Fact Sheets

  • FACT SHEET - Spring Creek (North) Park Ecosystem Restoration Project, Queens, NY

    DESCRIPTION: The Spring Creek North project area is a 47-acre portion of Spring Creek Park located adjacent to the banks of Spring Creek and Ralph’s Creek, located in northern Jamaica Bay counties of Kings and Queens. The proposed ecosystem restoration project seeks to improve the habitat in Spring Creek Park and Jamaica Bay. The construction,
  • FACT SHEET - Hudson River Habitat Restoration, NY

    DESCRIPTION: The study area included 125 miles of the Hudson River Federal channel from the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge to the federal lock and dam at Troy, NY.  The Feasibility Study evaluated aquatic ecosystem restoration measures, including evaluation of eroding shorelines, degraded fish and wildlife habitat, impediments to fish passage, and flood
  • FACT SHEET - Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet – Sections I & II – Sea Bright to Manasquan, NJ

    DESCRIPTION: The project consists of 21 miles of shoreline from the Borough of Sea Bright to the Manasquan Inlet in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The project provides beach erosion control, protection of the shoreline of the the highly populated communities and infrastructure located along the Atlantic coast of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Storm damage reduction is provided by a 100 foot wide beach berm at a total elevation of +12 ft mean low water (MLW), +9.3 ft North Atlantic Vertical Datum (NAVD). The project includes periodic nourishment on a 6-year cycle for a period of 50 years from the start of initial construction. The non-Federal sponsor for the project is the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), who is responsible for acquiring all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and providing 35% of the total costs of the project. The project area is divided into two sections: Section I - which extends for 12 miles from Sea Bright to Loch Arbour (formally Ocean Township), and Section II - which includes the 9 miles from Asbury Park to the Manasquan Inlet.
  • FACT SHEET - Joseph G. Minish Passaic River NJ Waterfront Park and Historic Area

    DESCRIPTION: The Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park and Historic Area project is located along the west bank of the Passaic River between Bridge and Brill Streets in the City of Newark, New Jersey. This reach of the Passaic River is eroded, deteriorated and environmentally degraded due to past commercial and industrial use and flooding. The project design was comprised of three phases: Phase I is 6,000 feet of new bulkhead, 3,200 feet of restored riverbank and creation of wetlands, Phase II is the 9,200-foot waterfront walkway and Phase III is the park facilities, plazas, and landscaping. The city of Newark is pursuing a walkway, park and redevelopment area independently; therefore, Phase I is the only phase USACE will construct. The Non-Federal sponsors for Phase I is the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).
  • FACT SHEET - Passaic River Tidal Protection Area, NJ

    DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, completed a study in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), recommending a coastal storm risk management project in and surrounding tidal portions of Newark, NJ, due to the Passaic River, New Jersey. A Feasibility Cost Sharing Agreement (FCSA) for the study was executed between the USACE and NJDEP on October 28, 2014.
  • FACT SHEET - Burlington Harbor (VT) Oil Bollard Removal

    DESCRIPTION: In General Provisions, Section 108 of the FY2004 Energy and Water Appropriations Act authorized the Secretary to remove and dispose of oil bollards and associated debris in Burlington Harbor, Vermont.The oil bollards are early to mid-twentieth century caisson-type structures previously used to facilitate pumping petroleum products from
  • FACT SHEET - Westchester County Center, NY

    DESCRIPTION: The project site is located in the vicinity of the Westchester County Center complex, near the intersection of the Bronx River Parkway and Central Park Avenue (Route 100). Streambank erosion on the Bronx River stretches extending for approximately 1600 feet south, downstream of the Central Park Avenue bridge, and continuing north of
  • FACT SHEET-New York Harbor - Collection and Removal of Drift

    DESCRIPTION: Reduce hazards and damages to navigation by removing potential sources of drift. Removing abandoned piers, wharves, derelict vessels and debris, and repairing in-use deteriorated shore structures throughout the Port of New York.
  • FACT SHEET - Hudson Raritan Estuary Restoration, NY and NJ

    SUMMARY: The Hudson Raritan Estuary (HRE) Feasibility Study was initiated in 2001 and subsequently integrated with five (5) other ecosystem restoration studies within the HRE Study Area. The feasibility phase was completed and resulted in the HRE Comprehensive Restoration Plan (CRP) (Volume 1- 2016) which was adopted by the NY/NJ Harbor
  • FACT SHEET-Jones Inlet to East Rockaway Inlet (Long Beach) NY

    DESCRIPTION: The project area is located on the south shore of Long Island, consisting of approximately 9 miles of oceanfront from Jones Inlet to East Rockaway Inlet. A historical low height and narrow width of the beach front has increased the potential for storm damage. Damaging storms have occurred in 1938, 1950, 1953, 1960, 1962, 1984, 1991, 1992 and 2012. In October 2012, Super Storm Sandy was credited with causing over $250 million dollars of damage. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: NY-04