Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, said that the campground on Garden Key will be closed through April 24 for dredging and repairs to the moat wall. “This is one of our most important projects to protect Fort Jefferson,” Dry Tortugas National Park said. The counterscarp (moat wall) was damaged by
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District has just released this amazing construction update video on the Grand Isle & Vicinity Beach Erosion and Hurricane Protection Project. USACE continues to repair this system after it suffered extensive damage during the 2020 and 2021 hurricane seas
Marinex Construction has successfully wrapped up work on the Wrightsville Beach (NC) coastal storm risk management renourishment project. Since last December, Marinex team worked tirelessly to place over 1 million cubic yards of sand to Wrightsville Beach and reduce risk associated with any potentia
The USACE Detroit District began dredging work last week in Muskegon Harbor to remove about 133,000 cubic yards of sediment from the federal navigation channel. The project marks the start of the 2024 Detroit District dredging season on the Western Michigan shoreline of Lake Michigan to maintain Gre
Damage along approximately 260-feet of the 10,200-foot-long Buffalo West Breakwater is in need of repair, said USACE Buffalo District. If this section is not repaired, this damage would spread laterally along the structure in either direction, said USACE. The lakebed in the damaged area is comprised
The US has dispatched a vessel to build a temporary port in Gaza to supply vital humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians. The U.S. Army Vessel (USAV) General Frank S Besson set sail from Virginia “less than 36 hours after President Joe Biden announced the US would provide humanitarian assistance t
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith voted last week to send the White House the FY2024 Energy and Water Development (EWD) Appropriations Bill, which will direct more than $195.9 million to Mississippi in support of specifically-authorized USACE projects and activities. “Mississippians rely on Army Corps w
The Town of Emerald Isle, NC, and the Army Corps have just released the latest update on the Bogue Inlet dredging project. The dredging and beach nourishment works, coordinated by USACE and Carteret County, began on January 1, 2024. Originally the project was anticipated to be completed in mid-Febru
After nearly two months of work, Manson Construction has completed sand replenishment project in Solana Beach, California. The project, which will reduce coastal storm damage and erosion along a 7,200-foot-long stretch of shoreline, included construction of a 150-foot-wide beach fill using 700,000 c
The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met for its monthly meeting last week. During the meeting, Chairman Ric Campo highlighted a $136 million contract award on the Port Commission’s agenda for segment 1C of the Houston Ship Channel Expansion – Project 11. Callan Marine Ltd., the newl
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District is proposing to continue maintenance dredging of the federally authorized Cadet Bayou navigation project, Hancock County, Mississippi. According to the Corps, the project provides for an 8-foot deep by 100-foot-wide entrance channel extending from th
The Georgia General Assembly has allocated just over $6 million for special harbor improvements at the Port of Brunswick as part of the state’s midyear budget adjustment. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ recommended harbor improvement plan includes a bend widener, expansion of the turning basin (wh
