Army Corps of Engineers

Tue February 14, 2017

Army Corps Begins Construction of Erosion Mitigation Project in Southern Alaska

The Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with plans to begin construction on an erosion mitigation project in southcentral Alaska that's been in the works for nearly 20 years. The city of Kenai has been working with the Army Corps since 1999 on plans to halt erosion and prevent the loss of valuable residential and commercial property atop the bluff along the Kenai River, The Peninsula Clarion reported (http://bit.ly/2ldO6F1)....

Wed January 18, 2017

Army to Consider Bringing Bahamas Sand to Fla. Beaches

A potential solution to a troublesome sand shortage off southeast Florida is tucked away in a massive water resources funding bill President Barack Obama signed into law last month. The 2016 Water Resources Development Act authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers to study the potential of using foreign sand, such as from the Bahamas, to widen shorelines and protect coasts from hurricanes like the ones that lashed the Big Bend and northeastern Florida last summer....

John Wayne Ferguson - Wed January 04, 2017

Silt Buildup in Galveston Ship Channel Causing Problems

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) An unexpected buildup of silt in the Galveston Ship Channel is causing headaches for the Port of Galveston and some of the private businesses that operate there. Michael Mierzwa, port director, called the situation “extreme” during a recent city council meeting....

Sun November 27, 2016

Flood Risk Raised From Dam in Los Angeles County

MONTEBELLO, Calif. (AP) The Army Corps of Engineers has raised its estimation of flood risk from the Whittier Narrows Dam in eastern Los Angeles County. The Corps said the risk characterization has been changed from high urgency to very high urgency....

Mon October 31, 2016

Phase II Construction Begins on $105M Storm Damage Reduction Project in Port Monmouth, N.J.

Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. joined Colonel David A. Caldwell, commander of the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bob Martin, commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection and Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger to mark the beginning of construction for Phase II of the Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction project in Port Monmouth, N.J....

Lori Tobias - Tue September 13, 2016

Water Project Leads to Padre Island Bridge Concept

When the Army Corps of Engineers deemed a new water exchange between Padre Island, Texas, and an old canal system was necessary, the city of Corpus Christi and private developers could have simply gone with culverts....