14 Oct 2025

408-NAO-2025-0086 (City of Norfolk Waterfront Timber Piers Repair Project)

Expiration date: 10/29/2025

Interested parties are hereby notified that a request for permission to alter a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) federal project pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 408 (Section 408) has been received and is under evaluation by the Norfolk District. This Section 408 request was submitted by the City of Norfolk to conduct maintenance of existing pier at the Waterfront in Downtown Norfolk along the Elizabeth River. The purpose of this project is to replace-in-kind the deteriorated existing timber fendering elements and deck planks. This project may alter the Norfolk Harbor and Channels Federal Navigation Project (Paradise Creek to Lamberts Bend and Eastern Branch Elizabeth River Reaches) and Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management Project (Norfolk CSRM). Comments should be received by the close of business on October 29, 2025.