23 Apr 2019

Corps awards $21.6M contract for Fort Hunter Liggett microgrid

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $21.6 million construction contract April 12 to Ameresco of Framingham, Massachusetts to construct an electrical distribution microgird and 5 megawatt photovoltaic power generation at Fort Hunter Liggett. Ameresco is expected to break ground this spring and complete the project in 2021.

10 Apr 2019

Corps awards $19.46M contract for Hill AFB fuel distribution system, pump house

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $19.46 million construction contract March 29 to CTI Construction of Ogden, to replace an aging petroleum, oil and lubricants facility at Hill Air Force Base.

4 Apr 2019

Corps to discuss next phases of Marysville Ring Levee project at public meeting

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will host a public meeting April 10 in Marysville to discuss construction plans for Phases 2B and 3 of the Marysville Ring Levee project.

7 Mar 2019

Corps awards contract for levee repairs along Feather River West Levee

Repairs will soon be underway for nearly five miles of critically deficient Feather River west levee between Tudor Road and Cypress Avenue in south Sutter County. In late February, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) issued a $35 million contract to Great Lakes E&I for its Sutter Basin Project, which involves the installation of cutoff walls as deep as 140 feet into the existing levee.

24 Jan 2019

Corps to discuss Success Dam enlargement project at Feb. 4 public meeting

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will host a public meeting February 4 to discuss the re-initiation of the Tule River Spillway Enlargement Project, which received $74 million in appropriations in 2018 to raise Success Dam’s spillway up to 10 feet higher.

2 Jan 2019

Corps releases supplemental documents for Sacramento River levee improvement

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has published a draft supplemental environmental assessment/initial study for the American River Common Features 2016 project.

20 Dec 2018

Corps releases Environmental Assessment for proposed Oroville Temporary Debris Handling Facility

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, today released its Environmental Assessment for use of the former Koppers Inc. Plant in Oroville, California, as a temporary debris handling facility (TDHF) to stage, sort, process and transfer non-hazardous debris generated from the 2018 Camp Wildfire.

13 Dec 2018

Corps releases Environmental Assessment for Temporary Debris Handling Facility

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, today released its environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for use of the Barber Industrial Site in Chico, California, as a debris handling facility to stage, sort, process and transfer non-hazardous debris generated from the 2018 Camp Wildfire.

3 Dec 2018

FY2019 work plan adds $53.5 million to Sacramento District projects

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2019 work plan for the Army Civil Works program on Nov. 20, funding an additional $53.5 million to a handful of Sacramento District projects.

16 Nov 2018

Upcoming levee improvement work will force Garden Highway closure at Interstate 5 overpass

Beginning as soon as late December, a section of Garden Highway will be closed to traffic for up to three weeks in order to improve a section of levee as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ flood risk reduction project in the Natomas Basin.