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Home My WebLink About2026-01-14 USACE CSRM Update PresentationSAW Project Status Updates 14 January 2026 Wilmington District WILMINGTON / NEW HANOVER COUNTY PORT, WATERWAY, & BEACH COMMISSION 2 North Carolina Virginia South Carolina CHARLESTONDISTRICT(SAC) WILMINGTONDISTRICT(SAW) Wilmington Harbor (7.1M/$13.8B) NOT TO SCALE Atlantic Ocean COASTAL PORTFOLIOWILMINGTON DISTRICT SOUTH ATLANTIC DIVISION (SAD) U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS LEGEND 4 Constructed Beach Segments Flood Risk Management 2 Deep Draft Harbors Navigation 1 Top 10 SAD Harbor (Tonnage/Cargo Value) Shallow Draft Projects Not Illustrated West Virginia Carolina Beach & Vicinity (Carolina Beach) Wrightsville Beach Ocean Isle Beach Carolina Beach & Vicinity (Area South) Morehead City Harbor Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway  Over 1500 Miles of Navigable Channels  300 miles of Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway  7 Shallow Draft Inlets  2nd Largest Ferry System in the Nation 3WILMINGTON DISTRICT (SAW) PROJECT UPDATES Kure Beach Carolina Beach •Wilmington Harbor – Maintenance Dredging Contracts •AIWW – Snow’s Cut Shoreline Erosion Protection Project •AIWW Inlet Crossing Maintenance Dredging Contract •Carolina Beach Inlet Maintenance Dredging (Government Plant) •Carolina Beach & Vicinity, NC CSRM Project 4WILMINGTON HARBOR (O&M), NC MAINTENANCE DREDGING CONTRACTS 5 Wilmington Harbor Project Authorized Depth(s): •The channel is 44 feet deep through the ocean bar and the entrance channel, changing to 42 feet deep extending to just downstream of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge at Wilmington, NC; •Upstream of this point, the channel is 32 feet deep to the Hilton Bridge over the Northeast Cape Fear; •And 25 feet deep from the Hilton River Bridge to a point approximately 2 miles above. Typical O&M Maintenance Dredging Contracts: •Anchorage Basin Contract: Dredged annually with the non- beach compatible material placed in an upland disposal facility. •Mid-River Contract: Normally dredged every two years, opposite the Inner Ocean Bar contract. Non-beach compatible material is placed in the ODMDS, with any beach compatible material placed in upland disposal facilities for future use. •Inner Ocean Bar Contract: Normally dredged every two years, opposite the Mid-River Contract. This beach compatible material is placed on adjacent beaches. •Outer Ocean Bar Contract: Dredged annually with the non- beach compatible material placed in the ODMDS 6FY26 WILMINGTON HARBOR INNER OCEAN BAR LOCATION: Brunswick County, North Carolina DREDGE TYPE: Pipeline PLACEMENT: Beach EST. DREDGE QUANTITY: 1,300,000 CY Base: 700,000 CY Option: 600,000 CY DEPTH: 44 feet AWARD: May 15, 2025 (Norfolk Dredging Co.) Total Contract Cost: $25,188,315 Base (Fed Funding): $18,645,765 Options (Oak Island): $ 6,542,550 START DREDGING: November 2025 DREDGE COMPLETE: January 31, 2026 WORK RESTRICTIONS/WINDOW: November 16 – April 30 (Beach Placement) BALD HEAD ISLAND OAK ISLAND ATLANTIC OCEAN Dredge Areas Awarded 7SNOW’S CUT SHORELINE EROSION PROTECTION PROJECT 8HISTORIC SHORELINE 9PROPOSED PROJECT 10AIWW INLET CROSSING MAINTENANCE DREDGING CONTRACT 11FY25/26 ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY LOCATION: Carteret, Onslow, New Hanover, and Brunswick Counties, North Carolina DREDGE TYPE: Pipeline PLACEMENT: Beach EST. QUANTITY: 685,000 CY (Total Contract) 75,000 CY (Figure Eight Island) 275,000 CY (CB (Freeman Park)) DEPTH: 12 feet AWARD: September 19. 