The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) confirmed that the revetment operations at Myrtle Grove were completed on the evening of Saturday, February 5, 2022. The USACE previously confirmed that the scheduled revetment operations at Kenner Bend were cancelled for…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has confirmed that the revetment operations at Myrtle Grove remain on schedule to be completed on Monday, February 7, 2022. The USACE has also confirmed that the scheduled revetment operations at Kenner Bend…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has confirmed that the revetment operations at Myrtle Grove will not be completed on February 4, 2022, as previously scheduled. The work at this site is now expected to be completed on Monday,…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has confirmed that the revetment operations at Myrtle Grove will start as scheduled tomorrow morning at 0600 hours (Wednesday, January 26, 2022). The updated schedule reproduced below lists the two revetment locations on…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has confirmed that the revetment operations at Myrtle Grove are now expected to start at 0600 hours on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. The new schedule is reproduced below and shows the updated schedule…
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MSIB XXII-003 The Captain of the Port New Orleans is issuing a safety advisory for the waters of the Lower Mississippi River from Mile Marker (MM) 57.4 Above Head of Passes (AHP) to MM 59.4 AHP. This advisory is needed…
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Please accept this update from the Big River Coalition based on additional changes to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) scheduled revetment operations. The USACE has made additional changes to the schedule and removed the revetment operations at the…
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The Big River Coalition issued a notice on June 8, 2021 announcing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) revetment schedule for Fiscal Year 2021. There have been significant changes to the schedule since that time and all plans remain tentative…
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The Big River Coalition’s Corps 2021 Revetment Schedule and Transit Restrictions Update 6821 is here for your reference. The updated schedule of work as provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on May 24, 2021 is here. Please note…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have now completed the revetment operations at Plaquemine Bend location which was the last site for revetment operations below Baton Rouge. The Lower Mississippi River Vessel Traffic Service has just reopened the channel…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) now intends to resume revetment operations at the Plaquemine Bend location (Mile 208.5 Above Head of Passes [AHP]) tomorrow morning (Tuesday, January 19, 2021). The Big River Coalition’s U.S. Army Corps of…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has completed work at the Plaquemine Bend location for the day and the channel is reopened with no revetment related transit restrictions. The Vessel Traffic Service does request that vessels transit the area…
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The Big River Coalition’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 2020/2021 Revetment Schedule and Transit Restrictions Update 11321 is here. The latest schedule for revetment operations as provided by the USACE is here – as released yesterday (January 12, 2021). The remaining…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 2020/2021 Revetment Schedule and Transit Restrictions Update 11021 is here. The remaining schedule for revetment operations at the last location below Baton Rouge and the transit restrictions are listed in the table below. 2020/21 USACE Revetment…
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MSIB XX-002 UPDATE 22JAN2021: USCG SECTOR New Orleans MSIB Volume XXI, Issue 002 is amended to extend revetment repair operations one additional day, until 1900 on January 23, 2021. Waterway restrictions will continue as described in the MSIB. ORIGINAL POST: The Captain of the…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) completed the revetment operations at Avondale Bend (Mile 108.6 Above Head of Passes [AHP]) this morning ahead of schedule. The USACE revetment operations at the Saint Gabriel (Mile 200 AHP) location are…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) started the revetment operations at the Saint Gabriel (Mile 200 Above Head of Passes [AHP]) on the left descending bank this morning ahead of schedule. Scheduled working hours for revetment operations are from…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) completed the revetment operations at Avondale Bend (Mile 108.6 Above Head of Passes [AHP]) this morning ahead of schedule. The USACE revetment operations at the Saint Gabriel (Mile 200 AHP) location are now…
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Vessel Agents coordinating vessel movements for drafts deeper than 41 feet transiting above Mile 220 Above Head of Passes (AHP) during the scheduled revetment operations at both the Saint Gabriel and Plaquemine Bend locations are encouraged to communicate these movements…
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MSIB XX-133 The Captain of the Port New Orleans is issuing a safety advisory for the waters of the Lower Mississippi River from Mile Marker (MM) 198 Above Head of Passes (AHP) to MM 212 AHP. This advisory is needed…
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