The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials on October 3 posted a Notice of Availability (NO. DACW63-9-22-0543) solicitation for recreation facilities at Whitney Lake. More information and link to the NOA is available at https://sam.gov/opp/f909322605664c8faa47a666ddccc538/view Whitney Lake Marina f/k/a Uncle Gus’ Marina, Whitney Lake near Whitney, Texas, in Bosque County, Texas consisting of… Read More
Mr. John Bock has been selected as the new Deputy District Engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District. Bock, who has served as Chief of Engineering Division since 2015, assumed the new role this week following the retirement of Ms. Linda Murphy, who served as DDE since 2015. As the Deputy District… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on its draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for the Upper Sioux Community Minnesota Riverbank Stabilization Project. The proposed project is located in the Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, along the Minnesota River within the Upper Sioux Indian Community. The project will help stabilize the… Read More
The township council has authorized an agreement to develop a cost-sharing arrangement between the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the township for a project to replenish local beaches. The project, known as the Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project, works in conjunction with the United States… Read More
The highly anticipated and long-awaited Merrimack River dredging project is about to begin with boats, barges, pumps and pipes having recently converged upon the Plum Island Point area. The $9 million project will see 220,000 to 300,000 cubic yards of sand dredged from the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers and placed on Plum Island to add… Read More
Riding high off the success of Poplar Island’s long-term restoration using dredged channel sediment, the Army Corps of Engineers has received a $43.1 million contract to restore two more disappearing Bay islands. The Army Corp’s Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration Project aims to restore critical wildlife habitats. The $43.1 million was officially awarded at Fort… Read More
On July 30, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its contractors successfully completed the first construction contract and first mile of the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay coastal storm risk management program. Congress approved $4 billion for the S2G program in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, $863 million of which has been designated… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District in concert with the Philadelphia District and the Marine Design Center awards a contract to Southwest Shipyard LP of Houston, Texas in the amount of $11.4 million for a new crane barge on the St. Marys River. “The new crane barge will perform critical lock and hydropower… Read More
Geoff Van Epps was promoted to the rank of brigadier general today in a traditional military ceremony at the historic Gen. George C. Marshall House at the former Vancouver Barracks in Vancouver, Washington. Major General Richard Heitkamp, deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, hosted a long-standing traditional ceremony which is a… Read More
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works announced additional U.S. Army Corps of Engineers studies, projects, and programs funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These actions will invest more than $845 million to address urgent issues facing Americans, including supply chain resilience, flood mitigation, and costal storm damage protection. The… Read More
A stone’s throw away from downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, along a Mississippi River backwater area lies a somewhat hidden area that is brimming with construction activity this summer. Pigs Eye Lake, a 500-acre backwater lake created by the Mississippi River locks and dams, is ground zero for an environmental enhancement project that is innovating the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, seeks public input for updating the Libby Dam Master Plan which guides land management and development of recreational, natural and cultural resources associated with the dam. An open house is scheduled for October 18, 2022, from 4-6 p.m. Mountain Time, where attendees will receive information about the… Read More
USACE Galveston District Commander Rhett Blackmon Tours the Lorraine Hooks On October 3 at Southwest Shipyard in Galveston, Texas, the Mike Hooks, LLC family and members of its leadership team had the esteemed honor of giving USACE Galveston District Commander Colonel Rhett Blackmon and his navigation leaders a full hands-on tour of its state-of-the-art vessel… Read More
San Rafael approved a $3.46 million project complementing the effort to dredge San Rafael Creek for the first time in 20 years. The City Council voted 3-0 this week to approve a contract with the Dutra Group to complete dredging of private harbors and marinas of the creek’s inner channel. The San Rafael-based marine construction… Read More
Map shows the Two-Mile federal navigation channel and placement area, along the Apalachicola coastline MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District and non-Federal partner Franklin County, Florida will begin the $6 million dredging of two federal navigation channels, Eastpoint and Two Mile, in Apalachicola, Florida, Oct. 17. The dredge contractor is… Read More