2025 (Southwind Construction Corp) START DREDGING: November 16, 2025 DREDGE COMPLETE: April 30, 2026 WORK RESTRICTIONS/WINDOW: November 16 – April 30 (Beach) ATLANTIC OCEAN MOREHEAD CITY WILMINGTON JACKSONVILLE Note: AIWW locations included in this solicitation are as follows: Browns Inlet Crossing, Mason’s Inlet Crossing, Carolina Beach Inlet Crossing, Snow’s Cut, Lockwoods Folly Inlet Crossing, and Shallotte Inlet Crossing. Dredge Sites Awarded 12FY-26 AIWW INLET CROSSING CONTRACT (MASON INLET) 13FY-26 AIWW INLET CROSSING CONTRACT (CB INLET) 14CAROLINA BEACH INLET, NC (GOVERNMENT PLANT) 15CAROLINA BEACH INLET SURVEY (OCTOBER 2025) 16CAROLINA BEACH & VICINITY, NC COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT (CSRM) 17 FY25/26 CAROLINA BEACH / KURE BEACH, NC COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT (CSRM) LOCATION: New Hanover County, NC DREDGE TYPE: Pipeline BEACH FILL QUANTITY: 1,557,000 CY Carolina Beach: 800,000 CY Kure Beach: 757,000 CY AWARD: May 8, 2025 (Norfolk Dredging Co.) Total Contract Cost: $23,480,000 Carolina Beach: $9,758,250 Kure Beach: $13,721,750 START DREDGING: November 16, 2025 DREDGE COMPLETE: April 30, 2026 ENVIRONMENTAL WINDOW: November 16 – April 30 (Beach Placement) Awarded LOCATION: New Hanover County, NC DREDGE TYPE: Pipeline BEACH FILL QUANTITY: 1,790,000 CY Carolina Beach: 920,000 CY Kure Beach: 870,000 CY AWARD: May 8, 2025 (Norfolk Dredging Co.) Total Contract Cost: $26,239,000 Carolina Beach: $10,748,250 Kure Beach: $15,490,750 START DREDGING: November 16, 2025 DREDGE COMPLETE: April 30, 2026 ENVIRONMENTAL WINDOW: November 16 – April 30 (Beach Placement) 18 19CAROLINA BEACH & VICINITY, NC CSRM PROJECT Kure Beach Carolina Beach 20CAROLINA BEACH & VICINITY, NC CSRM PROJECT Kure Beach Carolina Beach 21CAROLINA BEACH & VICINITY, NC CSRM PROJECT Kure Beach Carolina Beach 22CAROLINA BEACH & VICINITY, NC CSRM PROJECT Kure Beach Carolina Beach AREA B Atlantic Ocean CAROLINA BEACH PORTION (14,000 FEET) Salt Marsh Lane N.Carolina Avenue CAROLINABEACHINLETAND BORROW AREA NOT TO SCALE LOCATION Borrow Sources CBRA Zones STA.0+00 STA.0+180 Surfrider Circle ESTIMATED NOURISHMENT VOLUMES/FREQUENCY:~757,000 cubic yards with a 3-year periodic nourishment schedule over a total length of 18,000 feet. DUNE WIDTH: ►25-foot berm at 12.5 Feet NAVD88;dune extends approximately 18,000 feet from Stations 0+00 to 180+00. STORM BERM WIDTH: ►50-foot berm at 8.0 Feet NAVD88;berm extends approximately 18,000 feet from Stations 0+00 to 180+00 CONSTRUCTION BERM WIDTH: ►105-foot berm at 5.5 Feet NAVD88; berm extends approximately18,000 feet from Stations 0+00 to 180+00. BORROW SOURCES:Borrow Area B. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:The project has a 1,500-foot transition between Stations 165+00 and 180+00. *SLA:Submerged Lands Act Boundary Line (delineates state and federal waters) U.S.ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS |WILMINGTON DISTRICTCAROLINABEACHANDVICINITY(AREA SOUTH PORTION)COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECT Local Sponsor: Town of Kure Beach |End of Federal Participation:2047 AREA A AREA SOUTH PORTION (18,000 FEET) STA.0+165 TYPICAL CROSS SECTION (NAVD88)CONSTRUCTION BASELINE 220’ 5H:1V20 -20 10 0 -10 0 300 CONSTRUCTION BERM STORM BERM MHW (+1.4’NAVD88) EXISTING GROUND EL+5.5’DUNE 25’45’25’ EL+12.5’ EL+8.0’ EL E V A T I O N I N FE E T 100 200 DISTANCE IN FEET FROM BASELINE RT . ED G E CO N S T . BE R M 105’ Refer to Text for Station References 24CAROLINA BEACH & VICINITY, NC CSRM PROJECT Kure Beach Carolina Beach 25CAROLINA BEACH & VICINITY, NC CSRM PROJECT Kure Beach Carolina Beach 26CAROLINA BEACH & VICINITY, NC CSRM PROJECT Kure Beach Carolina Beach 27CAROLINA BEACH & VICINITY, NC CSRM PROJECT Kure Beach Carolina Beach 28CAROLINA BEACH & VICINITY, NC CSRM PROJECT Kure Beach Carolina Beach 29 Link: Carolina / Kure Beach Sand Placement Tracker WILMINGTON DISTRICT POINT OF CONTACT Project Point of Contact E-Mail Carolina Beach & Vicinity, NC CSRM Project Kent Tranter Kent.Tranter@usace.army.mil SAW Shallow-Draft Program Adam Faircloth adam.g.faircloth@usace.army.mil AIWW - Snow's Cut Shoreline Protection Project Ronnie Smith ronnie.d.smith@usace.army.mil Civil Works PM Branch Bob Keistler robert.w.keistler@usace.army.mil