9 Oct 2014

Corps approves Deepwater Wind’s permit request to construct five wind turbines off Block Island coast

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District on Sept. 4, 2014 approved the Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC, and Deepwater Wind Block Island Transmission System, LLC, permit request to construct five wind turbine generators and do other work off the southeast coast of Block Island, Rhode Island.

26 Sep 2014

Corps of Engineers set to begin Pennsylvania’s largest fish habitat improvement project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque Lakes and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will begin work Sept. 26. to complete Pennsylvania’s largest fish habitat improvement project.

24 Sep 2014

North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study advances into third and final phase

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division expects to begin submitting the final analysis and associated products of its North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study to its agency headquarters in October, officially advancing the study into its third and final phase.

19 Sep 2014

Army Corps awards contract for Oakwood Beach

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $9.9-million contract to the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company for a coastal and storm damage reduction project at Oakwood Beach, N.J.

19 Sep 2014

New inter-agency team starts work on innovative online flood mapping tool for Washington D.C.

A newly-formed inter-agency team started work on a $291,000 online mapping tool project that will help government leaders, emergency managers, and the public better predict flood impacts during high-water events in the D.C. metropolitan area.

18 Sep 2014

Army Corps awards $25.2 million contract for T-groin construction and sand placement work in Brooklyn community of Sea Gate

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has awarded a $25.2 million contract to H&L LLC of Bay Shore, New York, to construct T-groins and place sand in the community of Sea Gate west of the West 37th Street Groin in Coney Island.

8 Sep 2014

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awards $8.6 million maintenance dredging contract for work along Hudson River

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has awarded an $8.6 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock of Oak Brook, Illinois, to carry out maintenance dredging at three discontinuous reaches along the Hudson River Federal Navigation Channel between Coxsackie and Albany.

4 Sep 2014

Sand pumping to repair and restore Rockaway Beach resumes

Crews have resumed pumping sand onto the beaches of Rockaway as part of the Corps of Engineers’ effort to repair and restore the engineered beach there to provide coastal storm risk management benefits to the community.

29 Aug 2014

Army Corps partners with state, local, non-profits on dredging and marsh restoration demo project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District has partnered with state, local, and non-profit organizations on a marsh restoration demonstration project along the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway near Stone Harbor and Middle Township, N.J.

27 Aug 2014

Army Corps announces availability of Draft Environmental Assessment for proposed Downtown Montauk Stabilization Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) with Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (DFONSI) for the proposed Downtown Montauk Stabilization Project and the opening of a 30-day review period, in which the public can submit written comments.