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An environmental cleanup project for the Rouge River took another step forward after a Muskegon-based firm was awarded a multimillion-dollar federal contract. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency awarded about $16 million to Great Lakes Dock and Materials to dredge and cap portions of the Lower Rouge River Old Channel… Read More
The Town of South Bruce Peninsula said on its website the Colpoy’s Bay pier was reopened for public use as of Sept. 28. “The only thing they have to do is just add some bumpers and put the ladder back on it, that’s it,” Mayor Janice Jackson said in an interview after a council meeting… Read More
Warrenpoint Port has held a public consultation over controversial proposals to dispose of dredging material close to protected parts of Carlingford Lough. A large cross-border crowd attended the event at the Town Hall on Monday evening. Currently all dredged material is dumped 16 miles off the coast. But the port wants to relocate some waste… Read More
The first phase of the dumping of mud off the coast of Cardiff as part of work to build a new nuclear power station in Somerset has been completed. EDF, the firm building Hinkley Point C, said contractors have completed the work. Campaigners had demanded more tests on the sediment, taken from a site in… Read More
Two companies owned by a former Port of Corpus Christi commissioner are asking a local judge to allow him access to information about a site in Ingleside owned by the port that it has reportedly been using to dump dredging material. The companies listed on the Sept. 27 petition are The Port of Corpus Christi… Read More
Goodwin Sands SOS has launched a crowdfunding appeal for a Judicial Review against the Marine Management Organisation’s decision to grant Dover Harbour Board a licence to dredge 3 million tonnes of aggregate from the historic Goodwin Sands. Goodwin Sands SOS has instructed environmental and public lawyers, Richard Buxton Ltd, to represent them. Their claim for… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers is considering expanding the area where “beach quality” material is disposed from its dredging activities in Mobile Bay, but some Dauphin Island residents are concerned the change still won’t fix their problems with erosion. As Lagniappe has reported, the Corps recently ended the public comment period for the draft version… Read More
Dredging work at Oamaru Harbour is set to start today or tomorrow, the Waitaki District Council has confirmed. A 40-tonne excavator with a 16m reach was delivered to a site near the Oamaru Breakwater in preparation for the work, which will also involve the use of a second 30-tonne excavator and a 35-tonne dump truck…. Read More
Dredging is set to begin next week in the Swinomish Channel. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday that J.E. McAmis, Inc., of California will remove about 154,000 cubic yards of material from the channel between Oct. 17 and Nov. 30. Removing the sediment that has built up in the 11-mile channel is necessary… Read More
Opponents of plans to dredge Big Pass are prepared to take the matter to federal court. The group Save Our Siesta Sand 2, which formed in opposition to the proposal, announced Friday it had begun the procedures necessary to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Army Corps is working with… Read More
A sandbar at Cape Jervis has affected the catamaran ferry over the past few months, forcing it to either moor at the local jetty or stop operating at low tide. Managing director David Harris said carrying out the dredging needed to get the vessel to its licensed berth would be extremely difficult and expensive. “It… Read More
The emergency dredge of the Moriches Inlet has officially begun. Rep. Lee Zeldin was joined by the Army Corps New York District Commander Colonel Thomas Asbery, Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine, State Senator Ken LaValle, State Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Suffolk County Legislator Rudy Sunderman, Brookhaven Councilman Dan Panico, Westhampton Beach Mayor Maria Moore, Westhampton Beach Trustees… Read More
The City of Encinitas awarded a construction contract for the Cardiff Beach Living Shoreline Project at the City Council meeting on Sept. 26. The shoreline between Restaurant Row and South Cardiff State Beach is vulnerable to coastal flooding during large storm events and projected sea level rise. The city has partnered with the California Department… Read More
Answer Man, purveyor of wisdom and knowledge, I have a few questions I’m sure you’ll know the answers to about Lake Zumbro. This lake can be quite busy on a nice day, and once the dredging is competed I’m sure it will get even more use. I hope I’m wrong, but as far as I… Read More
After the appraisal of the present situation of Siang River to Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resource, Government of India, Arjun Ram Meghwal recently, Arunachal East Lok Sabha Member of Parliament Ninong Ering took up the matter of dredging of Siang river to concern Ministry’s Brahmaputra Board. On Ering’s appraisal and appeal, Chairman… Read More