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  • USACE Galveston District awards $20.9 million dredging project with beach renourishment component

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 20, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a $20.9 million contract Tuesday to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC for maintenance dredging of the Galveston Entrance, Outer, and Inner Bar Channels and Houston Ship Channel Bolivar Roads to Redfish Reef, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District executes modification to dredge additional material in San Jacinto River

    GALVESTON, Texas (June 10, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District staff executed a modification to the West Fork San Jacinto River Emergency Debris Removal contract June 7, 2019, to dredge an additional 497,400 cubic yards of material that was deposited in the mouth of the San Jacinto River from Hurricane Harvey.

  • USACE and Harris County Flood Control District execute Clear Creek Section 1043 Project Partnership

    WASHINGTON (JUNE 7, 2019) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District commander, Col. Lars N. Zetterstrom, and the Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) executed the Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) for construction of the Clear Creek, Texas, Flood Risk Management Project yesterday in Galveston, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District now accepting duck blind applications

    GALVESTON, Texas (May 30, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Wallisville Lake Project Office’s Waterfowl Management Program is accepting seasonal duck blind applications from May 1- June 30, 2019, for the upcoming 2019-20 waterfowl hunting season.

  • Kingwood Marina developers request temporary permit suspension

    (May 1, 2019) After receiving 727 public comments, Kingwood Marina developer, Romerica Investments, LLC, asked Corps regulators on April 24, to temporarily suspend an Individual Permit Application (SWG-2016-00384). Romercia’s environmental consultants said in a letter to Corps regulators, they made the request based on the large volume of comments provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on March 28.

  • USACE Galveston District to Host Open House for the New Port Arthur Resident Office

    PORT ARTHUR, Texas (April 19, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, is hosting an open house for the newly reconstructed resident office in Port Arthur on April 26, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Port Arthur Resident office, located at 201 Pleasure Pier Blvd, Pleasure Island, Port Arthur, Texas. The Corps encourages interested members of the public to attend the open house to meet the staff and learn more about the USACE Galveston District mission.

  • Corps to host public scoping meetings for Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries Resiliency Study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will host five public scoping meetings starting April 30 to inform the public about the Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries Resiliency Study (BBTRS) and to seek input from the public on the study scope, potential alternatives that should be considered, and environmental resources of concern.

  • Kingwood development applicant mailed public comments

    GALVESTON, Texas (April 2, 2019) – The Galveston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Branch announced today public comments were forwarded to Romerica Investments, LLC, regarding permit application SWG-2016-00384 for a project near Kingwood, Texas.

  • USACE Galveston District to host Stakeholder Partnering Forum

    GALVESTON, Texas (March. 22, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District will meet with non-federal sponsors, customers and agency partners at Texas A&M Galveston Wednesday, March 27, to collaborate on programs ranging from the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Study, to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 civil works projects.

  • Wallisville Lake Master Plan public comment period ends April 12

    Wallisville Lake Master Plan comment period ends April 12, 2019

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