USACE Design Alternatives

Alternative 2 is the USACE project team’s recommended Tentatively Selected Plan (TSP).

The US Army Corps of Engineers has requested the City identify a preferred alternative, either by concurring with the recommended Alternative 2, or by identifying an alternate locally-preferred plan. The City council will address the issue at its April 13, 2026 meeting. Visit City Council Regular Meeting | City of Homer Alaska Official Website. for meeting information.

The USACE is expected to release it’s draft feasibility report in late May. The community will have an opportunity to review and comment on the plan.

Alternative 2 Details

Mooring Basin: 37 acres
Dredging: 1,312,000 cy
Breakwater Rock: 500,000 cy
Breakwater alignments remained the same
Breakwater cross-section toe widened from 15’ to 20’
Parking area removed

Plan view labeled “ALT 2” showing a proposed marina and harbor layout. The drawing depicts an entrance channel with depth labels, curved east and west breakwaters, a protected mooring basin with multiple dock slips, and a marked fairway. Additional features include a barge ramp, boat launch, harbor master office, fishing lagoon, fuel float, and system float, with a small table at the bottom comparing basin acres, dredging volume, and breakwater rock quantities for alternatives

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2025 Draft Alternatives

The Draft Alternatives shown below were presented at the March 15, 2025 Public Meeting.

Alternative 0: No Build

Work throughout the study will compare the conditions of the current harbor against conditions created by an expanded harbor design to determine the value and feasibility of an expansion.

A satellite image of the homer harbor in its current state

Alternative 1A: Immediate Needs

Alternative 1A-Idea 1: Aerial view of the Homer Harbor with large vessel additions on the northern side and a large roughly rectangular breakwater built around it, which has an exit on the northern most end

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Alternative 1A - Idea 2: aerial view of the Homer Harbor with large vessel additions on the northern side and a large roughly rectangular breakwater built around it, which has a long curved exit on the north western side.

Idea 2: Click image above to enlarge

A1A

Immediate Needs

Includes a new exterior harbor
Relocates vessels from Transient Float System 5 from the small boat harbor to the new exterior harbor
Accommodates vessels that use the deep-water dock
Provides additional small craft moorage in existing harbor

Reduces rafting for large vessels within the new harbor basin.

A waitlist remains for the harbor.

A1B

Immediate Needs+

Alternative 1B contains all Alternative 1A features plus:

Provides large vessels with dedicated stalls in new harbor basin
Eliminates rafting
Provides opportunity for additional uplands for local services facilities such as a fuel dock or barge ramp

A waitlist remains for the harbor.

Alternative 1B: Immediate Needs+

Alternative 1B - Idea 1: aerial view of the Homer Harbor with a large rectangular addition on the north side, featuring additions for large, medium, and small vessels. The Expansion is surrounded by a breakwater on all sides with an exit on the northern most corner.

Idea 1: Click image above to enlarge

Alternative 1B - Idea 2: aerial view of the Homer Harbor with a large rectangular addition on the north side, featuring additions for large, medium, and small vessels. The Expansion is surrounded by a breakwater on all sides with a long curved exit on the eastern most side.

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Alternative 2: Current Needs

Alternative 2 - Idea 1: An aerial graphic of the homer harbor showing a more angular addition to the harbor, featuring docks for large, medium, and small vessels and surrounded by a breakwater, with an exit on the northern most corner.

Idea 1: Click image above to enlarge

Alternative 2 - Idea 2: An aerial graphic of the homer harbor showing a more angular addition to the harbor, featuring docks for large, medium, and small vessels and surrounded by a breakwater, with a long curved exit on the northern most end.

Idea 2: Click image above to enlarge

A2

Current Needs

Alternative 2 contains all Alternative 1B features plus:

Additional floats to accommodate current waitlist for moorage in the harbor
Additional uplands for local services facilities.

Meets the existing harbor needs and demand.

A3

Modeled Growth

Alternative 3 features the largest footprint to meet current and likely future projected needs by:

Containing all features from Alternative 2
Adding extended uplands and floats

Accommodates modeled “likely” growth over the next 50 years.

Alternative 3: Modeled Growth

Alternative 3 - Idea 1: An aerial graphic of the homer harbor showing a more angular addition to the harbor, featuring docks for large, medium, and small vessels and surrounded by a breakwater, with an exit on the northern most corner.

Idea 1: Click image above to enlarge

Alternative 3 - Idea 2: An aerial graphic of the homer harbor showing a more angular addition to the harbor, featuring docks for large, medium, and small vessels and surrounded by a breakwater, with a long curved exit on the northern most end.

Idea 2: Click image above to enlarge

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Comment form on the website contact page.

Email:

info@homerharborexpansion.com

Phone:

(907) 268-2909

Address:

Homer Harbormaster Office
4311 Freight Dock Road
Homer, AK 99603