• Army Corps hosts $900M architect-engineer services capacity conference

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District will host a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) Pre-Proposal Conference for potential Architect and Engineering (A-E) service-related government contractors Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 1-4 p.m. CST, at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jadwin Building, 2000 Fort Point Rd, Galveston, TX 77550. This event is open to all large and small businesses interested in working with the Galveston District. The conference will include presentations from USACE staff and an open session for participants to ask District staff questions.
  • MEDIA ADVISORY: Army Corps hosts media event for $703M Freeport Project public open house

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will hold a presentation and roundtable at the Lake Jackson Civic Center Monday, January 30, providing local media a preview of its upcoming Freeport Project public open house.
  • Water Resources Development Act of 2022 signed into law, authorizing advancement of Coastal Texas Program

    President Biden signed the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 into law on December 23, 2022, which includes authorization of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Coastal Texas Program. This legislative action officially authorizes USACE to begin implementation activities for this large-scale coastal storm risk management and ecosystem restoration program, pending appropriation of funding.
  • SWG signs Lower Rio Grande Valley Watershed Assessment

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District, along with representatives of Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy Counties, signed the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LGRV) Watershed Assessment Feasibility Cost Share Agreement, December 12.
  • MEDIA ADVISORY: Galveston District hosts Virtual Public Information Meeting for Orange County Project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District and its partner the Orange County Drainage District, will be hosting a virtual public information session for the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Orange County Project, Thursday, November 17, 2022.
  • Army Corps, partners complete first mile of Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay surge risk reduction mega-project

    On July 30, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its contractors successfully completed the first construction contract and first mile of the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay coastal storm risk management program.
  • MEDIA ADVISORY: Port Arthur Media Roundtable

    The Port Arthur Project, a component of the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Program (S2G Program), will host a media roundtable September 19, 2022, to provide an opportunity for media to ask the project delivery team questions about project progress.
  • Port Arthur Project to host public open house

    The Port Arthur Project, a component of the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Program (S2G Program), will host a public open house on September 22, 2022, to provide the public with information about project progress.
  • Electronic and raster navigational charts updated to reflect spoil areas in Corpus Christi Bay

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Port of Corpus Christi and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) are working together to ensure the safety of the boating and sailing communities in the Corpus Christi Bay area during the dredging project of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement project. The electronic and raster navigational charts have been updated to reflect changes in the spoil areas in Corpus Christi Bay. Mariners should use caution when transiting near the spoil area and be advised that some water depths may be as shallow as 3 feet from mean lower low water (MLLW) within the marked spoil areas. Mariners are encouraged to update navigational charts with the latest information contained in the Local Notice to Mariners found at https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/local-notices-to-mariners?district=8+0&subdistrict=g.
  • USACE Galveston District extends time to comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s Channel Deepening Project, Nueces and Aransas Counties, Texas

    The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District has extended the comment period to August 9, 2022 for all affected federal, state, and local agencies, affected Native American Tribes, other interested parties, and the general public to review and comment on the Port of Corpus Christi Authority’s (PCCA) Channel Deepening Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Department of the Army Permit SWG-2019-00067. The DEIS is available on the Galveston District’s Project webpage below.