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NEWBURYPORT — Mayor Donna Holaday said on Friday that $22,500 in city money could soon be used to help prevent flooding in Plum Island’s Northern Reservation Terrace neighborhood. The city was previously prepared to place a second layer of cement blocks along the edge of Reservation Terrace to build up the berm and protect nearby… Read More
When shoaling along Neabsco Creek stopped boating traffic, marinas found help from the county and state government. The group formed an LLC to receive funding and oversee a dredging project, which began in November 2018. Neabsco Creek in Woodbridge, Virginia, is just south of Washington, D.C., and home to four marinas with approximately 1,000 boating… Read More
The Barnstable County dredge off Fox Hill. FILE PHOTO ORLEANS — It’s been a long haul to get dredging Nauset Estuary on the public’s radar, but now that the signal is strong some eager proponents are urging patience. “I ask that people in this room open their hearts and their minds to the obvious challenges… Read More
Port Tampa Bay is seeking a permit for a long-range project to create 67 acres of new uplands by dredging part of East Bay south of the Tampa Shrimp Docks on Causeway Boulevard. RICHARD DANIELSON | Times The project is planned south of Causeway Boulevard in East Bay, an estuary with a history of dredging… Read More
WORCESTER Co., MD – The Ocean City Inlet can be considered the lifeline of Worcester County. All year long, boats use the Inlet, but recently, some boats have had trouble getting through, because Mother Nature has filled part of the Inlet back up with sand. Recently, a large boat got stuck in the Ocean City… Read More
DOVER – The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section conducted the bid opening for the Massey’s Ditch Channel Maintenance Dredging Project as scheduled on Jan. 30. DNREC did not receive an acceptable bid. As a result, DNREC will update their design specifications and contract documents, and rebid the project… Read More
Dredges operate in Oregon Inlet. File Photo NAGS HEAD – The Army Corps of Engineers’ Wilmington District is accepting comments until March 6 on Dare County’s application to dredge year-round the federal project within Oregon Inlet and associated connecting channels. The 2,500-acre project near Nags Head includes the waters between the southern tip of Bodie… Read More
HOLMES BEACH (WWSB) – People who live on or near Spring Lake in Holmes Beach say the lake has gone from very clear to very dirty. There continues to be a strong push to get it all cleaned up. Back in 2015, more than 22,000 gallons of raw sewage dumped into the lake after a… Read More
The fabric tent at Sheltered Cove Marina will have green slats in the fence to mitigate its visual impact to the residents. Photo by: Pat Johnson Tuckerton is looking for another dredge materials site in Tuckerton Beach for when the lagoons are dredged, said Tuckerton Councilman John Schwartz. The town is looking at the Noller… Read More
A dredging project in Lake Linganore estimated to cost about $18 million is scheduled to begin in March or April. The Maryland Environmental Service (MES) announced earlier this month that a notice of intent for a $12.7 million contract was awarded to Mobile Dredging & Video Pipe Inc. to complete the project. That company has… Read More
Jefferson Parish is receiving $32 million in state funding for coastal restoration projects in Jean Lafitte and Grand Isle. Over $22 million in flood protection measures will be dedicated to building levees in the Rosethorne basin area of Jean Lafitte. Nearly $12 million will go toward Goose Bayou’s Penn Levee, and over $10 million will… Read More
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority expects to have 23 levee and coastal restoration projects under construction in Southeastern Louisiana during fiscal year 2020 and another 20 projects will undergo engineering and design work, the authority’s new executive director said during a public hearing in New Orleans Wednesday evening (Jan. 30). The projects are included… Read More
South Jinks Creek connects Tubbs Inlet with the Intracoastal Waterway, providing ocean access to property owners who live on the eastern end of Sunset Beach. SUNSET BEACH – The town is resubmitting its request for a permit to dredge a portion of Jinks Creek after state officials deemed the initial application incomplete. The North Carolina… Read More
File Photo: Darren Kinsella FURTHER preparatory works for a dredging project in Howth are expected to continue under the 2019 Capital Programme, which is due to be announced in the coming weeks, according to Senator Catherine Noone (FG). “Moreover, an announcement is also due to be made by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the… Read More
Earlier this month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $92 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company to deepen and widen a 7.6-mile reach of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel from the Gulf of Mexico to Harbor Island, just above the Port Aransas Ferry Landing. Under the contract, which is part… Read More