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  • FACT SHEET-Buttermilk Channel, New York

    DESCRIPTION: This navigation asset connects deep water in Upper Bay, New York Harbor, southwest of Governors Island, with deep water in the East River northeast of Governors Island, and, with Bay Ridge and Red Hook Channels, forms a channel along the Brooklyn waterfront; and provides for a channel 1,000 feet wide, 40 feet deep, and 500 feet wide

  • FACT SHEET - Atlantic Coast of New York City, East Rockaway Inlet to Rockaway Inlet (Rockaway Beach) and Jamaica Bay, NY

    The project study area includes the Rockaway Peninsula and the communities surrounding Jamaica Bay in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn in New York City.

  • FACT SHEET - Atlantic Coast of New York - South Shore of Long Island

    DESCRIPTION: The south shore of Long Island includes portions of New York City and Nassau and Suffolk Counties. The shoreline includes a diversity of development, from urbanized areas to beaches, parklands, and roadways as well as many inlets, some of which are used for small boat navigation. It is subject to substantial overwash and erosion during

  • FACT SHEET - Project Condition Surveys - New Jersey

    DESCRIPTION: This project consists of performing hydrographic surveys of completed and federally maintained Federal Navigation Projects within the boundaries of the New York District in order to publish their navigation condition for users of the channels. OTHER INFORMATION: Project Condition Survey program includes surveys of deep draft channels,

  • FACT SHEET - Project Condition Surveys, NY

    DESCRIPTION: This project consists of performing hydrographic surveys of completed and federally maintained Federal Navigation Projects within the boundaries of the New York District in order to publish their navigation condition for users of the channels.OTHER INFORMATION: Project Condition Survey program includes surveys of deep draft channels,

  • 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 - 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 for approximately 1600 feet south, downstream of the Central Park Avenue bridge, and continues north of the bridge

  • FACT SHEET - Burlington Harbor (VT) Oil Bollard Removal

    DESCRIPTION: In General Provisions, Section 108 of the FY2004 Energy and Water Appropriations Act the Secretary was authorized 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

  • FACT SHEET-Inspection of Completed Works, VT

    DESCRIPTION:  The Inspection of Completed Works (ICW) Program is an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Program that provides for Corps of Engineers inspections of Flood Risk Management Projects (FRMPs) that have been constructed by the Federal Government. The projects in Vermont have been turned over to the local public sponsor, the Vermont State

  • FACT SHEET - Inspection of Completed Works, NJ

    DESCRIPTION:  The Inspection of Completed Works (ICW) Program is an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Program that provides for Corps of Engineers inspections of Flood Risk Management Projects (FRMPs) and Coastal Storm Risk Management Projects (CSRMs) that have been constructed by the Federal Government. The projects have been turned over to the