Interesting article from “The Hill” (January, 2020) references the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers autocratic reputation as an almost totalitarian bureaucracy as evidenced throughout the spectrum of its authority and the many examples of its “abusive regulatory enforcement” which now demands Congressional intervention. Entitled, “The Army Corps of Engineers has Become a Rogue Agency,” the article underscores the extraordinary difficulty our community continues to face in its efforts to reach an acceptable compromise for the agency’s plans to remove the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, referencing many examples of its non-cooperative approach in dealing with private land owners and local governments, including its failures in truly understanding the consequences of its decisions that affect flooding (e.g. “The Corps’s lackluster management practices greatly exacerbated the ruinous flooding that was the most visible aftereffect of that natural disaster.”)
Corps "Rogue" Reputation Extends Beyond Augusta