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Wahkiakum County commissioners expressed confidence Tuesday that Columbia River channel dredging this summer will be able to bolster eroding beaches at Cape Horn and on Puget Island. And with that, commissioners would be able to focus on other issues, such as siltation of Grays Bay. On behalf of the Grays River Habitat Enhancement District, Rosburg… Read More
Speech to Text for Dredging to start in Rochester’s Silver Lake Below is the closed-captioning text associated with this video. Since this uses automated speech to text spelling and grammar may not be accurate. fountain lake in albert lea is currently being dredged… and silver lake in rochester is about to undergo the same process…. Read More
The state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority will provide $80 million over the next three years to build a major barge floodgate on Bayou Chene at Amelia that is aimed at blocking backwater flooding of large parts of Morgan City and St. Mary Parish and five other parishes during high water events on the Atchafalaya… Read More
The state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is pledging $80 million to build a permanent floodgate across Bayou Chene in St. Mary Parish. Funding would come from federal Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act revenue, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Wednesday. GOMESA allows Gulf Coast states to share in revenue from oil and gas production… Read More
PORTLAND — A pool of city tax increment finance money could go straight into the harbor. Members of the Waterfront Working Group on March 21 gave the highest priority to spending as much as $600,000 of TIF revenues on continued efforts to dredge Portland harbor. The money, which is set aside as increases in tax… Read More
MASSENA — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin dredging at the Grasse River Superfund Site (aka Alcoa Aggregation) in April to clean up sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCB contamination is the result of past waste disposal practices at the Alcoa West (now Arconic) facility, said a press release from the EPA…. Read More
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — The city of Superior has agreed to join a roughly $18.5 million project to remove contaminated sediments from Howards Bay to improve shipping and restore fish and wildlife habitat. The Superior City Council approved agreements on Tuesday to work with federal, state and private partners on the Howards Bay dredging project,… Read More
After more than a decade of planning, the Port of Iberia is finally positioned to begin a project designed to open the port to larger barges and ships. The Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel (AGMAC) dredging project would allow for the dredging of a 16-foot deep channel all the way from the port to… Read More
Republican lawmakers who backed the 10-cent-per-gallon gas tax increase know that various irate constituents might be waiting at home to give them an earful on their spring break next week. But the coastal Alabama contingent will be able to point to a very tangible benefit from their supportive votes: A deepening and widening of the… Read More
Full federal funding has been obtained for the continuing project to deepen the Savannah harbor. The deepening is associated with having larger ships use the port at Savannah. The port is a major economic engine in Georgia and the southeastern United States. Many Coweta companies either bring raw materials from overseas through the port or… Read More
The Superior City Council on Tuesday, March 19, approved partner and contribution agreements for an estimated $18.5 million project to clean up contamination in Howards Bay. The Howards Bay Remediation Project is slated to begin in 2020. Howards Bay, also known as Howards Pocket, is the largest contaminated site on Wisconsin’s side of the harbor,… Read More
Contractors will begin deploying equipment any day now and re-nourishment of the beach in Nags Head is expected to start by the end of April. Town officials met with Nags Head’s beach nourishment dredging contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, on March 14, for a pre-construction meeting, according to a statement from the town. Great… Read More
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES OPEN HOUSE 27 March 2019 0900 – 1300 Division Briefings: 0915 – 1030 The Grand1215 J Street, Sacramento CA Please RSVP to Sacramento District Small Business Deputy – Michelle Morales Michelle.d.stratton@usace.army.mil or call (916) 557-7641 for any questions U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District spk.usace.army.mil Source: spk.usace.army.mil
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA TV) – Traditionally, trucks and excavators are needed to clear out the bottom of lakes but this fall, crews at Canyon Lake will be using a floating dredger. When the lake was last drained in 2014, crews had intended to clear it of unwanted sand, dirt, and debris but high water… Read More
ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday awarded the construction contract for the new western National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to a joint venture headed by McCarty HITT – Next NGA of Rock Hill, Missouri. The project is expected to cost around 712 million dollars and be completed in April of 2023. The contract… Read More