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After years of pleading with government officials to have the Cheesequake Creek dredged, Sayreville and Old Bridge marina owners’ efforts have finally paid off. New Jersey Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez and Democratic U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., 6th District, announced Friday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has allocated $4.1 million in… Read More
The Ventura Port District Board of Port Commissioners at their Feb. 5 meeting entered into an agreement with the city of Ventura for plans to dredge the Ventura’s inner harbor. The dredging at the northern portion of Pierpont Basin and the Stub Channel will prevent future storm flows in the Arundell Barranca from creating shoal… Read More
Map shows Brewerton Angle, Brewerton Channel and Brewerton Channel Eastern Extension, are three channels associated with Baltimore Harbor that crews under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be dredging as part of work that began at the end of February 2020. In all, approximately 5.5 million cubic yards of material from six… Read More
US-based cruise line Carnival Cruise Line has signed a five-year agreement with the City of Norfolk, Virginia, to operate seasonal cruises from the Half Moone Cruise Center through 2025. As part of the deal, the City of Norfolk has agreed to make investments at the Half Moone Cruise Center to accommodate larger vessels and provide… Read More
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has announced that its Work Plan for the 2020 fiscal year includes $102 million in funding for its civil works program, the largest amount of funding since the 2013 fiscal year. The Work Plan will fund projects, programs and activities that received funding… Read More
OCEAN CITY — The Army Corps of Engineers hopper dredge Currituck is expected to arrive in Ocean City next week for a scheduled routine dredging project around the Inlet. Three or four times a year, the Army Corps of Engineers-Baltimore District sends the Currituck, or its sister ship Murden, to Ocean City to conduct routine… Read More
A coalition of federal agencies and the state of Louisiana has voted to approve four coastal restoration projects for design funding and two for construction funding. A news release said the four projects approved for Phase I design funding with a combined cost of nearly $14 million include North Delacroix Marsh Creation and Terracing, Phoenix… Read More
After a long wait, Sandbridge Beach will finally get its share of storm protection. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, will begin mobilizing equipment soon at Little Island Park to replenish the beach with sand. The 5-mile project area will stretch from the Dam Neck Fleet Training Center to Back Bay National Wildlife… Read More
HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Work on the dam-dredging project is set to begin this week at Whipple Dam State Park in Jackson Township, Huntingdon County. Greenwood Furnace State Park complex manager Michael Dinsmore says trees will be cleared and 42,000 cubic yards of sediment will be removed from the lake bed. He says all… Read More
The Coastal Resources Commission granted a variance Wednesday to the Shinn Creek Estates Homeowners Association in Wilmington to perform dredging in a primary nursery area. PNAs are Marine Fisheries Commission-designated wetlands and shallow waters that provide habitat for juvenile finfish and crustaceans. The action Wednesday follows the Division of Coastal Management’s denial of the HOA’s… Read More
BEAUFORT – Two key Down East Carteret County waterways will be dredged soon. County commissioners Monday night approved contracts with Brooks Marine Dredging and Construction of Harkers Island to dredge Salters Creek and The Straits Landing Channel. According to Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, based in Emerald Isle, the state… Read More
Boston Ship Repair LLC, Boston, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $14,358,866 firm-fixed-price contract for a 90-calendar day shipyard availability for the overhaul drydocking availability of USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189). Work will include furnishing of general services, hull steel replacement, tank painting, stability testing, degaussing conduit removal from tanks and inserting bulkheads, diesel engine repair,… Read More
AKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Port officials in Lake Charles are hailing $46 million in federal funding that is going toward a project designed to improve navigation to port facilities in Lake Charles. The money for the Calcasieu River and Pass Project was included in the Army Corps of Engineers’ funding plan that was announced… Read More
DNREC expected increase over 2018 estimate of $3.6 million The view from the sidewalk on the bridge crossing the Indian River Inlet shows the beach on the north side of the inlet has received a significant influx of sand this winter from the Massey’s Ditch dredging project and the bypass system that moves sand from… Read More
Port of Port Townsend commissioners to consider proposal PORT TOWNSEND — A preferred alternative to replace the south breakwater at Point Hudson could be under construction as early as winter 2021, an engineering firm said. The proposal, presented Wednesday during a Port of Port Townsend commission workshop, would cost between $5.5 million and $6.5 million,… Read More