30 Aug 2024

USACE conducting small releases from C-44 Reservoir to prepare for storms

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District (USACE) began making low-flow releases from the C-44 reservoir Monday to create storage for potential large rainfall events due to the reservoir approaching its current maximum operational depth of 10 feet.

28 Aug 2024

Temporary A1A closures, detours set for early Friday morning in Flagler Beach

The USACE Jacksonville District Flagler County Coastal Storm Risk Management project in Flagler Beach will temporarily close and re-route traffic along and adjacent to SRS A1A beginning Friday, Aug. 30, at 6 a.m. to relocate heavy equipment from north to south of Flagler Beach Pier. Closures and detours are projected to be restored within 2-4 hours.

23 Aug 2024

Jacksonville District publishes final GRR/EIS of Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study for public review

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District, has published the final General Reevaluation Report and Environmental Impact Statement (GRR/EIS) for the Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties, Florida. 

21 Aug 2024

Temporary A1A closures, detours set for early tomorrow in Flagler Beach

The USACE Jacksonville District Flagler County Coastal Storm Risk Management project in Flagler Beach will temporarily close and re-route traffic along and adjacent to SRS A1A beginning tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 22, at 6 a.m. to relocate heavy equipment north of Flagler Beach Pier. Closures and detours are projected to be restored within 2-4 hours.

21 Aug 2024

USACE to hold Kissimmee River Headwaters Revitalization Schedule Public Scoping Meetings

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District (USACE), in partnership with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), is preparing a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) assessment for the Kissimmee River Restoration (KRR) Project Headwaters Revitalization Schedule (HRS) and will hold two public scoping meetings on September 4 – 5, 2024.

20 Aug 2024

USACE issues Notice for the Picayune Strand Restoration Project

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, has issued a Notice of Availability of the Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) and proposed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Picayune Strand Restoration Project (PSRP) Miller Berm, Collier County, Florida.

14 Aug 2024

USACE, SFWMD begins implementation of schedule adjustments intended to restore hydrologic conditions within Kissimmee River Basin

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District in coordination with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) begins implementation of the Increment one Planned Temporary Deviation to the Interim Regulation Schedule for Lakes Kissimmee, Hatchineha and Cypress (Lakes KHC), Aug. 14, 2024 which includes adjustments to the regulation schedule for these lakes.

14 Aug 2024

USACE Chief of Engineers signs Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study Report

Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, signed the Chief’s Report August 14, 2024, for the Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study in a ceremony at USACE Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

13 Aug 2024

USACE South Atlantic Division Commander Signs LOSOM Record of Decision

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Brig. Gen. Daniel Hibner, Commander, South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, signed the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM) Record of Decision (ROD) on Monday, completing the final step in the approval process to allow Jacksonville District to implement LOSOM in place of Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule 2008 (LORS08) for the management of Lake Okeechobee.

13 Aug 2024

Jacksonville District pumps eroded section of St. Augustine beachfront using federal emergency funds, post Debby

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has begun pumping eroded sections of St. Augustine Beach north, south and underneath the St. Johns County Ocean Pier, Saturday, Aug. 10-11, 2024 to replace eroded sand when Hurricane Debby passed through Florida.