Lloyd —
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District has a new commander.
Col. Steven T. McGugan took over the position of district commander late last month. His command will last three years.
McGugan has served 22 years in the U.S. Army and two in the National Guard. He comes to Huntington from Fort Bragg, N.C., where he was most recently the chief of staff for a Special Mission Unit of the Joint Special Operations Command.
According to the Corps, McGugan is responsible for carrying out the district’s mission within the Ohio River Basin, a 45,000-square-mile area in five states including Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina. This includes 311 navigable miles of the Ohio River and nine major tributaries. There are 35 multi-purpose reservoirs and 9 locks and dams in the district, which provide flood damage reduction, commercial navigation, recreation and water supply. He will oversee more than 830 employees.
“The district has been here, it has done great works and continues to do great work,” said McGugan. “My job is to just see that we stay on track and continue to meet the goals of the population and the nation in terms of being able to facilitate the flow of commodities up and down the Ohio River, provide flood control and protection that the cities and areas need so we prevent property damage and the loss of life and to overall increase the economic opportunity in the valley.”
McGugan toured the Greenup Locks and Dam upper miter gate replacement project this week. Under his tenure, the Huntington district will replace the lower miter gate at Greenup as well as the lower miter gate at Meldahl Lock and Dam. In addition, the district is involved in numerous other significant planning, design and construction projects.
These include a two-year review of plans to extend the auxiliary chamber at Greenup, the continuance of a multi-million dollar decade-long rehabilitation of the Bluestone Dam in West Virginia, safety upgrades to the Bolivar Dam and rehab of the Dover Dam, both on the Muskingum River in Ohio, and the Willow Island Hydroelectric Project.
McGugan earned a degree in civil engineering and construction management from North Carolina State University in 1989.
CARRIE STAMBAUGH can be reached at cstambaugh@dailyindependent.com or (606) 326-2653.
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