Andre Dinkins requested assistance from the Corps. The Corps… Read More
A project to dredge the Missouri River at Tobacco Gardens Resort and Marina is making headway now that the permit to do the work has finally been approved by the Army Corps of Engineers. It was necessary for the Army Corps of Engineers to issue a permit for dredging because the land that Tobacco Gardens… Read More
Storm-driven erosion has shrunk the beach at high tide on Seventh Avenue in North Wildwood to a skinny version of its former self. A once 70-foot-wide dune has been wiped out. Starting this week, the state of New Jersey will begin beefing up the stretch of beach, as well as others, in North Wildwood as… Read More
SAUGATUCK, Mich. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, will begin dredging 68,000 cubic yards of sediment from Saugatuck Harbor, Michigan, next week to ensure safe navigation between Lake Michigan and the Kalamazoo River. The two-mile federal channel in Saugatuck is a popular recreational destination and harbor of refuge. The King Company, of Holland, is… Read More
NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD), completed clearing and snagging maintenance in Bayou Teche within areas of Iberia Parish, La., May 22, 2024. LaDOTD provided $1.3M in funding to the Army Corps of Engineers so the clearing and snagging could… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $23.9 million contract to PWS, Inc. of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, to complete the Southern Embankment Reach SE-4 portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, May 28. The Southern Embankment Reach SE-4 portion is in… Read More
New Orleans, La. – On Tuesday, May 28, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general and 55th Chief of Engineers, signed the St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Chief of Engineers’ Report for transmission to Congress. The project calls for a mix of structural and non-structural methods to reduce the flood risk to more than… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will continue repairing its Duluth southern Vessel Yard Pier with Phase 2 beginning in July. Repairs this year are estimated to end around November and resume Spring 2025 with completion in the Spring of 2026. The repairs will take place weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Area home… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District reflects on the hard work and dedicated efforts of their state partners as well as the scientist and engineers within USACE and their unwavering commitment to Everglades restoration. USACE, and its state partners are making strategic efforts to restore, rehabilitate and reverse the damage inflicted in the past…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will continue repairing its Duluth southern Vessel Yard Pier with Phase 2 beginning in July. Repairs this year are estimated to end around November and resume Spring 2025 with completion in the Spring of 2026. The repairs will take place weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. “Area home… Read More
Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, Louisiana, was awarded a $27,235,265 firm-fixed-price contract to deepen and widen Mobile Harbor. Bids were solicited via the internet with five received. Work will be performed in Irvington, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 5, 2025. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds and fiscal 2024 civil operation and maintenance funds… Read More
Some eagle-eyed wildlife biologists have made a surprising discovery at Poplar Island. That’s the island in Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Maryland Port Authority have been rebuilding over the last 25 years, using dredge spoils from the Port of Baltimore’s shipping channel. What was once almost… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is cautioning those planning to hit the lake about possible storm debris on Beaver Lake following Sunday morning’s storms, according to a news release. Officials are urging boaters to take extra safety measures as some areas may have floating debris such as trees and docks that would not be… Read More