The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 for the Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program reflects the administration’s priorities to grow the nation’s economy, decrease climate risk for communities, increase ecosystem resilience to climate change, and promote environmental justice in disadvantaged communities in line with Justice40. The Budget funds the development, management, restoration,… Read More
The multi-billion-dollar project is a series of locks, sea gates, levees, walls and dunes meant to prevent storm-surge flooding for the millions of people who live along Galveston Bay from the island and Houston. Army Corps officials said they expected federal money to begin flowing as soon as this spring for what is among the… Read More
Beginning Monday, March 6, the boat ramp at Burnsville Lake in the Riffle Run Day Use area will be closed for dredging, per a release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps will be working with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) to dredge the Riffle Run Day Use area located… Read More
Millions of dollars will be spent to help restore Grand Strand and South Strand beaches that were heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Charleston District announced it’s been given $97 million dollars from The Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 2023 to repair damages to several beaches in Myrtle… Read More
The cleanup of three contaminated sites in Niagara County used for World War II atomic energy and weapons programs will get another infusion of federal dollars. Over 25 million pounds of uranium metals and over 30,000 pounds of thorium metals were used and became mixed into the soil at the former Simonds Saw and Steel… Read More
Mississippi River drought conditions kept the St. Louis Engineer District’s veteran dustpan dredge Potter, originally built in 1932, busy throughout its 2022-23 season, which ended on February 1, 2023. To maintain the congressionally mandated nine-foot-deep, 300-foot-wide navigation channel and overcome the challenges from the widespread drought, and prolonged extreme low water, dredging operations moved nine million cubic yards… Read More
The Dutra Group is proud to announce that we have officially been awarded the Sacramento River Erosion Contract 2 from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District. This contract was awarded at $77,846,550. This project will provide 3 miles of waterside erosion protection along the east side of the Sacramento River from the Pioneer… Read More
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, received more than $8.9 million in funding for numerous projects benefiting the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, including $6.5 million for the Baltimore Harbor and Assateague Island. This funding is through the fiscal year 2023 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works Program, which is… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, is receiving $37 million in the Fiscal Year 2023 Work Plan for operations and maintenance (O&M) of Detroit District river and harbor projects, $67 million for construction projects and $370 thousand to conduct investigations.The FY23 Work Plan funding is in addition to the $127 million in the… Read More
This Public Notice has been prepared pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). It is being administered in conformance with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) regulation, “Practice and Procedure: Final Rule for Operation and Maintenance of Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Projects involving the Discharge of Dredged Materials into Waters… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, has just been allocated $97 million dollars in supplemental funding from The Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, to repair damages to several South Carolina federal beach projects after recent coastal storm events. These projects will be 100% federally funded, with no cost to the sponsor. The… Read More
District Commander Col. Rhett A. Blackmon and Deputy District Engineer Byron Williams recognized nearly 100 “Champions of the Texas Coast” during the Fiscal Year 2023 Second Quarter Awards Ceremony, held March 2, 2023, at the Jadwin Building and virtually via WebEx. The ceremony recognized employees for their significant individual achievements and group accomplishments. Several District employees… Read More
Charleston Harbor is now the deepest port on the East Coast at 52 feet, a milestone definitely worth celebrating. On Dec. 5, 2022, Gov. Henry McMaster, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Tim Scott, Rep. Nancy Mace, state leaders, representatives from the South Carolina Ports Authority, and other partner agencies who helped the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
A district commander doesn’t often become the division commander in the same region. In the summer of 2022, Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Hibner, made this scenario a reality by becoming the new South Atlantic Division commander. “I’m so glad to be back in the SAD footprint,” Hibner said. “I am familiar with most of the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2023 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program Feb. 27. In the FY23 Work Plan, Fort Worth District’s Modified Central City project received $20M to continue the design of the project, which will include completing the Clear Fork, Trinity Point, and Tarrant… Read More