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The beach along the center of Marco Island is due to be reshaped. Over a mile of Gulf of Mexico frontage will be part of a massive regrading project being undertaken by Collier County government. Over 170,000 cubic yards of sand will be shifted, after being dredged from the inter-tidal zone just offshore from the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has told GreaterBabylon it has secured $26,222,000 for a restoration project that will add approximately 1.8 million cubic yards of sand from the Fire Island Inlet to Gilgo Beach. The additional sand will serve as coastal protection from storms. “The project will also benefit navigation within the Fire Island… Read More
One of the first flood mitigation projects to break ground post-Hurricane Harvey, the Army Corps of Engineers began a nearly $70 million project to dredge a portion of the West Fork of the San Jacinto River in September. However, according to city and county officials, the project only scratches the surface of the additional efforts… Read More
Marine construction crews began work over the last several days on one of several dredging projects that will keep Brick’s waterways open to boat traffic. Most visible is the large barge that anchored up just off Bayside Park in the township’s Normandy Beach neighborhood over the past several days. There, the contractor for the state… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants to dredge New Haven Harbor in Connecticut and expand the channel to allow larger ships to pass through. The Army Corps says they want to make the main channel of New Haven Harbor five feet deeper and widen parts of the harbor by as much as 200 feet…. Read More
The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has asked the city-parish parks department to take the lead role in pushing forward an ambitious plan to restore and beautify the LSU lakes, from conception to construction. That leadership position would involve having BREC commit approximately $5 million toward the engineering plan and dredging two of the lakes the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday released the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study, a report examining the possibility of constructing a coastal barrier of floodwalls along Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula to protect Texas’ coast, including the Bay Area. The 442-page study is a draft report on the feasibility and… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers has completed another season of dredging in the Indiana Harbor Ship Canal, though a decision on where to store the most toxic sediments remains in limbo. Contractors working for the Army Corps finished dredging about 250,000 cubic yards of sediment from the federal and nonfederal channel Sept. 21, spokeswoman Vanessa… Read More
Plans are moving forward to construct a massive seawall and other coastal barriers to protect the Houston Ship Canal, Galveston Bay and port facilities that support that nation’s largest petrochemical hub from hurricane-driven storm surge. On Friday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Texas General Land Office announced the release of the Coastal Texas… Read More
The final round of Superfund dredging below the tide line in New Bedford Harbor is scheduled to be completed next year. Beginning in early 2019, dredging crews will make their final pass in the area from Riverside Park north to the Riverbank Lofts. Work will start between January and March, pending a final decision about… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has told GreaterBabylon it has secured $26,222,000 for a restoration project that will add approximately 1.8 million cubic yards of sand from the Fire Island Inlet to Gilgo Beach. The additional sand will serve as coastal protection from storms. “The project will also benefit navigation within the Fire Island… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of engineers says roughly $66 million has been invested into dune and beach replenishment projects in Delaware since Hurricane Sandy. The corps says of that $66 million, Lewes received $3 million, Rehoboth and Dewey received $24 million, Bethany/South Bethany received $27 million and Fenwick Island received $12 million. The act of… Read More
Making the Grand River accessible to power boaters looking to travel from Grand Rapids to Lake Michigan would boost tourism in the region and generate an estimated annual economic impact of $5.7 million, according to a new study. The study, by East Lansing-based Anderson Economic Group, was conducted on behalf of Grand River Waterway, a… Read More
The sand dunes that used to line the western shoreline of Deal Island are almost all gone. So are the trees that stood behind them on this low-lying patch of land jutting into Tangier Sound on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. All that remains now are stumps poking up out of the waves, which wash over a… Read More
In a first step toward a new plan, the city and port authority of Wabasha sent a new dredge material management plan for Lower Pool 4 to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The plan, said Wabasha City Administrator Chad Springer, includes the cost of moving 260,000 cubic feet of sand annually from temporary storage… Read More