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The Town of Chatham has officially decided to abandon an emergency dredging project. The decision was announced by Town Manager Jill Goldsmith last week after she and other town officials met with the county dredge superintendent about the status of the project. “It was a difficult decision, a lot of factors weighed in on it…. Read More
Dredging of the three sea mouths of Pulicat lake, the second largest brackish water body, is being hindered by wildlife rules made for protecting the bird sanctuary which a home to a variety of flora and fauna. The lake system has not been getting adequate fresh water flow which is making it face the prospect… Read More
As Manteo officials await a report on an investigation by the State Auditor’s office related to a recent Doughs Creek dredge project, the town has yet to resolve a separate dispute with the dredging contractor stemming from the company hauling away 71 truckloads of dredge material from the town’s disposal site. According to a reverse… Read More
The long-awaited and complicated Pocasset River dredging will not be undertaken this year. Instead, a wider project is pending. The Bourne Shore and Harbor Committee has voted to postpone the river project until 2019 given a number of factors, including cost. “Mechanically, dredging is cost prohibitive,” Natural Resources Director Tim Mullen said. “We don’t have… Read More
The summer tourists have departed and there’s plenty of room on the beach. But the heavy equipment that was expected to be plugging away at a massive beach replenishment project is sitting, for the most part, idle. A series of storms and days of heavy surf, as well as an incident last month in which… Read More
The Sunset Beach Town Council has reached a compromise on a controversial proposed dredging project in the waterways around the island. On the heels of about two years of debates and discussions, the council appears to be moving forward with plans to dredge a portion of, but not all of Jinks Creek. BEAT to Host… Read More
Federal officials announced Tuesday they approved a $332 million plan to remove toxic waste from Berry’s Creek in the Meadowlands making it one of the largest toxic waste cleanups ever in New Jersey. The Sheffield at Englewood South – Live in the hip new neighborhood of Englewood South. The plan by the U.S. Environmental Protection… Read More
Plastic materials, including plastic bottles and polythene bags, are causing troubles in the capital dredging of the River Karnaphuli began on September 27 to restore the river’s depth for vessel movement. The dredging began on September 27 from Bakalia Char area. ‘The main difficulty is we are not getting sand and all we are getting… Read More
Sen. Larry Crowder introduced legislation to the Water Resources Review Committee hearing on Wednesday with a presentation by Lower Arkansas Valley Engineer Mike Weber. Essentially, it is a dredging project, initially recommended by the U.S. Corps of Engineers in 1999 after that flood. The dredging was recommended, but nothing ever happened. Sen. Crowder writes: “The… Read More
Despite support for or grumblings against the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed aquatic habitat ecosystem restoration project on Fishweir Creek, the project has four hurdles to overcome, each of which could stop it in its tracks. The project goals include restoring the historic estuary to healthy levels which have been reduced by decades of urban… Read More
The goal of dredging the San Jacinto River’s West Fork is to return it to its flow and holding capacity to its levels pre-Hurricane Harvey, whose rainwater carried large amounts of sedimentation downstream and deposited it in areas of the West Fork and Lake Houston. A big question on the minds of Lake Houston area… Read More
The Florida Inland Navigation District plans to dredge the Intracoastal Waterway between the Port of Palm Beach and the Town Marina this winter. A contractor will dredge a 4.5-mile stretch of the waterway to a depth of 10 to 12 feet below average low tide, said Mark Crosley, executive director of the district, locally based… Read More
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a notice of violation to a Queensbury yacht club after a dredging project on Lake George went awry. The Harris Bay Yacht Club has a state permit to dredge the bay for navigational purposes, according to the DEC. Around 4 p.m. on Sept. 19, a collection bag… Read More
Finding a buyer for much-needed topsoil is the best hope for the sediment-heavy Illinois River. That’s what a group of some 25 stakeholders that included EastPort Marina, Ducks Unlimited and the Greater Peoria Sanitary District agreed on at a Monday meeting organized by the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission. Dredging the river, specifically the Peoria Lakes… Read More
Planners made headway last week on a long-discussed project that involves the transfer of 75,000 cubic yards of sand from Pillar Point Harbor to the adjacent Surfer’s Beach with the hiring of the company that will perform the work. For years, the San Mateo County Harbor District acknowledged that a dredging project would be necessary… Read More