Project record

Snow's Cut AIWW shoreline stabilization

USACE aerial project map showing the four initial Snow's Cut shoreline stabilization reaches west of the US 421 bridge

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, Snow's Cut environmental assessment

USACE Wilmington awarded Cape Romain Contractors USD 7,015,897.42 to stabilize eroding banks along Snow's Cut, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway link between the Cape Fear River and Myrtle Grove Sound. Work is expected to begin in the coming months. The award notice does not state which of the four previously identified reaches, or how much of the earlier 7,100-foot maximum, sits in the signed package.

Project signal

Award in United States

Treat the contractor and award value as confirmed. Keep quantities and the reach allocation open until USACE publishes the bid schedule, notice to proceed, drawings or a construction update. The earlier procurement described up to 7,100 feet across four areas; it is a ceiling and planning boundary, not an awarded installed quantity.

Current status USD 7.016 million contract awarded; mobilization and the awarded reach split remain unpublished Source confidence Confirmed

Location

United States / Americas

Segment

Coastal infrastructure

Status

USD 7.016 million contract awarded; mobilization and the awarded reach split remain unpublished / Confirmed

Evidence reviewed

21 July 2026

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Project anatomy

Scope, counterparties, and execution logic

Client / authority
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District
Delivery parties
Cape Romain Contractors, Inc. - shoreline stabilization contractor
Contract route
USACE solicitation W912PM26BA001 was issued as a total small-business set-aside. The earlier notice described a firm-fixed-price construction contract; the 20 July release confirms Cape Romain and the USD 7,015,897.42 award.
Execution window
USACE says work is expected to begin in the coming months. A notice-to-proceed date, construction duration and completion date were not included in the award release.
Works package
Targeted bank stabilization along Snow's Cut. The planning and procurement record contemplated up to 7,100 feet across four areas west of the US 421 bridge, using bank clearing and grading, riprap and other erosion-protection measures, with breakwater or wave-attenuation concepts considered for some locations. The signed reach and quantity schedule is not public.
Marine interfaces
A live AIWW navigation channel, vessel wakes, tides and currents, eroded escarpments, shoreline toe and filter performance, rock delivery, land or barge access, nearby parkland, public access, wetlands and post-work channel clearance
Commercial read
The award turns a long-running erosion study into named contractor workload, but it does not close the package boundary. The USD 7.016 million award is below the presolicitation's USD 10-25 million magnitude range; without the bid schedule, that difference cannot be translated into fewer reaches, less shoreline or a particular design change.
Next milestone
USACE notice to proceed or mobilization update identifying the awarded reaches, construction quantities, access plan and completion programme

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USACE awarded the bank-stabilization contract to Cape Romain

The USD 7,015,897.42 award establishes the contractor and commercial event. Mobilization, the reach split, quantities and completion date remain unpublished.

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USACE issued the current solicitation

The total small-business set-aside set a 9 July offer deadline under notice W912PM26BA001. The public SAM.gov screen did not carry the drawings or bid schedule.

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The environmental record moved to a final EA and FONSI

USACE's index lists the final Snow's Cut EA and FONSI in April 2026. The earlier public EA maps four initial reaches and describes riprap, grading, vegetation and wave-attenuation alternatives.

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Delivery watch

Evidence needed next

USACE notice to proceed or mobilization update identifying the awarded reaches, construction quantities, access plan and completion programme

Decision watchpoints

  • Notice to proceed, mobilization date and completion period
  • Awarded reaches, line items and installed shoreline length
  • Riprap, grading, vegetation and any breakwater or wave-attenuation quantities
  • Land and barge access, navigation controls and work windows
  • Bank preparation, filter and toe details, stone source and delivery route
  • Park, public-access, wetland and habitat controls
  • As-built surveys, owner acceptance and post-construction bank performance

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Evidence reviewed 21 July 2026 Sources in this record 5

Source record

The 20 July USACE release controls the award, contractor, value and near-term start language. SAM.gov controls solicitation W912PM26BA001, the set-aside and offer date. The earlier procurement and environmental record define the wider four-reach, up-to-7,100-foot planning envelope and possible stabilization methods. Those earlier quantities are not carried into the award as installed scope without the signed schedule.

Phase: award. Evidence reviewed: 21 July 2026.

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