The Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District on April 2 awarded a $53.83 million base contract to C&C Joint Ventures, LLC, of Gloucester, Virginia, for restoration work at James Island. It’s part of the corps’ Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration project in Dorchester County, Md., using dredge material from Port of Baltimore channels for ecosystem benefits.
The contract award marks a first phase of restoration work on James Island including mobilization, hydrographic surveys, perimeter dike construction, dredging and the creation of a sand stockpile to be used for future dike construction work.
Corps officials say the total base contract amount is $122.19 million plus options, including additional upland toe dike construction and seeding of the sand stockpile area, using funds from teh Fiscal Year 2025 Work Plan for Army Civil Works…