8/11/2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is hosting a public information meeting to discuss the Philpott Lake, Virginia Water Supply Reallocation Feasibility Study. The meeting will be held on August...
7/28/2022
WILMINGON, N.C. – Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [Corps] released a draft Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment on the reallocation of existing water storage at Philpott Lake. The...
7/28/2022 UPDATED
HENRY COUNTY, V.A. – The Dam Spillway Road at Philpott Lake and Dam will be closed from 15 August 2022 through the fall of 2024, due to construction work at the Dam, Powerhouse, and hillside.This...
5/20/2022 UPDATED
WILMINGTON, N.C. – On May 18, 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District (USACE) performed a condition survey of the Federal Navigation Project at Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, in...
5/4/2022
WILMINGTON, N.C. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District has prepared and is seeking public comments on the Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment (IFR/EA) for...
2/24/2022
Work is set to begin on the coastal storm risk management (CSRM) project at Carolina Beach this week. Here is the information you will need to know when navigating which parts of the beach will be...
1/27/2022
WILMINGTON, N.C. – On 18 January 2022, a contract for Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) at Carolina Beach and Kure Beach was awarded to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company LLC for...
1/24/2022
WILMINGTON, N.C. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced on 19 January 2022, the Civil Works studies, projects, and programs that would be initiated in Fiscal Year 2022 with the $22.81 billion in...
10/19/2021 UPDATED
WILMINGTON, N.C. – The US Army Corps of Engineers has reprogrammed construction funds to the Carolina Beach and Kure Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management Projects in New Hanover County, NC.The Corps...
10/7/2021
WILMINGTON, N.C. - On 27 September 2021, a contract for Costal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) at Ocean Isle Beach, Brunswick County NC was awarded to Norfolk Dredging Company for $6,675,000.00...
9/23/2021
On 15 September 2021, a contract for the maintenance dredging of the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway was awarded to Southwind Construction Corporation for $3,808,485. The contract covers several North...
8/24/2021
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District and the Town of Holden Beach will host a Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement signing ceremony, Friday August 27, 2021 at 1:30pm at the picnic...
8/20/2021
Maintenance work is being performed at Philpott Dam to replace and upgrade the doors which access the generating units...
8/13/2021 UPDATED
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded an environmental services contract on 30 July 2021 to DDC Construction Services LLC (DBA DDC 4C)...
6/28/2021
The visitor centers will be reopening at W. Kerr Scott Lake, Philpott Lake, Falls Lake, B. Everett Jordan Lake, and John H. Kerr Dam and Lake...
3/12/2021
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a feasibility study on the Tar Pamlico River Basin and will host a series of virtual public involvement meetings to gather community input on the...
2/26/2021
On Thursday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Wilmington District, published a final Deep Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) describing the...
1/14/2021
The federal Omnibus bill that passed into law on December 27, 2020 not only provided COVID relief but rolled many other bills into the last legislative effort of the now ended 116th Congress. This...
11/23/2020
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, will hold a Facebook live-stream public information meeting on December 1, 2020 at 6 p.m. to discuss the Folly Beach, SC Coastal Storm Risk...
11/12/2020
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, will hold a Facebook live-stream public information meeting on November 19, 2020 at 6 p.m. to discuss the Wrightsville Beach, NC Coastal Storm...
11/10/2020
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, will hold a Facebook live-stream public information meeting on November 17, 2020 at 6 p.m. to discuss the Carolina Beach, NC Coastal Storm Risk...
7/10/2020 UPDATED
WILMINGTON, N.C. – On Friday, in a ceremony held on board the USS North Carolina, Col. Robert Clark, relinquished command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, to Col. Ben...
5/26/2020
Due to heavy amounts of rain, and the incoming storm, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District will be extending the period of closure for the campgrounds until June 8, 2020...
5/26/2020
Heavy rains on Sunday triggered a significant landslide adjacent to, and downstream of Philpott Dam. This landslide damaged the switch house, the transformers area, and the backup generator...
5/22/2020
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Early this morning, due to the heavy rainfall over Philpott Lake watershed, the pool of the lake has filled past the crest elevation of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)...
5/12/2020
During the COVID19 pandemic several of The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District recreational areas at W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir, Falls Lake, B. Everett Jordan Dam and Lake, John H...
3/26/2020
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District will close remaining recreation areas at W. Kerr Scott effective 0800 on March 27, 2020...
3/18/2020
In the interest of public safety due to the COVID-19 concerns, beginning March 18, 2020, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, will be restricting public access at the district’s...
2/14/2020 UPDATED
The Corps of Engineers Wilmington District is extending the comment period on the Cape Fear River Locks and Dams Disposition Study Draft...
2/11/2020 UPDATED
The President released the budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 and the Fiscal Year 2020 Work Plan, which includes funding for ongoing projects in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington...