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The Flagler County Commission on Monday is on the verge of approving an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to “renourish” 2.6 miles of beaches in Flagler Beach. It is one of the most consequential and costly agreements the county will be signing in years, its cost and engineering feat dwarfing even the… Read More
The Southington Town Council voted unanimously in favor of supporting a neighborhood assistance grant application of up to $150,000 for YMCA Camp Sloper’s “Save Sloper Pond” initiative. Southington YMCA CEO Mark Pooler said the pond is following its natural life course by slowly filling in with silt and sediment. Ponds eventually fill in and become… Read More
State officials are considering the possibility of dredging a section of the Farmington River in Windsor contaminated by a spill of firefighting foam containing the hazardous chemical compounds called PFAS. Liz Lacy, a National Park Service official, said Thursday that she’s been told by a Connecticut environmental official there “could be some dredging” of the… Read More
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A proposal to build a $96 million pier in New Jersey, potentially to load tankers with liquid fuels produced from Pennsylvania’s vast Marcellus Shale natural gas reservoir, received the unanimous approval Wednesday of the Delaware River Basin Commission. The commission’s approval came over the protests of environmental activists, who had opposed the… Read More
(Watson) — Repairs are scheduled for a section of damaged Missouri River levee near Watson. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that a contract has been awarded to Weston Solutions for initial breach repairs to the L550-561 levee system. Corps officials have identified four breaches along the levee system at that location due to… Read More
Please find a link below to an Invitation to Bid, plans, and other relevant materials for the Waterfire Dredge Project, on the Providence and Woonasquatucket Rivers, Providence, Rhode Island. Note there is a mandatory pre-bid conference to be held at the site, on 6/25/2019 at 12:30 PM. The conference will start at the intersection of… Read More
A plan to dredge the sand currently choking Sandwich’s Old Harbor is “feasible and permittable,” even though such a project would disturb environmentally sensitive wildlife habitats, the town’s beach consultant has determined. But the project will require permits from more than 30 state and federal regulatory agencies and it will not happen quickly, Woods Hole… Read More
A long-anticipated dredging project set to start next month at the entrance to the South River is expected to solve issues that have plagued boaters in the area for years. The river bottom will be dredged from where the North and South Rivers meet, an area known as “The Spit” by locals, south to Trouant… Read More
Relief may soon be on the way to dredge the Morgan City area’s waterways that are full of sediment and almost certain to get worse as the high water recedes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is severely short on funding to dredging the Berwick Bay harbor and nearby areas, said Tim Connell, Atchafalaya region… Read More
McHenry City Council agreed to strike a deal with Thelen Sand & Gravel at its last meeting. The mining company requested release from two letters of credit totalling about $1 million related to the improvement of about 38 acres of property at Route 31 and Veterans Parkway. In exchange the company agreed to dispose of… Read More
MARQUETTE — The Marquette City Commission at its Monday meeting will consider a construction contract award for work at the Presque Isle Marina and amending the project budget to include an additional roughly $277,800 to be funded with the bond issued for the project. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday in Commission… Read More
This funding will go toward 58 projects in 16 counties, including grants for statewide projects and emergency needs such as ice-breaking. Projects include new public boating access, amenities, and facilities; dredging of navigable waterways; emergency vessels and equipment for local first responders; and other important infrastructure and initiatives. “Maryland is committed to expanding boating opportunities… Read More
It’s been nearly 15 years since the Petaluma River was last dredged, and a group of citizens are tired of waiting on the federal government to clean it up, eager to take the health of the waterway back into the community’s hands. A new organization called STORM, shorthand for Sustainably Take Over River Maintenance, is… Read More
A new Barnstable County dredge is scheduled to arrive and go into operation by September. The county commissioners Wednesday awarded a $1.24 million contract to Ellicott Dredges of Baltimore for the dredge. The new dredge will be more similar to the Cod Fish, a dredge bought by the county more than 20 years ago, than… Read More
Offshore wind power in the U.S. is about to go into a dizzying growth mode. Here’s some of what has happened in the last week that is raising our already sky-high expectations of what may be coming. Get ready for some big announcements of U.S. offshore wind projects, along with plans from wind energy developers… Read More