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If you think you’ve been waiting a long time for Fountain Lake to be dredged, past Tribunes have news for you: in 1939, they waited longer. “For more than 40 years, the citizens of Albert Lea have talked, periodically, about improving Fountain Lake,” a March 14, 1939, article said. The first dredge — named “Captain… Read More
Crews have been granted permission by the U.S. Army Corps of Army Engineers (USACE) to begin dredging on the Ponce de Leon Inlet. This should make it more secure for anglers to navigate. In addition, the dredging will offer additional beach nourishment for the nearby coastline. The Inlet itself has not been maintained to this… Read More
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that clean and pure Ganga is his top priority. Gadkari stated that he will be making necessary arrangements to clean the river before Kumbh Mela starts early in 2019. According to ANI, Gadkari said that he will provide funds to the Uttar Pradesh government to clean the drains… Read More
A committee plans to present a $19 million proposal to clean up Lake Mitchell, which has had water quality issues for decades. The Lake Mitchell Advisory Committee will present the plan to the Mitchell City Council on Monday, The Daily Republic reported . The committee evaluated consultant Fyra Engineering’s recommendations to get the lake’s phosphorus… Read More
The aroma around the Haxall Canal will be heightened by a small number of dead fish as a result of the canal draining currently underway through August 10. The draining, which began August 4, will be performed by the Stormwater Utility of the City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities (DPU) so that an aerial… Read More
Commodity trader Trafigura Group Pte Ltd. is proposing to build a deepwater port in South Texas near Corpus Christi to load oil supertankers, a piece of the puzzle so far missing in efforts to expand domestic exports. The company, which has offices in Houston and invests in ports, terminals and logistics to enhance its physical… Read More
The Lake Mitchell Advisory Committee made its pitch Monday to the Mitchell City Council, stating that its recommendation of spending nearly $2 million in engineering and pursuing grants would be the best course of action toward a nearly $20 million improvement plan. No action was taken Monday during the council’s regular meeting at the Mitchell… Read More
The conservation commission on Wednesday unanimously approved an emergency dredging of a narrow passageway between a newly formed large shoal to the west and the north tip of North Beach Island. This northern inlet avenue has become the most reliable for boaters and the commercial fleet form Chatham Harbor and Pleasant Bay. Director of Coastal… Read More
Oceanside’s City Council asked staffers this week for a study of ways the city can lead its own project to get more sand out of its clogged harbor and onto its eroded beaches. The city is growing increasingly concerned over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to dredge the harbor this year, along with… Read More
Residents of the Timber Lake neighborhood are continuing cleanup efforts after last week’s flooding scattered floats, toys, dock furniture and kayaks across the 57-acre lake. Kathy Carson’s home in the 900 block of Timberlake Road became a collection site for the area after Carson and her children spent Friday pulling neighbors’ possessions from the lake…. Read More
Work has begun on realigning the A379 Slapton Line, the coastal road, damaged by Storm Emma and the Beast from the East in the storms in March. The stretch of road has been closed since it was washed away by Storm Emma in early March. But fears have been raised that if storms once again… Read More
Stopping the state agency from dumping foul-smelling muck in this community is a perfect chance for Murphy administration to demonstrate its green credentials How would you react if the state Department of Environmental Protection granted permits for construction of a massive, open-air garbage dump for tons of smelly river-bottom muck — called “dredge spoils” —… Read More
As the need for dredging in North Carolina waterways has long ago surpassed the availability of funds and equipment to dredge, Dare County, with the help of $15 million provided in the recent state budget, is about to try something different: Build a dedicated dredge to maintain its waterways. The plan would be a private-public… Read More
Photos of Oceanside and Carlsbad beaches taken prior to the mid-1940s show broad, sandy beaches, with room for tents, cars and large public gatherings. Today, most of those beaches, without artificial restoration, are narrow strips of cobblestone. An experimental sand bypass system used almost 30 years ago is one of the ideas Oceanside wants to… Read More
A long-awaited dredging of the navigation channel into Sodus Bay is underway, and boosters say it’s long overdue. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the dredging contract was awarded to Luedtke Engineering Co. of Frankfort, Mich. USACE estimates up to 58,000 cubic yards of material will be dredged from the federal channel during the… Read More