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Dredging is expected to begin next month at the mouth of the Kenosha Harbor. The $572,700 contract was awarded to New Berlin-based Michels Corp. It includes a base payment of $498,000 plus an additional $74,700 in contingency for unforeseen conditions. The project was estimated at $1 million due to skyrocketing local construction costs, according to… Read More
SOUTH HAVEN — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin dredging South Haven’s harbor this week as part of a plan to keep the harbor navigable for boats and to shore up South Beach. Holland-based King Company has been hired to dredge the Black River west of the Dyckman drawbridge and downriver past the… Read More
A community whose residents have been flooded out of their homes since mid-March finally has some good news. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $7.5 million contract to repair the levee breach along the Missouri River that allowed Percival, Iowa, to flood. The contract was awarded to Western Contracting Corp. of Sioux… Read More
While Houston officials have resubmitted an application to complete additional dredging in Kingwood, residents and a U.S. representative raised concerns about the slow pace of major flood relief projects. Chief Recovery Officer Stephen Costello said the reworked permit application was submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on March 25. Costello also received and… Read More
FORT NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a 120-day period of performance contract to Cottrell Contracting Corp. for the Lynnhaven Inlet Federal Navigation Project. The new contract takes effect in May with completion projected for September. “The ultimate goal of the project is to restore the authorized dimensions to support… Read More
Crews were staging equipment and starting to pump sand onto the shore at Point Pleasant Beach this week, ramping up a replenishment effort that has come despite years of litigation by owners of privately-owned beaches in town. The latest courtroom action happened in February, when a jury awarded $330,000 to Dennis and Catherine LaPlante, Point… Read More
State plans to dredge the access point before Memorial Day MILL SPRING—The marina at Lake Adger, which has been slowly filling up with silt from the Green River should be dredged soon. The Polk County Board of Commissioners heard from Gary Gardner, with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission recently about the schedule. Polk County… Read More
Ontonagon — The dredging of the Ontonagon Harbor is expected to be done after the Fourth of July. EDC member Pat Tucker told the Economic Development Corporation Board Wednesday that the dredging company officials have received the contract from the Army Corps of Engineers to perform the dredging and the project manager told Tucker he… Read More
NAVARRE BEACH — Nearly a decade ago, the newest version of the Navarre Beach Pier opened with much fanfare from residents and fishermen. The blows from Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Dennis in 2005 had closed the pier for six years when their storm surges buckled the middle of it. Proclaimed the longest pier… Read More
A slate of $132 million in projects intended to offset environmental impacts of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the Alabama coast has received federal approval, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced Friday. The news is a step forward in the process spelled out by the federal RESTORE Act, which governs disbursement of money paid in penalties… Read More
Neptune Terminals is soon to begin a massive dredging project that will make it easier for much larger ships to dock at the coal and potash export facility. The company recently received approval from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to dredge a 570-square-metre patch of Burrard Inlet 3.2 metres deeper in front of its terminal… Read More
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has confirmed on its website that it will assess a proposed cleanup of the Boat Harbour lagoons near Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia. Million of litres of treated wastewater effluent from the Northern Pulp mill near Pictou, N.S. are currently piped there and aerated before being sent into… Read More
An amendment to a bill designed to build up salmon runs in order to provide more prey for orca whales, might also help Satsop River area farmers who have lost land to the river. The main purpose of House Bill 1579 is to increase Chinook salmon abundance as encouraged by the state’s killer whale task… Read More
A task force of citizens and Dallas City Hall employees selected a $179M revitalization plan for Bachman Lake on Monday. Even with the endorsement of the task force and the city’s Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure and Sustainability Committee, the plan still has to pass city council. The proposal allows for the city to continue to develop… Read More
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, awarded a contract to provide protection to the Glenwood/Pacific Junction water plant in Glenwood. The contract, worth $990,402, was awarded to Advanced Trenching and Utilities to provide protection to the water plant and well head that provides water to the Glenwood/Pacific Junction area…. Read More