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Known best for her positive and respectful demeanor, Sue Majewski, Pittsburgh District’s deputy chief of planning, programs and project management, will retire after almost 40 years of federal service. Her colleagues describe her as “humble, respectful and hardworking,” saying they will greatly miss her in the office and her positive outlook. She was able to… Read More
The St. Joseph harbor dredging project is underway. With Roen Salvage Co. on site and dredging St. Joseph’s inner harbor this week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District said the delayed outer harbor dredging and beach nourishment project by is set to begin around Aug. 1. King Co., the company contracted for the… Read More
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District has extended the comment period to August 9, 2022 for all affected federal, state, and local agencies, affected Native American Tribes, other interested parties, and the general public to review and comment on the Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s (PCCA) Channel Deepening Project Draft Environmental… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District hosted a Ceremonial Signing for the Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) and Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to start construction of the Caño Martín Peña Ecosystem Restoration Project. The event was held on July 26,2022 at the Area Recreativa Jose Pepe Diaz (Pepe Díaz Trail Park), San Juan, Puerto… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, partnered with the City of Destin, Florida to carry out a harbor capacity study by counting vessels in the harbor, on the water, vessel slips, and parking spaces around the harbor area. The overall goal of the study is to establish a balance between the environmental health… Read More
A broken portion of John Day Lock and Dam’s upstream navigation lock gate has slowed river traffic through that portion of the Columbia River. U.S. Army Corps technicians found the damage to a lower guide wheel July 25, and closed the lock to river traffic. Engineers and operations staff will initiate limited lockages this evening… Read More
In an Assumption of Command Ceremony held on July 22, at the Renasant Convention Center in downtown Memphis, Col. Brian D. Sawser assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Memphis District. Mississippi Valley Division Commander and Mississippi River Commission President Maj. Gen. Diana M. Holland presided over the ceremony. The assumption of… Read More
The Detroit Engineer District anticipates Phase 3 construction of the new lock chamber at Soo Locks on the St. Mary’s River between Lake Huron and Lake Superior will start this summer, following the July 1 award of a $1.068 billion contract award to Kokosing Alberici Traylor LLC. Kokosing Alberici Traylor LLC is a joint venture… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District announces the selection of Maurice Gilmore as the new chief of the Mat Sinking Unit (MSU). In his new position, Gilmore will oversee a crew of more than 300 personnel and manage the unit’s mission of sinking concrete mattresses along the Mississippi River to prevent erosion… Read More
Environmental groups are ringing alarm bells as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proceeds with planning what could be the largest coastal barrier project in the United States. In early June, the U.S. House approved a bill that would let the Corps move ahead with the $31 billion project intended to protect hundreds of miles of the… Read More
Miranda Rexford-Brown walked atop the slowly disappearing sandy bluff between the Arctic Ocean and the house her father built. The late-June wind frazzled her hair as she looked out at the shore-fast ice and the approaching coastline. “It gets our window wet,” Rexford-Brown said about the ocean. “And then the mist, it sprays our house.”… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District will host a public open house to showcase the Moose Creek Dam Barrier Wall Modification Project on Friday, July 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Chena River Lakes Flood Control Project in North Pole. This event will provide an opportunity for community members… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, is seeking the public’s input before dredging parts of the lower Snake River channel. The dredging work has been proposed to restore the lower Snake River federal navigation channel by removing accumulated sediment that raises the river bottom, according to a release. The work would take… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, closed the public comment session at noon, Jan. 20, 2022, for the proposed new master plan for the operation of the J. Strom Thurmond Project and now has an updated guidance plan for recreational, environmental, land and wildlife management. The J. Strom Thurmond Project Master Plan is… Read More
With only closeout items remaining the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District’s New Lock at the Soo substantially completes its first phase of construction. “We are waiting on final survey results and anticipate they will show the deepened areas as complete, really only have some punch-list type items, groundskeeping and site cleanup remaining,” said… Read More