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  • Top Army Civil Works Leaders Visit New York City Coastal Projects

    Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers made a visit to New York City August 19-21, 2013.

  • USACE to place more than 26 million cubic yards of sand to restore Sandy-damaged projects

    BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of placing more than 26 million cubic yards of sand along the coastline throughout the northeastern United States to repair and restore coastal storm risk reduction projects previously built by the Corps that were severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy.

  • Army Corps to place more than 26 million cubic yards of sand to restore Sandy-damaged projects in Northeast

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of placing more than 26 million cubic yards of sand along the coastline throughout the northeastern United States to repair and restore coastal storm risk reduction projects previously built by the Corps that were severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The bulk of the sand, roughly 23 million cubic yards, will be placed in New York and New Jersey, but sand will also be used to restore previously constructed projects in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.

  • Army Corps Plumb Beach coastal storm risk reduction work to temporarily close section of bike lane in addition to beach and parking lot

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District will be completing the second and final Phase of coastal storm risk reduction work at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn along the Belt Parkway through most of the rest of the calendar year, which will lead to closures of the bike lane as well as of the beach and parking lot.

  • Employees tune into Hurricane Sandy call for assistance

    Nashville, Tenn. (Dec. 17, 2012) – Hurricane Sandy did not have an effect on Music City, but several Nashville District employees did tune into the immediate call for assistance on the east coast and volunteered to deploy and assist with the recovery effort.

  • Tulsa District answers call for help after Sandy destruction

    The Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supported the recovery efforts for Superstorm Sandy by deploying several employees to multiple locations in the United States to assist in the mission.

  • Dewatering task force completes mission in New York City

    Through a partnership of private industry professionals and city and federal agencies, flood waters from nine FEMA mission-assigned locations in New York City have been removed less than two weeks after Hurricane Sandy’s record-level storm surge inundated the area. Dewatering operations at four of five other FEMA mission-assigned locations in the New York City metro area have also completed.

  • Corps of Engineers liaisons connect with communities impacted by Sandy

    1st Lt. Andrea Gongaware and 1st Lt. Erin Hanley, both of the 554th Engineer Battalion, serve on a team of eight local government liaisons, working with communities in the hardest-hit areas to better understand the needs of disaster-stricken community as they begin to recover.

  • Federal, state agencies combined efforts bring quick repair along New Jersey shore

    Shortly after Hurricane Sandy, state, local and federal agencies assessed damage at Mantoloking and began taking steps to repair the breached town. Within two days, the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a $2.5 million assignment, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers undertook an emergency land stabilization mission to close the gap between the ocean and the bay.

  • FEMA assigns infrastructure assessment mission to Corps of Engineers

    Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning and Response Teams are coordinating damage assessments of public buildings, waste and waste water treatment plants, and transportation infrastructure in areas of New York and New Jersey impacted by Hurricane Sandy.