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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
The Port of New Bedford in Massachusetts is to receive federal funding to improve its infrastructure and environment, including a new site for offshore wind staging. The $15.5m grant has been awarded by the Department of Transportation’s Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (Build) initiative. In addition to the staging site, the money will go… Read More
The once mighty Petaluma River, a former hub for commerce and recreation, was once one of the defining features of the southern Sonoma County landscape and a vital link between Petaluma and the San Pablo Bay. Now, 15 years removed from the last dredging, an 18-mile tributary many residents have dubbed “the heart of the… Read More
Dredging has started on a Blenheim river that lost several sections of riverbank in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, causing flooding upstream in heavy rain. The Marlborough District Council started dredging the ?paoa River on Tuesday as part of a $200,000 project to bring it back down to pre-quake water levels. Slumping of the ?paoa riverbank, brought… Read More
The state of Maryland needs to find an extra $75 million to complete the last piece of the more than six-year old infrastructure expansion plan aimed at attracting Asia cargo — unless CSX Transportation budges and increases its contribution. A report, compiled by the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) and the Maryland Department of Transportation for… Read More
The Port of Redwood City announced the allocation of $7.95 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that advances a critical federal dredging project in 2019 that will ensure continued ship access and further economic activity to the Silicon Valley region. Dredging allows the port to better support existing customers, grow operations serving larger… Read More