12 Dec 2024

MacArthur Lock closing for seasonal repair, maintenance

The Soo Locks’ MacArthur Lock will close for the Navigation Season to conduct seasonal repairs and maintenance on December 16, 2024. The Poe Lock will remain open until Jan. 15, 2025, or until commercial traffic ceases, whichever occurs first. The Soo Locks operating season is fixed by federal regulation (33 CFR 207.440). “The 800-foot-long MacArthur Lock, built in 1943, is now 81 years old; this maintenance period is critical to keeping the lock in operation during the shipping season,” Maintenance Branch Chief Nicholas Pettit said. The MacArthur Lock has seen 2,806 lockages and 5,170 passages (number of vessels) since opening April 24, 2024, to now, December 12, 2024.

10 Dec 2024

Corps of Engineers awards contract for a new lock chamber at Montgomery Locks and Dam

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District has awarded a nearly $770 million contract to construct a new 110-foot by 600-foot lock chamber at Montgomery Locks and Dam in Monaca, Pennsylvania.

9 Dec 2024

Chickamauga Lock replacement project reaches milestone with delivery of miter gates

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, in partnership with Shimmick Construction and the Tennessee Valley Authority, is advancing the Chickamauga Lock replacement project with the delivery of 14 miter gate components from Dec. 5-23. These gates, designed to improve efficiency and reliability, mark a critical milestone in the construction of the new 110-foot by 600-foot navigation lock. Once completed, the new lock will significantly enhance capacity, accommodating up to nine jumbo barges at a time, boosting efficiency by 80% for commercial vessels on the Tennessee River.

6 Dec 2024

Fire damages vacant former Nolin River Lake Project Office

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District was notified of an early morning fire at Nolin River Lake in Bee Spring, Kentucky, which caused extensive damage to the vacant former Nolin River Lake Project Office located by the Control Tower. There are no injuries reported and all personnel are accounted for. The nearby control tower, dam and critical facilities did not sustain damaged during the fire. The dam continues to operate as designed. There is no anticipated impact to operations.

6 Dec 2024

Wilson Lock main chamber reopening planned for 2025

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and the Tennessee Valley Authority have decided, following a joint risk assessment of the main chamber of Wilson Lock on the Tennessee River near Florence, not to reopen the chamber until the phase 2 dewatering is completed.

4 Dec 2024

USACE announces new management of select day-use areas in Green River Area

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District announces new management of day-use areas at select sites for the 2025 recreation season at the following lakes in the Green River Area, which includes Green River Lake in Campbellsville, Barren River Lake in Glasgow and Nolin River Lake in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.

27 Nov 2024

Seeking public comment on Jackson County water intake improvement project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is seeking public feedback related to a proposed raw water intake improvement project located in Jackson County, Kentucky.

26 Nov 2024

Corps of Engineers, Navy collaborate in experimental dredging for U.P. harbor

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District and Engineer Research and Development Center in partnership with the U.S. Navy removed over 25,000 cubic yards of material from Little Lake Harbor in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan this fall.   Little Lake Harbor, designated as a harbor of refuge, requires annual maintenance dredging. The harbor had severe shoaling and emergency dredging was completed in 2023.   This year, a unique opportunity with the Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and the U.S. Navy arose.   “We were working with ERDC on redesigning the federal structures at Little Lake Harbor and ERDC was working with the Navy on experimental training,” said Soo Project Office, St. Marys River Section Chief Justin Proulx. “ERDC brought the two of us together to train the Navy on opening harbors and dredging the Detroit District’s shoaled in Little Lake Harbor.” 

21 Nov 2024

USACE Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study Team to host virtual public meetings

The Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study (GLCRS) Team invites you to attend an upcoming virtual public meeting on December 2, 2024 at 10 a.m. CT / 11 a.m. ET. During this meeting, the GLCRS Team will share an update on the study’s progress and deliverables, followed by a Q&A session to address any questions you may have. 

18 Nov 2024

Summersville Lake Drawdown to begin

SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. - The Huntington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces