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The Army Corps of Engineers will grant $41.4 million to the Charleston Harbor Deepening Project in its 2019 work plan, helping to get the South Carolina port to 52 feet deep, the Corps of Engineers said in a Nov. 21 press release. Construction to deepen the Charleston Harbor Entrance Channel began in February after the… Read More
The monster swell that rolled in Monday damaged a project designed to slow coastal erosion on Oahu’s North Shore. The powerful winter waves washed away hundreds of Native Hawaiian plants and the hard work of volunteers at Shark’s Cove. Malama Pupukea-Waimea is now organizing an emergency cleanup. “We have some erosion logs or erosion socks… Read More
Harbour users are being told to expect exclusion zones and more detailed information before work starts. Described as a “significant part” of the Outer Harbour Project, final contract negotiations are underway. The harbour office says the new channel will provide a more direct route to the Solent than the current Small Craft Channel. It says… Read More
A soft opening of the Beach Lake Conservation Area east of the Elwha River mouth is planned Saturday. Coastal Watershed Institute (CWI) officials will begin with a short presentation at 1 p.m. followed by an informal opening of the property for public use. The address is 2646 Lower Elwha Road. A short walk is required… Read More
A dredging project that will allow boats to dock in the Inner Harbor next year has had an unintended consequence: Garbage buried in the muck has returned to the surface. Today was scheduled to be the last day for a skimmer boat that cleans trash out of the Inner Harbor, but the trash-collecting season will… Read More
A dredging barge owned by J.F. Brennan Corp. makes its way down an ice-clogged Grasse River on Friday, after a stop at Arconic’s reclamation site, toward the St. Lawrence River in Massena. Source: Watertown Daily Times
Livingston Parish is expected to get more funds for a shoreline restoration project, according to a Saturday announcement from Louisiana Senator John Kennedy. The Office of Gulf Restoration in the Department of the Treasury is awarding a $400,000 grant to the parish for the Amite River Coastal Wetlands Restoration Project. “Funds from this grant will… Read More
Sand that Holden Beach has received for years to re-nourish its east-end oceanfront may instead go to a neighboring island, a prospect that caught town officials by surprise and questioning why the sudden change. The town is now in the process of obtaining some 60 property easements in the hopes of getting a shot at… Read More
A dredging project is underway to allow boats to dock in Syracuse’s Inner Harbor. The New York State Canal Corporation has started dredging the area to allow more water from Onondaga Creek to make its way into the harbor on Onondaga Lake. Right now, the water in the harbor can be as low as two… Read More
Newport Beach will spend $777,000 to expedite prep work for a planned harbor dredge in hopes that it will make the federal government more likely to award the city a heavy subsidy for the overall project. The City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday night to pay contractor Anchor QEA to prepare plans and permits that would… Read More
Creating New Horizons in Port Construction – that’s what Boskalis did in Nigeria. In Lekki, 80 kilometers east of Lagos, we constructed a new port and 700-meter-long sandbar breakwater for which we used the natural sand flow along the Nigerian coast. An excellent example of Building with Nature Source: Hellenic Shipping News
Quietwater Beach in Pensacola on Tuesday, November 27, 2018. Beach leaders plan to widen Little Sabine and use spoils to renourish Quietwater Beach, the busy beach area behind the Boardwalk Shopping Center.
The start of a restoration project for wetlands along Lake Erie, previously expected to begin in November, has been pushed back. The $1.2 million project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the city calls for the conservation and expansion of 12.2 acres of native coastal wetlands near Waterworks Park west of Derby Pond… Read More
The Pima County Regional Flood Control District announced plans to remove approximately 150,000 cu yards of sediment from the bed of the Santa Cruz River channel in Tucson, Ariz. The dredging is scheduled to begin Jan. 8 and will take up to two months to remove the sediment buildup. The project aims to increase capacity… Read More
Crews have begun dredging the Inner Harbor in Syracuse. The New York State Canal Corporation says the $10.3 million project will allow recreational vessels to begin docking at the Onondaga Lake port by next summer. Officials say silt and sand from Onondaga Creek has reduced the depth in the Inner Harbor to as little as… Read More