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Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced Monday, March 11 the release of the 2019 Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan (TCRMP), which addresses natural and man-made coastal environments. The TCRMP also recommends 123 projects compiled by the Texas General Land Office (GLO) coastal team with input from a Technical Advisory Committee to mitigate issues that… Read More
From the Wellfleet Town Administrator, Dan Hoort… The Town of Wellfleet received word that $5 million in federal funding through the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) was included in the President’s fiscal year 2020 budget. The Corps is expected to develop the work plan after the FY20 appropriations process is complete, no earlier than October… Read More
KAHANA BAY, MAUI (HawaiiNewsNow) – A new beach nourishment proposal could help restore a shrinking shoreline along the coast of West Maui — and end a fierce fight over a seawall that’s currently under construction. The Kahana Bay Steering Committee represents nine oceanfront condominiums and a single kuleana parcel that have continuously been threatened by… Read More
A new stretch on the Uncompahgre River near Mayfly Outdoors will become the destination for fishermen, kayakers and even bikers and runners once the “Connect the People to their Parks and Recreation” trails move in. That’s what City Manager Bill Bell envisions for Montrose’s future once later this year, Phase 1 of a project that… Read More
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 on Monday about waterways other than Hatteras Inlet. Challenges have… Read More
Solicitation Number: W9127N19B0008 Notice Type: Award Contract Award Date: March 13, 2019 Contract Award Number: W9127N19C0011 Contract Award Dollar Amount: $22,851,000.00 Contract Line Item Number: 0001 Contractor Awarded Name: Manson Construction Co Contractor Awarded DUNS: 007942824 Contractor Awarded Address: 5209 E MARGINAL WAY S Seattle, Washington 98134 United States Synopsis: Added: Jan 09, 2019 4:32… Read More
Championing Social Justice and Environmental Leadership The Port of Hueneme capped off a week of focus on California’s ports in February 2019 with a groundbreaking for their newest project, deepening the harbor an additional five feet. The project is largely funded by a $12.3 million TIGER Grant (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) from the U.S…. Read More
Photo: Marinas.com It’s not a full deepening of Jekyll Creek, but a $6 million pilot project that could lead to further work is underway with actual dredging set to begin April 10. According to the state Department of Natural Resources’ Coastal Resources Division, Cottrell Contracting, a firm out of Chesapeake, Va., is to remove 200,000… Read More
OUTER BANKS, N.C. – Nags Head will be starting a beach nourishment project this coming May. 10 miles of shoreline from the Bonnett Street public beach access near milepost 11, south to the town line with the National Park Service near milepost 21 is where the project will commence, according to Nags Head officials. Officials… Read More
The Topsail Island towns of North Topsail Beach, the north end is shown here, Surf City and Topsail Beach are in the process of choosing storm mitigation projects funded with a state Division of Water Resources grant. Photo: ATM/Dial Cordy and Associates SURF CITY – Picking their top three? Easy enough. The process that will… Read More
Photo: marinas.com MIDDLESEX COUNTY – It’s been three decades since the bustling Cheesequake Creek channel was last dredged, and marina owners here say they’re losing business as boat owners are finding the waters increasingly difficult to navigate. Only one side of the channel is passable for boats needing to clear a jetty and two bridges,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District navigation crew of the ND-6 crane barge assists Feb. 13 in rehabilitation of the dredged material upland placement site on the feeder ditch at the Dismal Swamp Canal in Virginia. Photo: Andria Allmond, U.S. Army CHESAPEAKE, Va. – Dredging of the Dismal Swamp Canal, which starts in… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing to perform maintenance dredging of the Annisquam River federal navigation project (FNP) in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The city of Gloucester is the local sponsor and requested this dredging. The proposed work involves maintenance dredging of portions of the 8-foot-deep Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) channel… Read More
ERICA DYNES/Times-Press LA VALLE – Lake Redstone’s Protection District board is pushing ahead with its dredging project with hopes of presenting it to taxpayers in May. The board unanimously approved at its March 5 meeting at La Valle Town Hall to authorize Dredging Committee member Dick Fish to work with Jewell Engineering to review the… Read More
JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. – A contractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to begin dredging Jekyll Creek from north of Downing Musgrove Causeway to the St. Simons Sound later this month. Cottrell Contracting, of Chesapeake, Va., will remove about 200,000 cubic yards of sediment from the eastern 75 feet of the channel,… Read More