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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
Helps supports Port of Boston’s competitiveness in global economy BOSTON – The Massachusetts Port Authority is pleased to announce that through the efforts of Senator Edward Markey (D-MA), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) $35 million has been secured to help fund the ongoing Boston Harbor Dredging Project…. Read More
BUXTON — With a dredging project at the South Ferry Channel expected to start soon, another of the Rollinson Channel recently completed, and a third planned in the coming months in the Sloop Channel, members of the Dare County Waterways Commission, for a change, heard more concerns last week about waterways other than Hatteras Inlet…. Read More
The White Pass & Yukon Route hopes to have a plan within the next two or three weeks for dredging the waters of the ore terminal basin, and will then hold a work session with the borough assembly to discuss the plans before submitting them to state regulators for approval. The company does not have… Read More
Vilano Beach Main Street is mobilizing its members on the North Beaches to show support for four agenda items related to beach restoration that are scheduled to be considered by the St Johns County Board of Commissioners during their next regular business meeting on Tuesday, March 19th. Because of heightened interest in this subject, and… Read More