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  • January

    Motorists travel over the Deep Creek Bridge in Chesapeake, Virginia, which spans the Dismal Swamp Canal on February 9, 2016. $22 million in federal money is identified in the USACE work plan and president's FY 17 budget to go towards replacing the 80 year-old draw bridge. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Public meeting set for Deep Creek Bridge Replacement Project

    CHESAPEAKE, Va. – Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Chesapeake will host a public meeting Thursday on the Deep Creek Bridge Replacement Project. It's scheduled for 5-7 p.m. at Deep Creek Middle School.

  • NAO-2018-02083

    A wetland in-lieu fee wetland mitigation program has been proposed on an approximately 89-acre property in the Potomac River basin in Loudoun County, Virginia. Comments on this project should be received by the close of business Feb. 27.

  • CENAO-WRR-N NAO-1999-00216

    Cedar Run Wetlands LC, the Sponsor for the Cedar Runs Wetland Bank proposes to establish an approximately 18.5 acre compensatory mitigation bank at the South Market site in Prince William County, Virginia. The Public Comment period ends on February 4, 2020.
  • Work crews remove one of two canal gates for refurbishment at South Mills Lock in North Carolina, Jan. 7, 2020.

    Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway route closed for gate restoration

    SOUTH MILLS, N.C. – Due to required maintenance, the Dismal Swamp Canal on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway between North Carolina and Virginia has been temporarily shut off to vessel traffic.
  • 5th Annual Federal Careers Open House Banner

    USACE to host careers open house for students, grads and professionals

    Hampton Roads-area college students, recent graduates and career professionals are invited to the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Federal Careers Open House from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 8, in the district’s headquarters building at 803 Front St. here.

  • December

    WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The crew of the Cottrell Contracting Corporation Dredge Marion works to remove shoals from the James River federal navigation channel just off shore from James City County, Va., Nov. 6 2013. The river plays a role in the economies of Richmond and Hopewell, providing a navigation channel of 25 feet deep for ships to move goods to and from the inland ports. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Dredging to start in Norfolk Harbor inner channels

    NORFOLK, Va. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Cottrell Contracting are set to begin dredging the Norfolk Harbor Inner Channel and channel to Newport News on Saturday.

  • NAO-2018-01381

    The city of Virginia Beach proposes to construct a tide gate across Thalia Creek at Lake Windsor. The project's purpose is to reduce flooding in the Windsor Woods neighborhood.

  • NAO-DHA-9905-20-002- 0401-12 Biologist

    Any individual who meets the qualification requirements may apply for this biologist position under direct hire authority. For this job, candidates may meet the qualification requirement using education or a combination of education and experience.

  • NAO-2019-01927

    VDOT proposes to construct an approximately 2-mile passing lane section to increase safety and operations along the U.S. 501 corridor in Halifax County, Virginia. Public comment period ends Jan. 6, 2020.

  • NAO-DHA-Engineering Technician 9905-19-004

    Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking to hire an engineering technician to manage the district's unmanned aerial systems operational program and technical activities. This position may be a direct hire with qualification requirement using experience alone.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold its 2015 FNOD quarterly restoration advisory board meeting March 25, 6-8 p.m., at the Courtyard Marriott, located at 8060 Harbour View Boulevard, Suffolk, Virginia.

    Agencies to sign agreement at Nansemond project’s next Restoration Advisory Board meeting

    SUFFOLK, Va. — Federal, state and local agencies tackling restoration efforts at Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot will sign a memorandum of understanding at Thursday's quarterly Restoration Advisory Board meeting, officials announced.

  • D05PN-07-2019

    All interested parties are notified that an application dated June 28, 2019, has been received from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by the Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, for approval of the location and plans for construction of a new drawbridge over a navigable waterway of the United States.

  • November

    NAO-2008-02069

    The Corps of Engineers is amending the Navigation Regulations published at 33 C.F.R. §334.280, "James River, Skiffes Creek and Warwick River surrounding Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia; restricted areas and danger zones."

  • NAO-2019-01587

    YMCA of South Hampton Roads is proposing to construct two offshore breakwaters, with sand nourishment, and a living shoreline in the Chesapeake Bay, at 9272 Ymca Lane, Jamesville, Northampton County, Virginia.
  • Scientist speaks to classroom of children, uses hand gestures while speaking

    Norfolk District and young scientists intersect during geotagging event

    Students and teachers from Norfolk Christian Lower School geoprocessed data with employees from Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to recognize GIS Day.

  • CENAO-WRO-O-141119

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be performing valve repairs to the Great Bridge Lock chamber in Chesapeake, Virginia, on November 20, 2019. The lock will be closed to navigation from 8:00 AM to approximately 3:00 PM for diving and crane operations.

  • NAO-DHA-9905-20-001

    The Norfolk District is looking to hire an engineer responsible for assigned flood plain management related investigations conducted for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works and military projects and FPMS, Planning Assistance to States, and Silver Jackets Programs.
  • A coastal research amphibious buggy drive to the shoreline from the ocean

    Work to resume on Virginia Beach oceanfront project

    Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and city of Virginia Beach officials said Great Lakes Dredge & Dock LLC, the Virginia Beach Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project’s contractor, intends to mobilize equipment at 68th Street and install submerged pipeline between 60th and 61st streets here this week.

  • CENAO-WR-R-4112019

    The Norfolk District Corps of Engineers, Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) have issued revised versions of the Standard and Tidewater Joint Permit Applications (JPA) dated October 2019.

  • October

    Woman speaks to crowd using microphone

    Small business is big business for Norfolk District

    In the last two years, Cherie Kunze met with over 200 firms, conducted numerous outreach events and used each of her 30 years of contracting experience. In 2019, it paid off. The Norfolk District Office of Small Business Programs deputy took the commander’s program to record highs by far exceeding the district’s small business goals.