The threat of flooding is real, and Army engineers are tackling it head on. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District Commander Col. Bob McTighe highlights the top Civil Works projects protecting California's Capital Region, from raising Folsom Dam and strengthening levees to widening the Sacramento Weir. See how we're building infrastructure, not paperwork.
Maj. Gen. Jason Kelly, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy commanding general for Civil and Emergency Operations, gives remarks Aug. 27 aboard the USS Potomac during a design agreement signing ceremony for the Oakland Harbor Turning Basins Widening Project. The $642 million project will widen both the inner and outer harbor turning basins at the Oakland Seaport to better allow ships to turn around.