Alex Baldowski, a Baltimore District civil engineer and former Levee Safety Program manager, explains the purpose behind an annual exercise at the site of the 17th Street closure, a post-and-panel structure in the Potomac Park Levee System along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., September 25, 2024. The Potomac Park Levee System project's most visible component, the closure at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue (completed in 2013) can be fully closed in preparation for a high water event. This District of Columbia portion of the larger Washington, D.C., Flood Risk Management Project is federally operated and maintained by the National Park Service and was designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District. (U.S. Army...
The Baltimore District, Survey/Debris Section is replacing the approximately 50-year old timber pier at Fort McHenry with a pier of a similar footprint but to be made of concrete instead of timber. The new pier is intended to last another 40+ years to service the Survey Vessel CATLETT (60ft survey catamaran) as well as the Debris Vessel Reynolds and her soon to be replacement (~2025).
