New England News Releases

Bourne Bridge Construction Update - all lanes open
5/14/2026
Bourne Bridge construction complete...
USACE and Connecticut Port Authority Launch New Haven Harbor Improvement Project
4/22/2026
CONCORD, Mass. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New England District, and the Connecticut Port Authority (CTPA) announced the execution of a Project Partnership Agreement, officially...
Bridge Work Alert Bourne Bridge Short-term Lane Restrictions
4/17/2026
Bridge Work Alert: Bourne Bridge Short-term Lane Restrictions on Tuesday April 21st, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. CONCORD, Mass. – Inspection and maintenance work will be performed on the Bourne Bridge...

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Local bird watchers descended upon West Hill Dam armed with pen, paper and a few binoculars to participate in West Hill Dam’s annual Backyard Bird Count.
Construction of the System Management Engineering Facility (SMEF), the 40,000 square foot, 2-story addition, is well underway and progressing rapidly.
For vessels wanting to enter Plymouth waters, dredging to remove shoals from the Plymouth Harbor federal navigation project in Massachusetts is currently underway and on schedule.

News From Around the Corps

People, Peril and Perseverance: The Enduring Legacy of the Coos Bay North Jetty
5/15/2026
The early 1800s heralded a period of immense change for the Coos Bay area with the arrival of its first non-Indigenous people: fur traders seeking fortune and military expeditions charting the new...
Gold Beach gets a rockin' repair at the Rogue
4/7/2026
After months of pre-construction planning, last week the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District, began a critical $3,021,620 repair of the Rogue River South Jetty. The project,...
District revives Brainstorm the Castle innovation initiative
4/30/2026
Innovation often starts with a simple idea, like an observation from someone doing the work every day who sees a better way to accomplish the mission.A program known as Brainstorm the Castle is giving...

Feature Stories

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  • April

    Keeping employees safe: District utilizes AtHoc system for emergency notifications

    On Monday, January 11, the federal government’s annual spending bill had not yet passed. Millions of federal employees were furloughed and didn’t know if they would work the next day, the day after, or during the weeks ahead.Crises complicate the lives of federal workers and the Americans who depend  on them. Fortunately, the New England District’s
  • November

    Knowledge Management: For Your Information

    Will Burgess has the formidable task of guiding the New England District’s information and business practices into the 21st Century.As the District’s Knowledge Management Officer, Burgess is responsible for streamlining the District’s entire universe of information and developing workable policies and practices, otherwise known as Knowledge
  • September

    Gleefully West Hill Dam gets down and dirty celebrating 'International Mud Day'

    There are two types of people: those who get their hands dirty and those who roll in it.In a cleared-out area of West Hill Dam’s woods, imposing pits of thick brown mud pocked the ground. The park rangers didn’t mind. In fact, they tended to the mire until families arrived to greet the slovenly earth with open arms. Some youngsters molded mud to

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