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Township Committee this month denied approval for Cape Mining and Recycling to accept hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of silt dredged from Ocean City lagoons at its sand mining operation on Goshen Road. “For me, this is about the history of Middle Township, and the history of the barrier islands dumping on Middle Township,”… Read More
A 1000-pound aerial bomb dating back to the World War-II era has been unearthed at a dock here during routine dredging operations. The area was cordoned off following the discovery of the bomb Friday and the police, Navy and the Army duly informed, Kolkata Port Trust Chairman Vinit Kumar said. “The 4.5-km-long aerial bomb was… Read More
The dredging of the Baro Port in Niger State, which was started by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, is now 85 per cent completed. The Niger State Commissioner for Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Panti,who disclosed this while briefing newsmen Friday, said finishing touches were already being put to the work ahead of its… Read More
esidents living in Gloucester Docks will get an early wake-up call when dredging takes place along the city’s waterways at the start of 2019. Engineers will be clearing silt and other debris from the bed of the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal from Monday January 7. Boat owners could expect delays when work takes place between… Read More
A $36 million, eight-year project to restore marshes around Lost Lake in southwestern Terrebonne Parish is complete. The work was funded through the federal Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act and benefited 749 acres of marsh about 15 miles west of Dularge. Design began in 2010, with money dedicated in 2015. The project, led… Read More
That’s the view of Siegmund Schlie, chairman of the Association of Dredging Companies, VdN. He told a Hamburg conference that Elbe deepening – one of Germany’s biggest current transport investment projects – would spur on specialist German dredging companies for some time. Not only the big European dredging concerns would benefit, Schlie said, but also… Read More
The cycle of beach erosion and renourishment is nothing new in Duval County, but emails obtained by Florida Politics indicate that beaches leaders are happy about the latest round. Atlantic Beach Mayor Ellen Glasser emailed her peers from Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, and Jacksonville itself to extol the progress of current efforts. “I am circling… Read More
Duxbury Beach Reservation has begun construction of a dune restoration project between the first and second crossovers on the east and west sides of the oceanside dune on Duxbury Beach. This portion of the beach is one of the narrowest sections of the barrier beach and suffers from increased wave energy during normal and storm… Read More
The Bend Park and Recreation District Board of Directors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a resolution committing money toward dredging Mirror Pond. “The issue of dredging Mirror Pond has been going on for a number of years in our community,” says Board Chair Brady Fuller. He tells KBND News, “This is moving forward at this… Read More
PA Landers Inc. has secured a $49,000 contract to load and transport dredged sediment from Shore Road in Pocasset, to eroding Town Neck Beach. Sandwich needs the sand, which was dredged from the Barlows Landing channel last year and dewatered in a Shore Road basin next to the Pocasset River. Work was set to start… Read More
Dredging Mirror Pond was again at the center of Tuesday night’s Parks and Recreation District Board meeting in Bend. The board agreed to chip in $300,000 to dredge Mirror Pond Tuesday night. The contribution matches $300,000 pledges from both the city of Bend and Pacific Power. That still leaves about $5.1 million needed to pay… Read More
The water level had started dropping fairly rapidly in Lake Harrison since Tuesday morning after a trench was opened on the south side of the weir and Crooked Creek was allowed to flow more freely. John and Amy Villines were swept away in their vehicle in an apparent flash flood Friday, Nov. 30, on Highland… Read More
The $1.1 million contract will allow for the removal of about 132,000 cubic yards of shoal material from the Federal navigation channel. The material will be placed along the shoreline beginning at the East Pier, and will extend 4,000 feet east for beach nourishment. Corps officials say a lack of funding for regular maintenance dredging… Read More
Works on operational dredging started in Kherson seaport last week. According to USPA, total amount of dredging will reach 401.3 thousand cubic meters. Dredging works presuppose for cleaning of operational area and an approach channel of the port, reports UkrAgroConsult. Kherson port became the ninth object where USPA performs dredging works in the current year…. Read More
A plan to dredge coastal canals in western Pasco County is accompanied by a new wave of concern: Sticker shock. Last year, private consultant Dewberry in Tampa recommended the county complete a dozen dredging projects of west-side canals at a cost of up to $13.5 million. The true expense, however, largely is unknown because no… Read More