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Replenishment projects on Delaware beaches have finally wrapped up. Over 1.2 million cubic yards of sand have been pumped into Rehoboth, Bethany, Dewey and Fenwick Island beaches. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson Ed Voigt [VOGT] says replenishment happens every few years, and this year the projects lined up to happen all at once. The… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers has been working for years on a $4 billion plan to protect St. Tammany Parish from severe flooding — but even the Corps can’t eliminate flood risk entirely from a parish that was hit with monster storm surge and up to 15-inches of rain during Hurricane Ida. A revised plan, which… Read More
Plans for Pinellas Beach Renourishment On July 26 at 9 a.m. in Belleair Beach, Kelli Hammer Levy delivered the same alarming news to the 11 mayors of Pinellas County beach cities as she did the night before in St. Pete Beach. “The Army Corps of Engineers will not be renourishing our beaches this year,” Hammer… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District office is taking comments from the public on a proposed dredging permit for a long-planned Carteret County board launch facility in Bogue Sound in the Ocean community. The project is to be built on a 67-acre parcel off Highway 24. It includes six ramps, a transient floating… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District awarded a $16,456,566 contract to Marinex Construction, Inc. for the dredging of Morehead City Inner Ocean Bar. Dredging the Inner Ocean Bar will help keep one of NC’s two deep water ports open. This project also features our “beneficial use” program. Beneficial use allows us to place… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, will begin maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channel (also known as Matanzas Pass) in the vicinity of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, as early as Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. The project is being executed under a $2.9 million contract awarded in June to Cottrell Contracting Corp. of Chesapeake,… Read More
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works announced today additional U.S. Army Corps of Engineers studies and projects funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (DRSAA) of 2022, and the DRSAA of 2023. These actions invest over $454 million to help communities reduce… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $5.3 million contract to Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Co. on July 27 to construct a stone breakwater in the abandoned Shipping Slip 3 in Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. Construction of the breakwater marks the first major physical step in creating another new wetland ecosystem on… Read More
Members from the city of Wabasha, Minnesota, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, gathered at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha to sign a historic partnership agreement July 24. Wabasha Mayor Emily Durand and St. Paul District Commander Col. Eric Swenson signed a pact for the management of dredged river sand… Read More
Col. L. Reyn Mann assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District in a change of command ceremony held at the Henry Clay Building in Louisville, Kentucky, July 27, 2023. As commander of the Louisville District, Col. Mann will provide strategic direction, and command and control for the district’s $1 billion workload… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District, plays a key role in America’s economy by keeping waterways open for navigation and commerce. The Galveston District is directly responsible for monitoring more than 1,000 miles of channel along the Texas Gulf Coast. This navigation mission sometimes requires getting help from some friends in the… Read More
USACE releases final revision of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System Master Plan & lifts shoreline use permit moratorium on Lake Dardanelle The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is releasing the final revision of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System Master Plan and associated environmental assessment. The final revision of the MKARNS Master Plan and environmental assessment can be viewed… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $5.3 million contract to Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Co. on July 27 to construct a stone breakwater in the abandoned Shipping Slip 3 in Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. Construction of the breakwater marks the first major physical step in creating another new wetland ecosystem on… Read More
City commissioners were surprised and confounded to learn the Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District told Pinellas County that none of its beach renourishment projects are moving forward, even though they were ready to go out to bid, because some beachfront property owners refuse to grant the federal government perpetual public access easements to come… Read More
Nine levee rehabilitation projects are planned in Snohomish, Whatcom, Skagit and King Counties during the summer of 2023, in hopes of completion before the fall flood season. A number of flooding events damaged levees, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers aims to restore them to pre-flood levels of protection. Work kicked off with reinforcement… Read More