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  • November

    NAO-2009-00949

    The Norfolk District Corps of Engineers has established a temporary danger zone from Nov. 19-26, around the NASA Wallops Flight Center in Accomack, Va., for the NASA ORS-3 launch.

  • NAO-2005-05265/13-V1650

    Navy Region Mid-Atlantic proposes to upgrade a section of the existing tactical vehicle trail located along the southern boundary of the Small Arms Testing and Evaluation Compound (SATEC) at Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story in Virginia Beach to create an approximately 2,000-foot roadway section that replicates an improved road surface. The purpose of the project is to upgrade the straightway section of the trail network to replicate an improved roadway layout and surface to develop more realistic scenarios that work in concert with the existing SATEC facilities. The project would impact approximately 2.25 acres of historically disturbed nontidal, emergent wetlands. The applicant proposes to provide compensatory mitigation by purchasing credits at a 1:1 ratio from the Middle Peninsula Environmental Properties Inc.’s Wetland Mitigation Bank. The comment period ends on December 13, 2013.
  • Great Bridge Lock, Chesapeake, Va.

    Great Bridge Lock down; repairs underway

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working to repair the Great Bridge Lock after an underwater valve failed Tuesday.
  • Great Bridge Lock, Chesapeake, Va.

    Great Bridge Lock down; Corps divers on the scene

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closed the Great Bridge Lock in Chesapeake, Va., at approximately 7:30 a.m., today to repair inoperative valve.

  • NAO-2013-1979/13-V1596

    The City of Virginia Beach proposes to mechanically dredge subaqueous bottom and non-vegetated intertidal wetlands in order to re-establish navigational access and attenuate siltation for the Bayville Creek neighborhood in Virginia Beach, Va. Public comment period ends Dec. 6, 2013.

  • NAO-2001-1717

    The City of Chesapeake Public Works proposes roadway and drainage improvements to Elbow Road between Bethel Baptist Church and the Virginia Beach City Line within the City of Chesapeake. Public comment period ends Dec. 5, 2013

  • NAO-2005-4861

    Lamberts Point proposes to deepen the berth on each side of their Pier N at Lambert Point Docks to -34 ft MLW in Norfolk Virginia. The applicant proposes to dredge 945,000 square feet and remove 104,000 cubic yards of material twice in the next ten years, and is proposing to dredge mechanically and use the Rehandling Basin at Craney Island, or use a hydraulic dredge and direct discharge into Craney Island.

  • NAO-2013-1722

    The applicants are proposing to hydraulically dredge approximately 8,860 square feet (458 cubic yards) of subaqueous bottom to a maximum depth of -3.0 feet mean low water (MLW) in order to re-establish navigational access. The project is located in waters near the intersection of Dare Road and Old House Point Circle on the Poquoson River in Yorktown, Virginia.

  • October

    ARLINGTON, Va. -- Secretary of the Army John McHugh transfers the JFK Eternal Flame back to its permanent location on Oct. 29, 2013, after repair work to the site was completed. The flame underwent a full replacement of gas and airlines, received new digital controls and sensors, as well as a new burner assembly.

    Temporary Flame transferred to permanent Eternal Flame at President John F. Kennedy's gravesite

    The temporary flame that has been operating at the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy and his family since this spring was transferred to the permanent Eternal Flame in a ceremony here, Oct. 29, 2013. The temporary flame was in place while upgrades and testing took place for the Eternal Flame.
  • Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area (CIDMMA), also known as Craney Island, is the “Jewel in the Port of Hampton Roads.” Since its construction in 1957, Craney Island’s centralized location provides a low-cost placement option for material dredged from Hampton Roads navigation channels, as well as from private dredging projects.

    Craney Island mosquito spraying set for Oct. 30

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the city of Portsmouth, Va., will conduct the final joint aerial mosquito spraying of the season tomorrow at federal properties on Craney Island, adjacent city properties and the Churchland area in Portsmouth.
  • Over the next several months, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will construct six sanctuary oyster reefs along the Elizabeth River and surrounding tributaries, all part of a 10-year, $70 million, 411-acre comprehensive environmental mitigation plan accompanying the Corps' Craney Island Eastward Expansion Project.

