Got a big boat? Bring it to the Fort Pierce City Marina. The marina is wrapping up a three-month, nearly $400,000 project to remove sand built up in its entrance channel and boat basin, mostly from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Irma in 2017. And, as a bonus, the project is replenishing a beach… Read More
Several key Buffalo-area public works projects, including the dredging that’s needed to keep the Buffalo Harbor navigable and the building of new seawalls aimed at preventing flooding in Hamburg and protecting LaSalle Park, could be in danger if President Trump decides to declare a national emergency to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. While… Read More
A majority of the Okaloosa County Commission on Tuesday approved the latest plans to dredge sand from the East Pass and deposit it on beaches on Okaloosa Island and Holiday Isle. The estimated $3.5 million project could begin in early March and be completed around mid-April, Deputy County Administrator of Operations Greg Kisela said. The… Read More
Fisheries and lakes ecology manager Brad Meredith told the Hot Springs Village lakes committee that the Lake Balboa drawdown levels have fluctuated over the last few weeks because of heavy rainfall events. He noted one instance when the lake was down 53 inches on Jan. 4, and by the next morning it had risen 10… Read More
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik reviewed the progress of conservation and eco-restoration of the Wular lake on Wednesday and directed officials to expedite dredging of the critically silted areas for enhancing water-holding capacity and rejuvenation of the lake. In a meeting with the Wular Conservation and Management Authority (WUCMA) at the Raj Bhawan… Read More
After decades of planning and two and a half months of dredging, Port Tampa Bay and its public and private partners will mark the milestone project today (Jan. 15) in a ceremony at Port Redwing. Deepening and widening the Big Bend Channel will allow for larger ships to call at terminals. This will ultimately bring… Read More
The city of Ingleside has expressed concern to the Port of Corpus Christi about the port’s plans to expand an area to be used for dredge material within the city limits. In a Jan. 9 letter to David Krams, the port’s director of engineering services, Ingleside City Manager David Huseman informed the port that the… Read More
Notice of Pending Application for Proposed Dredging Mike O’Hara, 3125 South Mont DuLac Drive, Superior, WI 54880 has applied to the Department of Natural Resources for a permit to remove materials from the bed of, to place a pier on, and to fill wetlands near the St. Louis River. The project is located in the… Read More
Lake Pepin is the widest stretch of the Mississippi River, covering nearly 30,000 acres between Red Wing, Minn., and the Chippewa River delta. But heavy sediment loads coming from drainage from four major watersheds — the Minnesota River Basin, Cannon River Basin, St. Croix River Basin, and Upper Mississippi River Basin — have threatened to… Read More
Select trips on the MBTA’s Hingham/Hull ferry will be delayed from Thursday, Jan. 17, through Thursday, Jan. 31, because of a Boston Harbor dredging project. The following ferries to Boston will be delayed: the 8:40 a.m. from Hull, and the 8:20 a.m., 8:45 a.m. and 3:45 a.m. from Hingham. Out of Boston, the 3:45 p.m…. Read More
A year ago, restoring the once-thriving rookery that was Crab Bank was simply a dream without a source of financial reality. Now, the once seabird sanctuary will soon return thanks to federal financial aid. Coming down to the wire on its fundraising deadline, Crab Bank’s league of coastal conservatives received confirmation before the New Year… Read More
Indian Rare Earths Ltd (IREL), a central public sector mining company involved in the mining in Alappad, denied any wrongdoing that resulted in the shrinkage of land mass. The allegations that the company’s operations were a threat to the existence of Alappad village were totally baseless, said IREL in its first public response to the… Read More
Officials with the Port of Tacoma and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, will hold a public informational meeting January 17 to outline the feasibility study and environmental assessment for potential improvements to the Blair Waterway. Such improvements could include deepening and widening to increase bigship access along the waterway.?Interested members of the… Read More
After years of hoping to begin construction by 2019, the Red River Valley Water Supply project board says it’s time to “ramp up” and finally begin working on an effort they say will provide water to eastern North Dakota in the event of a drought. The approximately $1.2 billion project the board hopes will take… Read More
The purpose of the pilot channel is to facilitate a lake opening more quickly in the event of significant rainfall. Source: Ulladulla Times