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The channel into to Polpis Harbor is being dredged this month for the first time in more than 20 years. After years of shoaling, the narrow passage into the harbor has become a safety concern for boaters, harbormaster Sheila Lucey said. The intent is to make the harbor more accessible for boaters who dock and… Read More
Contractors began work Wednesday on Ocean City’s restoration of Shooting Island, the longest living shoreline project in New Jersey history. This fall, Ocean City received a long-awaited permit for wetlands restoration and enhancement at Shooting Island in Great Egg Harbor Bay. The permit enables the city to move forward with another piece of its long-range… Read More
Secretary of Public Health Engineering (PHE) Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) departments, Farooq Ahmad Shah today reviewed re-sectioning and ongoing dredging works in Hokersar, lake.Speaking on the occasion, the Secretary said that the completion of the first phase of flood management will increase the capacity of managing floods by 60,000 cusecs. “The Governor and the… Read More
High wind combined with high tide and a strong storm is a bad combination for South Lido Key, “It looks like it eroded another four feet,” says Suzanne Smith. That may not sound like much but when there’s not much there begin to with Smith says it’s a lot. She says, “It hurts to see… Read More
The restoration of some 17 miles of coastline at the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge is gearing up to begin, with the preliminary approval of permit amendments. The project, and an additional nearly three-mile stretch that’s already been completed, will reduce how often and how much seawater inundates interior freshwater marshes located within the refuge. It’s… Read More
The Jammu and Kashmir government has removed an expert engineer, Muhammad Aslam Zargar, from overseeing vital dredging work of the Hokarsar Wetland, work that will help Srinagar, Budgam and Pulwama districts guard against floods. Aslam Zargar, Kashmir Reader has learnt, was sacked after he asked the Reach Dredging Limited – the company that is engaged… Read More
A habitat restoration project seeking to restore nearly 1,600 acres of wetlands near Bel Marin Keys in Novato advanced this month with the approval of a $5.7 million state and federal agreement. Under the agreement, the California Coastal Conservancy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are slated to bring dredge materials to three Bay… Read More
The government and a construction firm recently agreed to temporarily dump materials taken from dredging and excavating Lower Marikina River in a 12-hectare lot in Taytay, Rizal. A tripartite memorandum of agreement was signed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), and Toyo Construction Company, Ltd. for the… Read More
The Roll-on-Roll-off (Ro-Ro) service between Dahej near Surat and Ghogha near Bhavnagar was a dream project of PM Narendra Modi. He had conceptualised it when was the chief minister of the state. After a mammoth exercise, the dream turned into reality, but the same could turn into a nightmare, if the state government does not… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects completion of dunes and sand replenishment in Long Beach to be delayed until March. Dune work was slated to be finished in the fall, but a heavy storm season and damaged dredging equipment pushed the last of the sand rehabilitation to the spring, officials said. “The storms in… Read More
Township Committee this month denied approval for Cape Mining and Recycling to accept hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of silt dredged from Ocean City lagoons at its sand mining operation on Goshen Road. “For me, this is about the history of Middle Township, and the history of the barrier islands dumping on Middle Township,”… Read More
A 1000-pound aerial bomb dating back to the World War-II era has been unearthed at a dock here during routine dredging operations. The area was cordoned off following the discovery of the bomb Friday and the police, Navy and the Army duly informed, Kolkata Port Trust Chairman Vinit Kumar said. “The 4.5-km-long aerial bomb was… Read More
The dredging of the Baro Port in Niger State, which was started by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, is now 85 per cent completed. The Niger State Commissioner for Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Panti,who disclosed this while briefing newsmen Friday, said finishing touches were already being put to the work ahead of its… Read More
esidents living in Gloucester Docks will get an early wake-up call when dredging takes place along the city’s waterways at the start of 2019. Engineers will be clearing silt and other debris from the bed of the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal from Monday January 7. Boat owners could expect delays when work takes place between… Read More
A $36 million, eight-year project to restore marshes around Lost Lake in southwestern Terrebonne Parish is complete. The work was funded through the federal Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act and benefited 749 acres of marsh about 15 miles west of Dularge. Design began in 2010, with money dedicated in 2015. The project, led… Read More