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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District is seeking public input on its plan to construct six water level management structures for the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in the Twin Cities. The purpose of the control structures is to improve habitat for fish and wildlife across approximately 2,000 acres of lakes, marsh… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District has issued a 30-day public notice for the proposed maintenance dredging of the Annisquam River Federal navigation project (FNP) in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The city of Gloucester is the local sponsor and requested this dredging. Natural shoaling processes have reduced available depths to as little as one… Read More
Kokosing Industrial Inc. on Tuesday was awarded a construction contract from the Terre Haute Board of Sanitary Commissioners for a new main lift station and an addition to the city’s high-rate treatment plant. Kokosing submitted the low base bid of $54,422,49. Also submitting bids were Walsh Construction Co. II LLC at $57,600,000 and F.A. Wilhelm… Read More
Low tide between Chandler’s and Widgery wharves on Feb. 14. The accumulation of silt may be costing pier owners 10 percent to 30 percent of berths, and dredging and storage could cost $30 million. PORTLAND — A group of city, state and federal officials digging into the process of dredging areas of the Fore River… Read More
NEW ROADS – Years of runoff is filling up False River with silt. Parts of the lake are only a foot high, creating a problem for the area most used for boating and fishing. The parish is looking to slow down Mother Nature. “Runoff and sedimentation has come into the lake. It’s a common aspect… Read More
SANDWICH – A proposed project in Sandwich to dredge sand from Scusset Beach north of the Cape Cod Canal to help replenish Town Neck Beach in Sandwich won’t be cheap. As part of Army Corps of Engineers section 1-11 study into the impacts of the canal jetties, the Woods Hole Group received sand transportation estimates… Read More
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The Whitewater City Council could decide this spring if and how to draw down Cravath and Trippe lakes so the city can try to boost recreational use on the sediment-choked lakes. City Parks and Recreation Director Eric Boettcher said the council in spring—perhaps March or April—could decide on a plan that,… Read More
An excavator scoops mud from the bottom of the Needles Marina, just south of the Needles Bridge. One of many improvements to turn Needles Marina Park into a full-fledged modern resort, the marina is to be deepened by four feet; the nearby lagoon by five. One of the floating docks used by guests can be… Read More
This will be the last season for water recreational activities at West Lake in Davenport before the county and DNR launch the major reconstruction project and drain the lake. In this photo from last season, boathouse clerk Morgan Caves, pushes off lifeguard Emily Monroe, to kayak. Andy Abeyta, QUAD-CITY TIMES Anglers, boaters and swimmers will… Read More
A proposal to deposit a portion of the sediment from the harbor dredging project in the Cedarville landfill is dredging up the past for a number of Cedarville residents – namely 2,000 barrels of it. PLYMOUTH – A proposal to deposit a portion of the sediment from the harbor dredging project in the Cedarville landfill… Read More
(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers File Photo) Deepening of the inner Savannah harbor is getting closer to a start with testing of a required environmental mitigation project now underway. The mitigation project includes testing of a dissolved oxygen injection system. The DO system is designed to replace oxygen in the river lost due to the… Read More
NEWBURYPORT — Mayor Donna Holaday said on Friday that $22,500 in city money could soon be used to help prevent flooding in Plum Island’s Northern Reservation Terrace neighborhood. The city was previously prepared to place a second layer of cement blocks along the edge of Reservation Terrace to build up the berm and protect nearby… Read More
When shoaling along Neabsco Creek stopped boating traffic, marinas found help from the county and state government. The group formed an LLC to receive funding and oversee a dredging project, which began in November 2018. Neabsco Creek in Woodbridge, Virginia, is just south of Washington, D.C., and home to four marinas with approximately 1,000 boating… Read More
The Barnstable County dredge off Fox Hill. FILE PHOTO ORLEANS — It’s been a long haul to get dredging Nauset Estuary on the public’s radar, but now that the signal is strong some eager proponents are urging patience. “I ask that people in this room open their hearts and their minds to the obvious challenges… Read More
Port Tampa Bay is seeking a permit for a long-range project to create 67 acres of new uplands by dredging part of East Bay south of the Tampa Shrimp Docks on Causeway Boulevard. RICHARD DANIELSON | Times The project is planned south of Causeway Boulevard in East Bay, an estuary with a history of dredging… Read More