17 Jun 2019

Norfolk District awards $20.3 million contract for Sandbridge Beach storm protection

Although not even officially summer, the city of Virginia Beach and Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are already preparing for winter. The district has awarded the Sandbridge Hurricane Protection and Beach Renourishment project contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company.

9 May 2019

Army Corps crews dredge nearly 2.6 million cubic yards of material from six Baltimore Harbor channels

Crews finished the dredging of nearly 2.6 million cubic yards of material this April from shipping channels leading to the Port of Baltimore as part of a contract managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.

9 May 2019

Baltimore District dredged nearly 2.6 million cubic yards of material from six Baltimore Harbor channels

Crews finished the dredging of nearly 2.6 million cubic yards of material this April from shipping channels leading to the Port of Baltimore as part of a contract managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.

5 Mar 2019

Norfolk District to begin Dismal Swamp Canal dredging

CHESAPEAKE, Va. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to begin Dismal Swamp Canal dredging early next week – roughly a year ahead of schedule due to lingering impacts from Hurricane Matthew in 2016. The maintenance work should be completed by April.

5 Mar 2019

Norfolk District to begin Dismal Swamp Canal dredging

CHESAPEAKE, Va. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to begin Dismal Swamp Canal dredging early next week – roughly a year ahead of schedule due to lingering impacts from Hurricane Matthew in 2016. The maintenance work should be completed by April.

8 Aug 2017

Baltimore District offers dredging expertise for award-winning climate adaptation project on Eastern Shore

A critical Maryland marshland project that provides habitat for the American Bald Eagle, as well encompasses the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, was honored with an esteemed climate change adaptation award — thanks in part to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dredging expertise.

8 Aug 2017

Baltimore District offers dredging expertise for award-winning climate adaptation project on Eastern Shore

A critical Maryland marshland project that provides habitat for the American Bald Eagle, as well encompasses the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, was honored with an esteemed climate change adaptation award — thanks in part to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ dredging expertise.

13 Dec 2016

Norfolk District closes Dismal Swamp Canal indefinitely

Officials at the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have announced that the Dismal Swamp Canal will be closed indefinitely.

13 Dec 2016

Norfolk District closes Dismal Swamp Canal indefinitely

Officials at the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have announced that the Dismal Swamp Canal will be closed indefinitely.

1 Mar 2016

Post’s dredge material handling finishes construction

Repair work on a confined upland-placement site for dredged material at Fort Eustis is complete and ready for use.

1 Mar 2016

Post’s dredge material handling finishes construction

Repair work on a confined upland-placement site for dredged material at Fort Eustis is complete and ready for use.

21 Jan 2016

Corps leader updates California maritime industry

Despite a nearly $2 billion budget to maintain the nation's inland waterways and harbors, it simply isn't enough for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to meet all the maritime industry’s infrastructure needs, Maj. Gen. Ed Jackson told attendees at the winter meeting of the California Marine Affairs and Navigation Conference held in Marina del Rey, California, Jan. 21.

15 Sep 2015

Norfolk Harbor and Channels Deepening NEPA public scoping meeting scheduled for Sept. 24; comment period underway

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its project partner, Virginia Port Authority, invite the public to attend a National Environmental Policy Act scoping meeting Sept. 24, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., on the third floor of Nauticus Museum, Living Sea Landing, 1 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, Virginia.

15 Sep 2015

Elizabeth River and Southern Branch Navigation Improvements NEPA public scoping meeting scheduled for Sept. 24; comment period underway

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its project partner, Virginia Port Authority, invite the public to attend a National Environmental Policy Act scoping meeting Sept. 24, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., on the third floor of Nauticus Museum, Living Sea Landing, 1 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, Virginia.

16 Jun 2015

In drive to deeper, wider and safer harbor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Port of Virginia sign historic feasibility cost-sharing agreement

In a feasibility cost-sharing agreement signed June 15, John Reinhart, Virginia Port Authority CEO and executive director and Col. Paul B. Olsen, Norfolk District commander, commit to sharing the cost of evaluating the benefits of two dredging projects critical to Norfolk Harbor's future.

