US Army Corps of Engineers
Buffalo District

Beginning on Wednesday, September 18, NY Route 5 westbound (outbound) will be reduced to one lane between Big Tree Road and Seabreeze Avenue, to begin work on the Athol Springs project, and is scheduled to remain in place for the remainder of the 2019 construction season.
Left to right: Lindsay Parsons (WRIPC); Tim Noon (USACE); Gabe Schmidbauer (USACE); Brianna Kupsky (Wisconsin DNR); Kris Erickson (Ecology and Environment) make up the Menominee River (AOC) Aquatic Plant Control for Rookery Habitat Project Team.
A member of the Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center prepares an acoustic reciever to be placed in the Manistique River and Harbor Area of Concern in Manistique, Michigan. The acoustic reciever was one of 25 recievers that was placed around the AOC during the first year of the two year study that the ERDC conducted to track the common carp's residency in the AOC. (Courtesy photo from the USACE ERDC)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District employees from the Planning Management team have been out in the field this summer surveying marina owners and operators from 6 harbors in Lake Ontario between Wilson Harbor, Wilson, NY and Little Sodus Bay Harbor, Fair Haven, NY, August 2019.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has completed temporary measures to secure the west pier at Little Sodus Harbor, located in Fair Haven, New York on August 1, 2019. Photograph taken August 6, 2019.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District began repairs to 625 feet out of the 1,000 feet of critical repair area of the Buffalo south breakwater located in the Buffalo Harbor, in the City of Buffalo, Erie County, New York on July 26, 2019. Site work is expected to start in 2019 with completion in 2020.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District began construction of a maintenance repair on Thursday, July 18th, 2019 in Lake Ontario at the west arrowhead breakwater in Oswego Harbor, located in the City of Oswego, New York.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District awarded a $6.1 million contract to Ryba Marine June 27 for repairs to the Buffalo North breakwater over the next three years.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District broke ground to conduct the radionuclide contamination cleanup under the authority of the Formerly Utilized Sites remedial Action Program, also known as FUSRAP, Tonawanda, NY, June 12, 2019.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, is excited to begin the final remedial action to be conducted at the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works (LOOW) Formerly Utilized Defense Site, located in Niagara County, New York on July 8th 2019. Site work is expected to finish in Late August 2019, with expected construction completion in September 2019.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $1.83 million contract for a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative habitat restoration project along the Buffalo River, near Katherine Street, in the City of Buffalo, New York.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District hosted a public hearing regarding the dredging of Cleveland Harbor at Burke Front Airport, Cleveland, OH, February, 19, 2015.
In 2015 the Cleveland and Oswego harbor breakwaters will be repaired using dolos that are currently being constructed. 

A dolos is a concrete block in a complex geometric shape used in great numbers to protect harbor walls from the erosive force of wave action.
Deputy District Commander Maj. Michael A. Busby made time today to read to a class of 4th graders at the Charter School for Applied Technologies in Buffalo, New York, as part of the “Celebration of Reading.”

Busby chose the book, "I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban," as a vehicle to talk to the students about bullying. “I love getting out into the community to meet with young students,” Busby said. “It not only gives me the opportunity to interact with the next generation of American citizens, but also to talk about the great work the Corps of Engineers does and careers in STEM. You never know what impact you can have. Maybe one of those kids will grow up to be the next Chief of Engineers."
In preparation of the upcoming maintenance, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Dive Team ventured under the water in the Black Rock Lock to seal off the lock chamber.

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Travel advisory, ground breaking planned as Athol Springs project begins
9/11/2019
Beginning on Wednesday, September 18, NY Route 5 westbound (outbound) will be reduced to one lane between Big Tree Road and Seabreeze Avenue, to begin work on the Athol Springs project, and is...
Corps of Engineers awards contract for Buffalo Harbor Dredging
8/16/2019
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has awarded a $2.029 million contract to conduct dredging in Buffalo Harbor during summer 2020. ...
Athol Springs: Strengthening Shorelines and Building Communities
8/9/2019
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District is excited to announce the awarding of the $8.2 million Athol Springs contract, for the strengthening of the Lake Erie seawall along Route 5, in the...