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The entrance of the Oceanside harbor, which missed its annual spring cleaning this year, will get a special dredging in October to keep the channel safe for navigation, federal officials announced Friday. Ocean waves and currents constantly push sand into the harbor, which requires periodic maintenance to stay open. A recent city survey showed the… Read More
Poorly devised, randomly executed or under-engineered dredging, deepening or widening of streams has proven to be ineffective in preventing subsequent flooding. By Vicki Terwilliger, Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa. | September 19, 2018 (TNS) – As communities wrangle with flooding across Schuylkill County, Pa.,some ask why dredging waterways is not considered a solution to long-term… Read More
Dredging season began in the lower Fox River this spring as soon as the ice went out, but work is just now poised to begin out in the waters of Green Bay. While the Fox River dredging is a temporary cleanup operation to rid the river of harmful polychlorinated biphenyls, the bay dredging is an… Read More
The Ogden Dunes and Portage beaches are disappearing. A short-term solution has been identified, but the way to pay for it hasn’t. State Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Ogden Dunes, considers this an emergency worthy of state assistance. She’s asking for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, which does for Indiana what the Federal Emergency Management Agency… Read More
The long-anticipated dredging of Lake Zumbro is going to cost more than expected and that has prompted a request for additional funds from Olmsted County and other entities involved in the lake restoration project, including property owners along the lake. The County Board could take action Tuesday on a staff recommendation to appropriate another $125,000… Read More
A series of dredging projects in Carteret County are taking place in the coming weeks, including work in Bogue Sound. The Army Corps of Engineers dredge CURRITUCK is wrapping up dredging operations in Bulkhead Channel near the Beaufort waterfront. Then, they’ll spend three to four days in nearby Bogue Sound touching-up some areas of concern…. Read More
Dare County has chosen for the public-private partnership a contractor that will build and operate a dredge to maintain Oregon Inlet. One of two companies to respond to the county’s request for proposals, EJE Recycling of Greenville was chosen over a Massachusetts-based company primarily because of its experience working the inlet and its plans to… Read More
A Cabinet note is likely in a fortnight, paving the way for three of the top 12 major ports in India to pick up stake in state-run entity Dredging Corporation of India (DCI), a top official has said. The Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCI), a state run entity under the administrative control of the… Read More
History is in the making as the beach landscape in Long Beach is transformed by the Army Corps of Engineers’ $230 million coastal protection project, which is intended to defend the city against future storms like Hurricane Sandy. “It’s historic,” said City Council President Anthony Eramo. “It’s the first time we’ve had any sort of… Read More
It’s been a banner couple of weeks for Swansea and its waterfront revitalization project for the 9-acre town beach. SWANSEA — It’s been a banner couple of weeks for Swansea and its waterfront revitalization project for the 9-acre town beach. After several years of pursuit, they have in hand the the final permit needed from… Read More
Completion of beach replenishment in Harvey Cedars is set to nearly coincide with the official end of summer, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates work in the borough will end in mid-September. On Monday, the beach closure area stretched from halfway between 72nd Street and Sussex Avenue to just south of 69th Street…. Read More
More than three years after the announcement the Buckeye Lake Dam needed replaced, the project is nearing completion. Officials from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources took Ohio StatSen. Jay Hottinger, R-Newark, for a tour of the progress on the project Monday.e Hottinger said it won’t be long before construction is complete on the 4.1… Read More
Markel (MKL) has been a compounding machine for over three decades now. Book value and share price have mimicked each other roughly throughout the history of the company being public. This is to be expected since it mainly focused on specialty property and casualty insurance for most of its life – and insurance companies are… Read More
Rep. Scott Taylor announced during a visit to the Eastern Shore of Virginia that Tangier will finally be getting a jetty that has been in the works since 2012. “I am happy to say today that the end of the federal approval process has happened. I’m proud to say they are going to start that… Read More
For the long-neglected Eugene Millrace, the University of Oregon’s new Knight science campus could be an unexpected boon. The narrow waterway, which runs between Franklin Boulevard and the Willamette River, has a rich history. In recent decades, however, it has been best known for its murky and stagnant water, its blackberry- and horsetail-covered banks, and… Read More