The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, performs site inspections at potential alternate care facilities across Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia through a FEMA mission assignment in response to COVID-19. The States are working with the Corps to potentially convert suitable facilities to serve as augmented health care spaces. (U.S. Army video by Nicole Strong)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, received an additional $56.02 million boost for fiscal 2021, including funds for oyster restoration, beach renourishment in Ocean City, the dredging and south jetty rehabilitation of Fishing Creek in Calvert County, completion of engineering and design work to restore James and Barren islands, and more.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, and the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration are launching a study to determine ways to address marine navigation at the Seagirt Loop channel in Baltimore Harbor, with goals of improving capacity, safety and efficiency at the Seagirt Marine Terminal within the Port of Baltimore.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, will begin a $3.2 million effort to repair the stilling basin at Foster J. Sayers Dam in the coming weeks. The dam is currently operational, and this work is preventative maintenance to ensure that it can continue to provide flood risk management to downstream communities for years to come.
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Emergency Operations Vehicle (ECCV-7) is parked outside the Army Corps Baltimore District Headquarters in support of COVID-19 emergency operations, Baltimore, March 30, 2020.