3 Feb 2015

President’s budget includes $27.9M for Virginia civil works projects

President Obama’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget transmitted to Congress includes $4.732 billion in gross discretionary funding for the civil works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Of that sum, the budget provides $27,968,000 for a variety of Norfolk District projects, including $800,000 to study the deepening of the Norfolk Harbor Channel to 55 feet.

21 Aug 2014

Contractors dredge near Wachapreague

Contractors began work dredging channels near the town of Wachapreague Sunday. Cottrell Contracting Corporation’s dredge Marion began dredging Bradford Bay and will work its way northwest into Finney Creek and finally into Wachapreague Channel.

28 Jul 2014

District continues commitment to James; issues order to dredge

As part of the three year, $12 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quality contract with Cottrell Contracting Corporation, the district issued a $3.2 million task order to dredge 475,000 cubic yards of sediment causing shoals in the James River at Dancing Point and Jordan Point on June 17.

28 Jul 2014

District continues commitment to James; issues order to dredge

The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a task order to dredge portions of the James River federal navigation channel during the next few months.

24 Jul 2014

Norfolk District prepares to dredge near Wachapreague

On the Eastern Shore’s lacey, Atlantic-facing coast, two main channels in Finney Creek and Bradford Bay cut their way inland toward the Victorian-era town of Wachapreague, Virginia. The channels, which provide tourism and commerce to Wachapreague and navigation abilities to the U.S. Coast Guard, have naturally silted over since routine dredging in early 2013, but the process was given a significant nudge by Hurricane Sandy. For several months, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has prepared and begun to implement plans to dredge the channels.

31 Jan 2014

Corps completes Lynnhaven Inlet dredging; shoaling removed, community beaches renourished

The Lynnhaven Inlet Federal Navigation Channel is fully navigable, after a $2 million maintenance dredging project removed critical shoaling conditions exacerbated by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

20 Sep 2013

Army awards third technology, wind, under $7 billion renewable energy MATOC

CONCORD, Mass. -- A combined maintenance dredging project at Norwalk Harbor in Norwalk, Conn., and at New Haven Harbor in New Haven, Conn., will be completed under the terms of an $8,238,900.00 contract recently awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District.

18 Sep 2013

International visitors tour Poplar Island, explore environmental protection methods

The Baltimore District and Maryland Port Administration hosted a delegation of 22 environmentalists,

18 Sep 2013

International visitors tour Poplar Island, explore environmental protection methods

The Baltimore District and Maryland Port Administration hosted a delegation of 22 environmentalists, government officials and scholars from 20 different countries for a tour of the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration project at Poplar Island.

22 Aug 2013

Corps awards $12 million contract to Hampton Roads company

The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract to dredge the James River federal navigation channel.

7 Aug 2013

Big Beach renourishment complete

Contractors smoothed out the last of the sand on the Virginia Beach, Va., beachfront Aug. 1, completing a beach renourishment cycle that widened the buffer between punishing storm surge and the city’s homes, businesses and tourist attractions.

28 Jun 2013

2-plus million cubic yards added to Sandbridge beachfront; Big Beach completion now under way

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A five-mile hurricane protection and beach renourishment project in Sandbridge is complete.

23 Apr 2013

Corps begins $144K Bennett’s Creek dredging

SUFFOLK, Va. -- The Army Corps of Engineers’ dredge Currituck arrived here Saturday to dredge the federal navigation channel in Bennett’s Creek. Significant shoaling, caused by natural transport and deposit of sediment, made dredging necessary. The natural shoaling was exacerbated by Hurricane Sandy.

10 Dec 2012

Dredging commences in Great Lakes contamination area after 40 years

With one seamless swivel of a crane, a bucket of sediment was released into a barge the afternoon of Oct. 23 for the first time in over 40 years in the Indiana Harbor and Canal, one of the busiest ports by tonnage and the number one area of contamination in the Great Lakes.

15 Nov 2012

Corps completes emergency dredging of Rudee Inlet

Rudee Inlet, a man-made inlet sited along one of Virginia Beach’s most dynamic shorelines, was recently dredged as a result of shoaling from Hurricane Sandy.