10 Dec 2019

Welcome home Dredge Hurley!

The Memphis District’s Dredge Hurley returned to its home port of Ensley Engineer Yard in Memphis Harbor around 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. Their arrival marks the end of the two most productive dredging seasons in the vessel’s history.

10 Dec 2019

Connecticut Department of Transportation seeks funding agreement with Corps for DOT permitting

CONCORD, Mass. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announces its preliminary

9 Dec 2019

Army Corps announces signing of Chief’s Report for Hashamomuck Cove, New York, Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study

Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, Chief of Engineers, USACE has signed the Chief’s Report for the Hashamomuck Cove, N.Y. Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study

9 Dec 2019

USACE Galveston District awards $12.2M contract for levee repair in Texas City

GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 9, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $12,221,180 to Pontchartrain Partners, LLC., to repair damages caused by Hurricane Harvey on the Texas City Hurricane Flood Protection Project.

9 Dec 2019

HSDRRS levee lift Draft General Re-evaluation Reports available for review

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its Draft General Re-evaluation Reports for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (LPV) and West Bank and Vicinity (WBV), which comprise the post-Katrina risk reduction system. The Notice of Availability will be published in the Federal Register Friday, beginning a 55-day public review and comment period. The purpose of the two General Re-Evaluation Reports is to evaluate whether federal participation to carry out measures that address consolidation, settlement, subsidence, sea level rise, and new datum that would sustain the Hurricane and Storm Damage and Risk Reduction System are economically justified, technically feasible and environmentally acceptable.

9 Dec 2019

Boundary maintenance to begin at Perry Lake project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Perry Lake Project will soon begin boundary line maintenance work in the Jefferson County area. Maintenance crews will treat approximately 12 miles of the Perry Lake Project boundary beginning in December with a scheduled completion date of March 31, 2020.

7 Dec 2019

USACE Fort Worth Partners with National Wild Turkey Federation for Disabled Youth Hunt

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District partnered with the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) to host the 2019 Wheelin’ Youth Hunt for five physically challenged youth hunters on federally-managed property at Lewisville Lake.

6 Dec 2019

Fort Campbell engineers receive Nashville District overview and tour Kentucky Lock Addition Project

GRAND RIVERS, Ky., (Dec. 05, 2019) –U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal welcomed Maj. Gen. (Ret) Bryan Watson and Army Combat engineers from Fort Campbell’s 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, for an overview and tour of the Kentucky Lock Addition Project.

6 Dec 2019

Corps of Engineers plans brief outflow reduction at Baldhill Dam

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is reducing outflows into the Sheyenne River at Baldhill Dam, located northwest of Valley City, North Dakota, from 800 cubic feet per second, or cfs, to 200 cfs, beginning Sunday, Dec. 8.

6 Dec 2019

USACE Inspecting, Repainting West Point Lake Boundary Line

MOBILE, Ala. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District at West Point Lake Project announced that the project’s operations and maintenance contractor, East O&M, will begin the seasonal maintenance of the Government property line around the reservoir on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019.