The Sunset Beach Town Council has reached a compromise on a controversial proposed dredging project in the waterways around the island. On the heels of about two years of debates and discussions, the council appears to be moving forward with plans to dredge a portion of, but not all of Jinks Creek. BEAT to Host… Read More
Federal officials announced Tuesday they approved a $332 million plan to remove toxic waste from Berry’s Creek in the Meadowlands making it one of the largest toxic waste cleanups ever in New Jersey. The Sheffield at Englewood South – Live in the hip new neighborhood of Englewood South. The plan by the U.S. Environmental Protection… Read More
Plastic materials, including plastic bottles and polythene bags, are causing troubles in the capital dredging of the River Karnaphuli began on September 27 to restore the river’s depth for vessel movement. The dredging began on September 27 from Bakalia Char area. ‘The main difficulty is we are not getting sand and all we are getting… Read More
Sen. Larry Crowder introduced legislation to the Water Resources Review Committee hearing on Wednesday with a presentation by Lower Arkansas Valley Engineer Mike Weber. Essentially, it is a dredging project, initially recommended by the U.S. Corps of Engineers in 1999 after that flood. The dredging was recommended, but nothing ever happened. Sen. Crowder writes: “The… Read More
Despite support for or grumblings against the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed aquatic habitat ecosystem restoration project on Fishweir Creek, the project has four hurdles to overcome, each of which could stop it in its tracks. The project goals include restoring the historic estuary to healthy levels which have been reduced by decades of urban… Read More
The goal of dredging the San Jacinto River’s West Fork is to return it to its flow and holding capacity to its levels pre-Hurricane Harvey, whose rainwater carried large amounts of sedimentation downstream and deposited it in areas of the West Fork and Lake Houston. A big question on the minds of Lake Houston area… Read More
The Florida Inland Navigation District plans to dredge the Intracoastal Waterway between the Port of Palm Beach and the Town Marina this winter. A contractor will dredge a 4.5-mile stretch of the waterway to a depth of 10 to 12 feet below average low tide, said Mark Crosley, executive director of the district, locally based… Read More
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a notice of violation to a Queensbury yacht club after a dredging project on Lake George went awry. The Harris Bay Yacht Club has a state permit to dredge the bay for navigational purposes, according to the DEC. Around 4 p.m. on Sept. 19, a collection bag… 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
Planners made headway last week on a long-discussed project that involves the transfer of 75,000 cubic yards of sand from Pillar Point Harbor to the adjacent Surfer’s Beach with the hiring of the company that will perform the work. For years, the San Mateo County Harbor District acknowledged that a dredging project would be necessary… Read More
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