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A major regulatory burden has been lifted for Virginia’s Middle Peninsula, clearing the way for long-awaited dredging projects that will make it easier for people to use area waterways commercially to support working waterfronts, as well as recreationally. The Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission (MPPDC) recently announced that U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk… Read More
The February 2023 edition of The Corps Environment is now available! Read the latest issue: https://www.dvidshub.net/publication/issues/66332 This edition highlights proactively considering the environment and acting accordingly, in support of Environmental Operating Principle #2. Content includes commentary from Mr. Edward Belk, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Director of Civil Works, sharing how the Civil Works mission… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 2023) Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program Feb. 27, 2023. “The FY 2023 Work Plan for Army Civil Works continues the administration’s substantial investments in projects and actions that will strengthen supply chains and the economy by adding… Read More
The Oyster Bay dredger is leaving the area after almost two months of little to no progress. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working with H&L Contracting of New York to dredge 226,000 cubic yards of sand from the Newburyport and Salisbury sides of the Merrimack River. The dredged sand will then be… Read More
The Sagamore Bridge, one of two aging bridges connecting Cape Cod to the Massachusetts mainland, will undergo a few months of repairs beginning March 1. While the question could be raised as to why such extensive work is necessary, given how recently similar work was done on the structure, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
On February 27, 2023, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District and the Town of Edisto Beach signed a Project Partnership Agreement for the construction of the Edisto Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. The goal of the project is to reduce the risk of coastal storm damages to buildings and infrastructure in the… Read More
David Helfrich is a name familiar to personnel at the Scott Air Force Base resident office. He was in that role for five years since he began his career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, January 2018. Helfrich takes the helm as Scott AFB Area Engineer from Jay Fowler, who retired December 2022. “My… Read More
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA) announced several key Louisiana projects received funding that will address dredging, levee, flood protection, and infrastructure priorities. The work plan is the regular release of how the Army Corps of Engineers will be funding its projects after the passage of the annual congressional spending bill, Graves said in a news… Read More
The shipping crisis on the Mississippi River might finally be ending. Since last July, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the river 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ease shipping backups. With improved snowpack in areas such as Montana and precipitation through the midsection of the country late last… Read More
A stretch of eroded beach will be repaired, with the federal government picking up most of the cost, beginning next month. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Approximately 1.3 miles of eroded shoreline on Fort Pierce’s Hutchinson Island is to be restored thanks to a partnership with the St. Lucie County Erosion District. Overview: The beach renourishment project… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, is scheduled to hold Saylorville lake levels below the normal conservation pool while a sedimentation survey is conducted. While the lake is held at or below an elevation of 834 feet, data collection will take place, likely during the last week of March or first week… Read More
Since the beginning of construction of the Louisville VA Medical Center in December 2021, the site has seen a lot of change and one of the most noticeable early changes was it going from a 35-acre grassy field to much of the earth materials being collected and sorted in large piles on the south side… Read More
Community members can learn more about restoration efforts at the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot (FNOD) and hear the latest cleanup progress during an in-person quarterly Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting scheduled for 6:15 to 8 p.m. March 2. at the HRSD SWIFT Research Facility, 6909 Armstead Road, Suffolk, Va. The meeting is open to the public. Topics… Read More
Water levels in the Lower Granite reservoir may fluctuate more than in recent years, now that dredging operations at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater rivers have completed. Before dredging cleared sediment from the confluence, the Lower Granite pool was kept at a minimum elevation of 736 feet, as measured by the confluence gage… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the Port of Everett, has completed maintenance dredging of the lower settling basin of the Snohomish River Federal Navigation Channel. American Construction removed 193,000 cubic yards of material with a clamshell dredge. Source