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Oregon Inlet has a dredging schedule for February and March. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge Merritt, a side caster, is the only Corps dredge in North Carolina. The dredge is expected to arrive Oregon Inlet the second week of February after brief stops is Lockwoods Folly and Carolina Beach. Once the Merritt arrives… Read More
The proposed project would place about 2,400 cubic yards of fill along 270 feet of the Sheyenne River. ST. PAUL — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking comments on a draft feasibility report and environmental assessment for the proposed Sheldon Road Bridge streambank protection project near Sheldon, N.D. The proposed project would place… Read More
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Monday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has dedicated $8,750,000 to the ongoing Rough River Lake Dam remediation project in its Fiscal Year 2021 Work Plan. According to USACE, a 2012 safety report on the existing dam called for structural improvement to lower the risk… Read More
Poplar Island Expansion Completion News Release 28JAN21
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, which included funding appropriations for the Deep Creek Bridge Replacement Project in Chesapeake, Virginia in the amount of $12,657,000. The Work Plan identifies the projects, programs,… Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published Engineer Circular 1110-2-6075, “Inundation Maps and Emergency Action Plans and Incident Management for Dams and Levee Systems,” in October. This update allows for the use and public dissemination of inundation maps in emergency action plans (EAP) and the National Inventory of Dams (NID), It also provides… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has taken steps to implement its Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP)—a dual-purpose program for navigation improvements and ecosystem restoration along the Upper Mississippi River system. Specifically, in 2004 the Corps identified 24 navigation improvement projects and 1,010 ecosystem restoration projects and proposed a plan for implementing them…. Read More
Sterling Shipyard LP, Port Naches, Texas, has been awarded an $8,980,400 firm-fixed-price contract for services to build, test, and deliver a new deck barge that will be paired with a government purchased crawler crane to form a crane barge. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Port Naches,… Read More
The Memphis District Commander Col. Zachary Miller, district leadership, and members of the Project Delivery Team gathered on the Mississippi Riverbanks in Arkansas for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of a bank armoring project, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. The celebrated project was a task order in Crittenden County, Arkansas, which was awarded to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Poseidon Barge Ltd., Berne, Ind., an $8,379,000 modification to contract W912BU-19-P-0051 for the purchase of and modification to the structure of pontoons. Work will be performed in Berne, with an estimated completion date of May 26, 2022. Fiscal 2019 revolving funds in the amount of $8,379,000 were… Read More
Funding will help complete planning for 50-year replenishment project The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will allocate an additional $1.5 million for the planning, engineering and design of a federal sand project expected to beef up beaches in Encinitas and Solana Beach for the next 50 years, Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, announced Friday…. Read More
20-10i Channel Maintenance Dredging Potter 27JAN21 Update
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is already hard at work dredging the Mississippi River to a depth of 50 feet. The dredging is being performed to allow super-sized ships called Panamax and Post-Panamax vessels to make their way up the Big Muddy as far as Baton Rouge—as long as they fit under bridge crossings…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, received an additional $56.02 million boost for fiscal 2021, including funds for oyster restoration, beach renourishment in Ocean City, the dredging and south jetty rehabilitation of Fishing Creek in Calvert County, completion of engineering and design work to restore James and Barren islands, and more. This funding… Read More