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  • Army Corps shares update on Salem River dredging

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District announced an update on a dredging and marsh restoration project at the mouth of the Salem River in New Jersey. Dredging operations will begin in early July as part of contract that was awarded to Cottrell Contracting Corporation in December 2023.

  • USACE Philly District and Delran Township sign study agreement

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District signed a feasibility cost sharing agreement with Delran Township during a ceremony on June 24 in the Township facility.

  • Love Your Lake 2024 at Blue Marsh Lake

    LEESPORT (June 18, 2024) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is partnering with Pennsylvania Lake Management Society (PALMS), Aqua Om Paddle, Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards, Berks Nature, and Tower Health at Reading Hospital to present Love Your Lake 2024 at Blue Marsh Lake.

  • USACE Philly District supports Key Bridge collapse response

    In the aftermath of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in late March 2024, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mobilized and began working with a unified team of federal, state, and local agencies with the goals of assessing the damage and, ultimately, restoring maritime navigation. The challenge has been historic as an estimated 50,000 short tons of steel and concrete fell across the total collapsed span of the bridge.

  • Army Corps of Engineers releases Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2024 Civil Works appropriations

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2024 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works Program May 10, 2024.

  • Army Corps announces lane closure plan for Reedy Point Bridge repairs

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District announced lane closures will be enacted along the Reedy Point Bridge in New Castle County, DE. Lane closures will begin on/about May 28th and last through mid-August as part of ongoing repair work to the bridge.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commemorates 200th anniversary of the Civil Works program

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is today commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Civil Works program.

  • USACE celebrates completion of maintenance hangar at Dover Air Force Base

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District joined elected officials and Dover Air Force Base officials on April 15 for a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the completion of an aircraft maintenance hangar.

  • Spring Service Day at Blue Marsh Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Blue Marsh Lake will be hosting a Spring Service Day at Blue Marsh Lake in partnership with the Penn State Alumni Association Berks County Chapter on Saturday, April 27, 2024.

  • Army Corps to host public meeting on upcoming Indian River Inlet repairs

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District will host a public meeting regarding upcoming repairs and construction at the Indian River Inlet in Sussex County, Delaware. The meeting will be held April 12 from 11:00-12:30 at the Hyatt Dewey Place (1301 Coastal Hwy, Dewey Beach, DE 19971). The meeting will focus on upcoming repair work of a bulkhead along the north shoreline and sand tightening work along the south jetty. USACE has awarded a contract for this work to Agate Construction Co., Inc. of Egg Harbor Township, N.J. Work is estimated to begin later in the month.