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  • Lane shift to occur on Magazine Street at Jefferson Avenue

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, and its contractor will temporarily shift travel lanes on Magazine St. at Jefferson Ave. for work related to the Southeast Louisiana Drainage Project (SELA). Throughout construction, public safety is the Corps’ top priority.

  • Gavins Point Dam road closed July 6-9

    Crest Road, the road that crosses the Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, SD, will be closed 8 a.m. Monday, July 6, through 5 p.m. Thursday, July 9. This closure will include nighttime hours. The public is asked to plan on an alternate route of travel during this time.

  • Boat Ramp Closed in South Spillway Recreation Area at Mark Twain Lake

    Mark Twain Lake, Monroe City, Missouri – The Boat ramp in the South Spillway Recreation Area has

  • Army Corps awards $56.3 million for barracks complex at Presidio of Monterey

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $56.3 million design-build contract June 30 to Sundt Construction, Inc. of Tempe, Arizona for a barracks complex at the Presidio of Monterey. The complex will be used primarily to house service members attending the POM's defense language institute in sustainable, modern living spaces comparable to living standards in the private sector. The complex also includes a dining facility and a general administration building.

  • Officials mark construction start for Lake Michigan Waterfront Portage Park project

    CHICAGO – On July 1, 2015 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Congressman Pete Visclosky (IN-1), and

  • Corps and Beaver Lake Foundation Team Up for Water Safety

    ROGERS, Ark. - The Army Corps of Engineers announces the addition of three new life jacket loaner stations at parks on Beaver Lake. The new loaner stations are located at designated swimming areas in Horseshoe Bend campground, Rocky Branch, and Lost Bridge North parks.

  • Army Corps: Recreation sites reopening, take care around water

    TULSA — Just in time for the July Fourth holiday several Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of

  • Flood or Drought: Army Corps of Engineers is there

    by Brig. Gen. David C. Hill Commander Southwestern Division DALLAS--Remember the drought? What a difference a year can make. I arrived at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division in Dallas about a year ago, and most of the region was in some stage of drought. News coverage highlighted striking images of thirsty lakes, shorelines receding with lakebeds cracked and dry, and low Corps reservoir levels. Communities chafed under lawn watering restrictions.

  • Vicksburg Corps Opens Riverton Beach for Summer Visitors

    Vicksburg, Miss…The Louisiana Field Office (LFO) of the Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District will open the Riverton Recreation area beach for the Fourth of July weekend. The 13-acre area recreational area, which is open year round, is located north of Riverton, Louisiana, on the Ouachita River. The swim beach will open July 3, 2015 and normally operates until mid-September. Riverton is the only recreational area with a swim beach within the LFO and on the Ouachita Black River system. Picnic sites, a picnic shelter, playground, boat ramp, and restroom facilities are also available.

  • Spotlight on USACE Galveston District’s Rhonda Brown

    GALVESTON, Texas (July 1, 2015) – Sifting through artifacts dating back to the Roman era, discovered while excavating a roadway for a $200 million Army housing project in Wiesbaden, Germany, is the most interesting job assignment Rhonda Brown has overseen during her 21 years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.