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The long-awaited Fire Island to Montauk Point project, expected to protect 83 miles of shoreline along Long Island’s South Shore from storms and sea level rise, is predicted to begin in 2022, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Current cost estimates put the massive project, which is known as FIMP and includes dredging… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Town commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday night to concur with the Carteret County Beach Commission’s recommendation to not opt into a federal beach nourishment program for Bogue Banks. The vote came during the Emerald Isle Board of Commissioners’ monthly meeting, conducted on GoToMeeting. Commissioner Jim Normile, who is vice chairperson of the beach panel,… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021) Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program on January 19, 2021.On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law 116-260, of which Division D is the Energy and Water… Read More
On 13 January 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) published its final rule (Final Rule) reissuing and modifying certain nationwide permits (NWP).1 The Final Rule modifies and reauthorizes NWP 48, Commercial Shellfish Mariculture Activities, and creates two new NWPs: NWP 55, Seaweed Mariculture Activities, and NWP 56, Finfish Mariculture Activities. Our prior alert discussed… Read More
MOUNT PLEASANT — Town Council wants the Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider where it will place sediment to renourish the once-pivotal shorebird sanctuary Crab Bank out of concern for Shem Creek and the potential negative economic impacts. The rookery eroded in recent years because of weather and tides. And the Corps now plans to… Read More
Stone Revetment will be Rehabilitated to Protect Historic Long Island Landmark Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today announced the award of a $30.7 million contract to H&L Contracting of Bay Shore, New York, to protect the historic Montauk Point Lighthouse and associated cultural resources located on the easternmost point… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has several projects to complete before reopening the locks in March. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (WLUC) – The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan will close to marine traffic beginning 11:59 p.m. January 15 through 12:01 a.m. March 25 to perform critical maintenance. The operating season is fixed… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its Engineer Research and Development Center are currently conducting R&D to operationalize technology that separates sand from mud while it’s being transported in the discharge pipeline of an operating hydraulic dredge. The simple placement method from the past is being evaluated not only to establish separation performance metrics,… Read More
While there are efforts to reinforce its beaches and marshes, some of Barataria Bay is slowly slipping away. Sandwiched between the Mississippi River and Bayou Lafourche, the Barataria Bay in Louisiana is a latticework of shrinking marsh, swamp, and islands. Few other coastlines in the Mississippi River Delta—or anywhere in the United States—have changed as… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers has unveiled a revised, 30-mile-long Upper Barataria levee system that would cost nearly $2 billion and protect portions of seven south Louisiana parishes, including the west banks of Jefferson, St. Charles and St. John the Baptist, from hurricane flooding. The proposal would be designed to protect against flooding caused by hurricane… Read More
Long Beach – Army Corps of Engineers officials will meet with members of the Long Beach Boat Owners Association and other stakeholders next week to talk about a plan to add rocky reefs and kelp beds along the Long Beach shore. The proposal, called the San Pedro Bay Ecosystem Restoration Plan, is meant to improve… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor will resume dredging Perdido Pass in early January. The work is expected to take approximately one month. Heavy equipment will be on the beach, west of the pass and the public is asked to be respectful of the work areas. Additionally, boaters are asked to maintain a safe… Read More
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it reissued 12 and issued four new nationwide permits (NWPs) for work in wetlands and other waters that are regulated by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. The… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed solution to preventing storm surge damage is simply much too weak, a fatal flaw in the system of protection afforded by a coastal spine. Ironically, the corps has taken the Ike Dike concept and made it so weak that it would be destroyed by an Ike-like storm and… Read More
Consultants hired by Charleston to review a proposed seawall around downtown said the city needs to be more proactive about making sure the structure works over the long term, or risk being disappointed by the end result. The project will work best if leaders map out how the hurricane surge barrier fits with drainage projects… Read More