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That’s the view of Siegmund Schlie, chairman of the Association of Dredging Companies, VdN. He told a Hamburg conference that Elbe deepening – one of Germany’s biggest current transport investment projects – would spur on specialist German dredging companies for some time. Not only the big European dredging concerns would benefit, Schlie said, but also… Read More
The cycle of beach erosion and renourishment is nothing new in Duval County, but emails obtained by Florida Politics indicate that beaches leaders are happy about the latest round. Atlantic Beach Mayor Ellen Glasser emailed her peers from Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, and Jacksonville itself to extol the progress of current efforts. “I am circling… Read More
Duxbury Beach Reservation has begun construction of a dune restoration project between the first and second crossovers on the east and west sides of the oceanside dune on Duxbury Beach. This portion of the beach is one of the narrowest sections of the barrier beach and suffers from increased wave energy during normal and storm… Read More
The Bend Park and Recreation District Board of Directors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a resolution committing money toward dredging Mirror Pond. “The issue of dredging Mirror Pond has been going on for a number of years in our community,” says Board Chair Brady Fuller. He tells KBND News, “This is moving forward at this… Read More
PA Landers Inc. has secured a $49,000 contract to load and transport dredged sediment from Shore Road in Pocasset, to eroding Town Neck Beach. Sandwich needs the sand, which was dredged from the Barlows Landing channel last year and dewatered in a Shore Road basin next to the Pocasset River. Work was set to start… Read More
Dredging Mirror Pond was again at the center of Tuesday night’s Parks and Recreation District Board meeting in Bend. The board agreed to chip in $300,000 to dredge Mirror Pond Tuesday night. The contribution matches $300,000 pledges from both the city of Bend and Pacific Power. That still leaves about $5.1 million needed to pay… Read More
The water level had started dropping fairly rapidly in Lake Harrison since Tuesday morning after a trench was opened on the south side of the weir and Crooked Creek was allowed to flow more freely. John and Amy Villines were swept away in their vehicle in an apparent flash flood Friday, Nov. 30, on Highland… Read More
The $1.1 million contract will allow for the removal of about 132,000 cubic yards of shoal material from the Federal navigation channel. The material will be placed along the shoreline beginning at the East Pier, and will extend 4,000 feet east for beach nourishment. Corps officials say a lack of funding for regular maintenance dredging… Read More
Works on operational dredging started in Kherson seaport last week. According to USPA, total amount of dredging will reach 401.3 thousand cubic meters. Dredging works presuppose for cleaning of operational area and an approach channel of the port, reports UkrAgroConsult. Kherson port became the ninth object where USPA performs dredging works in the current year…. Read More
A plan to dredge coastal canals in western Pasco County is accompanied by a new wave of concern: Sticker shock. Last year, private consultant Dewberry in Tampa recommended the county complete a dozen dredging projects of west-side canals at a cost of up to $13.5 million. The true expense, however, largely is unknown because no… Read More
The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District is beginning dredging work on two stormwater ponds that clean polluted stormwater that runs off city streets in Minneapolis and Edina. The Southwest Bde Maka Ska Pond in Minneapolis filters runoff before it enters Bde Maka Ska – formerly known as Lake Calhoun – while the Pamela Park Pond Cell… Read More
More than a year after General Electric Co. requested the Environmental Protection Agency to issue a certificate of completion on its cleanup of the Hudson River, an answer could be coming soon. That’s according to Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who believes the agency will issue the certificate, ending GE’s responsibility for the health of the… Read More
When the Port of Hueneme was built in the late 1930s, it disrupted the flow of sand to beaches to the south. That means every two years and often less, depending on recent weather events, the coastline shrinks. “You get some severe erosion and we lose a good portion of our beach, especially at the… Read More
Estimated costs for a plan described as not quite the Chevy of dam removal projects could still cost the city millions of dollars. Now the city is floating the idea of paying for removing the old Pucker Street dam on the Dowagiac River north of town with several million dollars in bonds. City Council approved… Read More
For the first time since the construction of the breachway in 1904, the Quonochontaugsalt pond, which straddles Charlestown and Westerly, is being dredged. The equipment was delivered on Dec. 7 and the work, which is being done by J.F. Brennan Inc. of Lacrosse, Wisconsin, began Dec. 10 and is continuing 24 hours a day, six… Read More