    New Hoffler Creek resident enhances neighborhood’s quality-of-life

    Around the muddy banks of Hoffler Creek Wildlife Preserve in Portsmouth, Va., a new home for Virginia's eastern oyster took shape Oct. 16.
  • Jim Davis (right), a Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., project manager, looks on as John Evans, a Norfolk District environmental scientist, shows district commander Col. Paul Olsen maps of proposed future mitigation sites. The sites will offset the loss of stream beds due to changes in water levels.

    Continuing resolution reopens district's regulatory office

    Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulatory employees returned to work today after the enactment of a continuing resolution to fund the government until January 15. The employees, environmental scientists and administrative support staff assigned to the Norfolk District’s Regulatory Branch, will restart regulatory operations immediately, said Kimberly Prisco-Baggett, acting chief of the branch.
  • Col. Paul Brooks, Fort Lee garrison commander, presents the 2012 Directorate of Public Works Installation Support Program of the Year Award to Col. Paul B. Olsen, district commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, as Greg Williams, DPW director, looks on. (U.S. Army photo)

    Norfolk District snags installation support award

    U.S. Army Installation Management Command awarded the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with the 2012 Director of Public Works Installation Support Program of the Year. The nomination noted Norfolk District’s “team approach in delighting the ultimate customer – the soldier.”
  • Jim Davis (right), a Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., project manager, looks on as John Evans, a Norfolk District environmental scientist, shows district commander Col. Paul Olsen maps of proposed future mitigation sites. The sites will offset the loss of stream beds due to changes in water levels.

    District furloughs employees as USACE suspends regulatory operations nationwide

    NORFOLK -- The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will issue furlough notices to 48
  • Jennifer Armstrong (right), a Norfolk District project manager, shows Jo-Ellen Darcy, the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, fossilized oyster shell stored at the district's Craney Island Dredge Material Management Area in Portsmouth, Va. The shell is destined to be used in Corps sanctuary oyster reefs in the Elizabeth River as part of the Craney Island Eastward Expansion project environmental mitigation plan. The mountainous piles of shell were obtained from the Commonwealth of Virginia through an agreement between the Norfolk District and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Going big: district tackles oysters, Lynnhaven

    Contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are moving mountains of fossil oyster shell from Craney Island in Portsmouth, Va., to build 16 acres of sanctuary reefs in Elizabeth River and some of its tributaries, while the work to bring environmental restoration on the Lynnhaven River is ongoing.

  • Great Bridge Locks reopen as tidal waters recede

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reopened the great bridge lock in Chesapeake, Va.

  • Great Bridge Locks closed due to tidal waters

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closed the Great Bridge Lock in Chesapeake, Va., due to higher than normal tidal waters infiltrating the lock’s gears.

  • NAO-08-3101

    The CenterPoint Properties has requested to modify the existing permit for the construction of an intermodal center in Suffolk, Virginia. The applicant requests a permit modification to include the construction of an industrial access roadway connector (the Kenyon Road Connecter) between Kenyon Road and US Route 58 (Holland Road) in order to reduce commercial truck traffic on Kenyon Road within the vicinity of residential homes and education facilities. The proposed modification will result in a net increase of 0.45 acres of permanent impacts to nontidal wetlands and 0.30 acres of temporary impacts to nontidal impacts, resulting in a total of 7.66 acres of permanent wetland impacts associated with the project.

  • NAO-2006-2364

    The bank sponsor, Gum Brothers LLC, proposes to establish a compensatory mitigation banking agreement ("Limestone Mitigation Bank") in Leesburg, Va., to provide mitigation for impacts to streams within the specified service area. Public comment period ends Oct. 22, 2013.

  • NAO-2005-04743

    The applicant is proposing to complete construction of a single family residential development known as Mountain Run. The project site is approximately 140 acres and is located south of the South Anna River, east of Route 33, in Hanover County, Va. Public comment period ends Nov. 8, 2013.