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The Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Conservancy (SWP) announced the permanent protection of two unique coastal properties on Lake Superior totaling over 3,100 feet of sand beach that includes sensitive dune and swale habitat, coastal wetlands and stands of old growth forest. Less than 13 percent of Lake Superior coastline is composed of sand beach… Read More
We are very shocked with the sudden Padma River’s bank erosion which is causing huge loss to the river side people of Naria and other areas. These huge loss of land-properties could be protected in large scale if the Govt. would have given attention to our low-cost dredging i.e. Bandalling with bamboo-chatai-trees, etc. Govt. of… Read More
The government has not ruled out a second attempt to replenish the sand at Balluta Bay next year, refusing to brand the €110,000 project a failure despite the expanded beach appearing to have shrunk back drastically due to bad weather. The “experimental” project undertaken by the Tourism Ministry was aimed at restoring the tiny beach… Read More
Pieces of the port puzzle continue to land on the table to await proper placement. The Board of County Commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday to join the Port St. Joe Port Authority in a pre-application to Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc. for funding to dredge the federally-authorized shipping channel. The pre-application would seek $15 million of the… Read More
Bordered by beautiful wetlands along the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana is a hub of transportation and industry. A pilot environmental impact bond could seed a set of wetland-restoration projects for the state. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Quantified Ventures, and their project partners are proposing to draw on funding from the Deepwater Horizon oil-spill settlement to… Read More
After multiple set-backs, crews were finally able to begin dredging the West Fork of the San Jacinto River on Thursday, Sept. 21. This is the first of two dredges that will carry out the removal of nearly 2 million cubic yards of shoal material along an approximately 2-mile stretch of the West Fork. The United… Read More
The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company’s new dredger Mahaa Jarraaf has been taken to Thaa Atoll after failing to reclaim land for the Maafinolhu airport project, local media reported. The huge vessel was unable to do the work because it had to be anchored some distance away from the island, according to Mihaaru, and the… 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
No money exists in the Council’s 2018-19 budget to cover its half of the proposed $2.4 million dredging program for the Brisbane Water channel. That could delay the return of ferry services to Ettalong and Wagstaffe until at least July 2019 when the Council’s next budget is adopted. A Central Coast Council briefing document, called… Read More
The first phase of a “very challenging project” is about to commence on the West Fork of the San Jacinto River – the Kingwood area’s long awaited dredging. The nearly $70 million project was slated to begin Sept. 6, but is slightly delayed due to a partial failure of one of the dredges, which required… Read More
In September 2009, the federal government officially commissioned the herculean task of dredging River Niger. During a ceremony in Lokoja, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua vividly spoke of his sevenpoint agenda, saying that the project would help in the realisation of his regime’s Vision 20-2020 dreams. There was a thunder clap from excited Nigerians,… Read More
An Illinois company received a $113 million contract. Work begins on $484M St. Johns River dredging project Starting in December, the company will deepen about 5 miles more of the river. It’s the second contract to be awarded in the project, which is already underway. It will take the river from 40 feet to 47… Read More
More sand is on the way for beaches in south Broward County that took a hit from Hurricane Irma last year. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend $9.7 million in January to truck in and replenish about 123,000 cubic yards of sand — enough to cover a football field with sand 57… Read More
As an added bonus, the Lancaster park’s giant sledding hill should be less bumpy on your bumpkin. Erie County is preparing to excavate about six Olympic swimming pools worth of silt and sediment from a reservoir near Como Park dam. “The lake itself has filled up with silt,” said Daniel J. Rizzo, commissioner of county… Read More
The first bids are in for the long-awaited channel dredging project, but they are a bit too high, according to the Port of Corpus Christi. Negotiations are now underway to bring the price in line with what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is allowed to pay. The port did not release the bid totals… Read More