BALTIMORE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, awarded a $53.83 million base contract to C&C Joint Ventures, LLC, of Gloucester, Virginia, for restoration work at James Island, part of the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration project in Dorchester County, Maryland.
The contract award ushers in the first phase of Mid-Bay 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.
The total contract amount is $122.19 million for the base contract plus options, including additional upland toe dike construction and seeding of the sand stockpile area. Federal funds for this contract include Fiscal Year 2025 Work Plan for Army Civil Works funds…