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Riverside Magazine

Welcome to New Orleans District's command information magazine the Riverside. This publication is a digital publication with articles added by the Public Affairs office. While the magazine is written for an internal audience, it contains useful information on a wide variety of topics and Corps activities.

A digital archive of the old print editions is available online.

 

 

Latest News

Federal, state, and local official break ground on the Ascension Parish Water Meter Replacement Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Ascension Parish held a Groundbreaking Ceremony to celebrate the start of the Ascension Parish Water Meter Replacement Project. The project will replace over two thousand water meters across the city of Donaldsonville, Louisiana. A $4.5 million construction contract was awarded to remove and replace existing manually read water meters with remotely read water meters.
Published: 4/29/2024

Comite River Diversion flood management project alignment requires permanent closure of Barnett Road segment in East Baton Rouge Parish

Beginning April 15, 2024, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District will permanently close the section of Barnett Road between U.S. Hwy 61 and Carney Road near Zachary, La. to begin construction of the Comite River Diversion Channel Segment #1 in that area.
Published: 4/12/2024

Recommended Plan for St. Tammany Parish Feasibility Study sent to USACE Headquarters for Review and Approval

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District in conjunction with USACE Headquarters in Washington, D.C. has completed the District reviews of the St. Tammany Parish Louisiana Feasibility Study which investigated flood risk management and coastal storm risk management solutions to reduce the risk from flood damages caused by riverine, rainfall, and coastal storm flooding in St. Tammany Parish.
Published: 4/9/2024

Mississippi River Commission schedules high-water inspection trip

VICKSBURG, Miss. -- The Mississippi River Commission will conduct its annual high-water inspection trip on the Mississippi River, April 8-12, 2024.
Published: 4/4/2024

St. Claude Bridge closed to traffic morning of April 2 while equipment moved to IHNC Lock

NEW ORLEANS – The St. Claude Bridge in New Orleans, La., is scheduled to be closed to vehicular traffic on April 2, 2024, from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. while the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, New Orleans District conducts emergency repairs to address a failed hinge gate assembly at the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock. 
Published: 4/2/2024

Riverside Articles

  • Port Allen Lock reopens after USACE completes repairs

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, reopened the Port Allen Lock again for waterborne traffic after closing it for emergency repairs earlier this year. Ships, barges and other traffic began passing through the lock again the morning of April 27, 2024.

  • New Orleans Corps of Engineers christens new survey vessel named in honor of former employee.

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, has a new hydrographic survey boat among its fleet of vessels that sails the waters of South Louisiana. The Motor Vessel (M/V) Ducarpe was christened during a ceremony held at the Seabrook Harbor & Marine March 7, 2024.

  • New Orleans District deputy commander promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a new lieutenant colonel among its ranks. Former Maj. Nathaniel Weander, deputy commander of the USACE New Orleans District, pinned on the rank of lieutenant colonel during a promotion ceremony held Jan. 22, 2024, at the district headquarters in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • Corps of Engineers works with federal, state agencies to help create new marsh land in Louisiana

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New Orleans District has been pumping sediment out of the Calcasieu Ship Channel to help create new marsh lands as part of the Louisiana Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority (CPRA) Long Point Bayou Marsh Creation Project near Hackberry, La.

  • Corps of Engineers holds Industry Day for Morganza to the Gulf project

    New Orleans District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) team members working on the Morganza to the Gulf project hosted their first Industry Day for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) East and West Floodgates at USACE New Orleans District headquarter Oct. 13, 2023.

  • West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Summer 2023 Construction Update

    Join the Army Corps of Engineers for a summer construction update on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain - New Orleans, USACE Storm Damage Risk Reduction System as of 2023. This critical flood risk management infrastructure will provide much needed risk reduction for 60,000 residents in St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. James parishes. The Project will construct a 100-year level risk reduction system extending from the Bonnet Carre spillway to Garyville. The structural component of the project is a 18.5 mile levee system that includes earthen levees, floodwalls and pumps

  • Corps of Engineers planning further steps to slow saltwater wedge progression up Mississippi River

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, held a press conference Sept. 15, 2023, at their headquarters in New Orleans, La., to discuss planned efforts to address continued low-water conditions on the Mississippi River.

  • Houma Navigation Canal Partnering Agreement Signing Ceremony

    Speakers included Brig. Gen. Kimberly Peeples, commanding general, Mississippi Valley Division (US Army Corps of Engineers), Col. Cullen Jones, commander, New Orleans District, along with other federal, state, and local partners.

  • New Orleans District Corps personnel honored for innovation at annual 2022 LEAP award ceremony

    At an award ceremony held Sept. 6, 2023, team members from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District (MVN), were recognized during the 2022 Lean Six Sigma Excellence Awards Program (LEAP) for their innovation in helping to improve the DPMAP process throughout the New Orleans District and Mississippi Valley Division of the Corps of Engineers.

  • New Orleans Corps of Engineers holds public meetings for St. Tammany Parish flood study

    Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, held two public meetings Aug. 15 and 16, 2023, first in Slidell and then in Covington, Louisiana, to solicit feedback on the tentatively selected plan (TSP) for the St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Feasibility Study.

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