29 Aug 2022

Corps awards contract for Big Fishweir aquatic environment restoration project

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, awarded a contract Aug. 26, 2022, to execute an aquatic ecosystem restoration project at Big Fishweir Creek. Big Fishweir Creek is an urban tributary of the St. Johns River, running approximately four miles south of downtown Jacksonville. It enters the St. Johns River, a designated American Heritage River, just north of the Ortega River.

17 Dec 2021

Jacksonville District to begin dredging of Intracoastal Waterway, Palm Valley North Reaches, reduces operations to one shift daily

The Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, expects to begin dredging operations on the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) Palm Valley North Reaches next week.

1 Nov 2021

Jacksonville District announces operations schedule for start of Intracoastal Waterway, Palm Valley North Reaches, dredging

The Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, announced that dredging operations on the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) Palm Valley North Reaches will be undertaken in two shifts per day, seven days per week when they begin work sometime in the next two months.

29 Sep 2021

Corps awards contract initiating South Hutchinson Island coastal storm reduction beach construction project in St. Lucie County, Florida

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, awarded an $11.3 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, of Houston, Texas, to construct a coastal storm risk management beach on South Hutchinson Island in St. Lucie County, Florida.

22 Sep 2021

Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, awards contracts for maintenance dredging of Tampa Harbor Upper Channels, Alafia River

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, awarded a contract Sept. 20, 2021for the maintenance dredging of the Tampa Harbor Upper Channels to Orion Marine Construction, Inc., of Tampa, Florida, in the amount of $3.45 million.

22 Sep 2021

Corps awards contract for maintenance dredging of Palm Beach Harbor

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has awarded a $5,911,728 contract to Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co., LLC, of Quincy, Massachusetts, for maintenance dredging of Palm Beach Harbor, Florida. The project, undertaken in partnership with the Port of Palm Beach, will be 100 percent federally funded.

23 Aug 2021

Corps advises mariners it will begin dredging Intracoastal Waterway, Palm Valley North Reaches, in St. Johns County

The Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will begin dredging sections of the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) in St. Johns County, Florida, within the Palm Valley North Reach beginning in the October 2021 timeframe and finishing in May 2022.

2 Apr 2021

Corps to mobilize mid-April for Fort Pierce beach renourishment

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, will mobilize in mid-April to conduct a beach replenishment project at Fort Pierce, Florida. The shore protection project will entail sand replenishment of approximately 1.3 miles of beach immediately south of the Fort Pierce Inlet. It is the continuation of a federal project initially constructed in 1971 with an additional 14 periodic and emergency re-nourishments carried out since 1999.

9 Feb 2021

Jacksonville District to begin dredging Okeechobee Waterway near Jensen Beach, Stuart and Palm City, advises mariners

The Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will begin dredging sections of the Okeechobee Waterway (OWW) in the vicinity of Jensen Beach and Stuart (Reach 3) and Palm City (Reach 4) by the end of February 2021.

18 Dec 2020

U.S. Naval Station Kings Bay Entrance Channel dredging, Fernandina Beach re-nourishment under way

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has begun scheduled maintenance dredging of the U.S. Naval Station Kings Bay entrance channel. The district awarded a $15.8 million contract Nov. 23, 2020, to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC, of Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., for the project. The Corps issued the firm a notice to proceed Dec. 9. The City of Fernandina Beach in the non-federal sponsor of the project.