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This is some strong dirt. Next month, the Pima County Flood Control District will begin removing 150,000 cubic yards of sediment from the Santa Cruz River bed just south and west of downtown. If they put it in one place, the development pressure on a historic west-side parcel will ease. West-siders would gain a new… Read More
Warrenpoint Port will no longer pursue proposals to change how it deals with dredged material, according to the CEO of Warrenpoint Port. Authorities at the Port had been considering the feasibility of a new placement site in the mouth of Carlingford Lough between Cranfield Point and Greencastle. The plans will not proceed however, following the… Read More
Ten of thousands of tonnes of contaminated silt are to be removed from Peel Marina, stored and then used to restore old mine working land on uplands in the South. The project will involve building a pool on the edge of Peel and storing the material until it can be taken up to The Round… Read More
Work is underway by the Barnstable Department of Public Works to dredge the Cotuit Bay Entrance Channel and the western tip of Sampson’s Island. This phase of the project will widen the existing channel by approximately 130 feet. The dredged material will be utilized for beach nourishment purposes on the southern side of the eastern… Read More
Leaders in Bend are looking at a new way to fund the dredging of Mirror Pond: Increasing franchise fees for the utility that owns Newport Dam. The proposal, which became more of a reality following last week’s meetings with PacifiCorp—which owns Pacific Power—would see the City of Bend contributing $300,000 to dredging, with Bend Park… Read More
After much public opposition that led to delays, debates and advocacy campaigns on all sides, the St. Johns Water River Water Management Board this afternoon voted to approve the wetlands-restoration project on the Intracoastal Waterway, opposite Gamble Rogers State Recreation Area in Flagler Beach. The board unanimously approved a notice to proceed with a $516,000… Read More
Dublar Char, an island in the Sundarbans, will have about 4.5 square kilometre of land added to its area with the soil deposited on the island during the dredging of the outer bar of Pashur Channel. The channel was being dredged to enhance the large ship handling capacity of Mongla port. Dublar Char, whose land… Read More
Monday, December 10th marks two months since Hurricane Michael devastated the Panhandle. Areas like Mexico Beach saw the worst of the storm but the community is still working hard to recover. On Sunday, city officials released a statement regarding the process made over the past two months. The entire statement can be read below. Essential… Read More
For two hours on Tuesday U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials spoke to a joint meeting of the county commission and the Flagler Beach city commission to describe the scope of the beach renourishment project the corps plans to carry out on 2.6 miles of the city’s beaches. The 50-year project will cost at least… Read More
The Port of Baltimore is set to deepen a second container berth to 50 ft at the Seagirt Marine Terminal as part of a US$32.7m project funded by the state and terminal operator Ports America Chesapeake. Governor Larry Hogan announced that the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) will receive a US$6.6m… Read More
Compared to heavily flooded communities inland, property damage from Hurricane Florence along the North Carolina coast was somewhat lighter and much more scattered. But in almost all the hard-hit southern and central coastal regions, the slow-moving storm’s wrath spread over three tidal cycles, leveled dunes, chewed up beaches and left inlets clogged, shifted and closed…. Read More
A pair of smaller Louisiana waterways—the Houma Navigation Canal and bayous Chene, Boeuf and Black—will receive additional dredging funds from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ fiscal year 2019 work plan. The Corps delivered its 2019 work plan to Congress November 20. As part of the work plan, the Corps announced $4 million set aside… Read More
Water quality, loss of habitat and chronic flooding on land surrounding North Carolina’s largest naturally formed lake are some of the key problems addressed in the final watershed restoration plan. The draft was submitted last week to the State Division of Water Resources for final review and approval. Over the course of 18 months, Hyde… Read More
MASSIVE dredging operations at the Port of Burnie have been completed to accommodate Toll’s new state-of-the-art ships. The State Government-owned TasPorts announced completion of the works on Monday, more than two months ahead of shipping company’s planned launch of the new vessels. The ships will reportedly have a 40 per cent increased carrying capacity on… Read More