North Atlantic Division News Releases

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21 Oct 2014
Army Corps continues progress on Hurricane Sandy recovery
Together with its federal, state, local and industry partners, the Army Corps' North Atlantic Division, which extends from Virginia to Maine, has completed 66 coastal storm damage risk reduction projects, including repairs on 46 Sandy-damaged navigation channels and structures and restoration of 20 engineered beach projects along the coast.
17 Oct 2014
Biden, congressional members tour Delaware River Deepening Project
PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 16, 2014) – Vice President Joe Biden visited Penn's Landing to tour ongoing Delaware River Main Channel Deepening operations and discuss the importance of dredging and maritime commerce to the economy. Biden was joined by Sen. Bob Casey and Reps. Bob Brady and Chaka Fattah from Pennsylvania, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District Commander Lt. Col. Michael Bliss, state and local officials and port and industry representatives.
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.