30 Jan 2012

Corps completes Yolo Bypass levee repairs

West Sacramento levees are no longer sinking as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District wraps up repairs on nearly a mile of levees near the Yolo Bypass.

19 Dec 2011

Pine Flat Lake sets new day-use fee

Pine Flat Lake near Sanger will charge a day-use fee for park access beginning Jan. 1, 2012.

2 Dec 2011

Corps trains on new emergency operations vehicles

Corps personnel were trained on the efficient operation of new emergency command and control vehicles, or ECCVs, during a session near Sacramento, Calif.

21 Nov 2011

Green Valley Creek levees don’t meet Corps maintenance standards

Inspections by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District have found that four miles of Green Valley Creek levees in Solano County do not meet Corps levee safety standards.

14 Nov 2011

Sacramento levee project completed along American River Parkway Trail

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has finished a levee improvement project along the American River Parkway Trail near the California State University-Sacramento campus.

28 Oct 2011

Local levee improvements set to begin Nov. 1

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, in cooperation with the California Central Valley Flood Protection Board, will be repairing two levee erosion sites along the south bank of the American River between Watt Ave. and the Mayhew Drain, weather permitting, between November 2011 and July 2012.

20 Oct 2011

West Sacramento levee work buttons up before rainy season

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District will conclude this year’s construction of a setback levee along South River Road in West Sacramento in mid-November.

5 Oct 2011

Army Corps awards $2.4 million in contracts for work at Beale Air Force Base

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a total of $2.47 million in contracts Sept. 30 for work at Beale Air Force Base, near Marysville. The contracts were $1.24 million to Abide International Inc. of Sonoma for construction of perimeter fence; and $1.23 million to Patriot Construction Inc. of Stockton for repairing the airfield’s vault lighting.

3 Oct 2011

Army Corps awards $1.8 million for Sacramento levee repair

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District awarded a $1.89 million contract Sept. 30 to Hard Rock Construction of Live Oak to raise a 4,000-foot-long stretch of levee located between Howe Ave. and Watt Ave., an average of one foot and improving the waterside slope to Corps’ standards.

3 Oct 2011

Army Corps awards $5.3 million in contracts for work at Presidio of Monterey

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has awarded a total of $5.37 million in contracts Sept. 30 for work at Beale Air Force Base, near Marysville, Calif.