Craney Island improvements on the way

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District has awarded a $75 million contract to Three Oaks Construction of North Sioux City, South Dakota, for site improvements at the Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area.

According to the Corps, work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of August 12, 2027.

Some of the work activities may include borrow area preparation for the purpose of dewatering saturated materials for future use, excavation, and reclamation of dredged material from prepared borrow areas, transport of reclaimed and borrowed materials, construction of site improvement infrastructure projects with the material, etc.

Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area (CIDMMA) is a 2,500-acre confined upland dredged material placement site located in Portsmouth, Virginia adjacent to the Port of Hampton Roads.

Plans for the site were developed in the early 1940s to provide a long-term disposal area for material dredged from the channels and ports in the Hampton Roads area. Hampton Roads, including the ports of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Newport News, and Hampton, comprises Virginia’s greatest port complex.