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Efforts to revitalize the Mahoning River will take center stage today when the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments, along with the Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber and the Western Reserve Port Authority, host a “Paddle the Mahoning River” event. The event will include the presentation of a $90,000 check to Eastgate from Ohio Environmental Protection Agency… Read More
House and Senate negotiators agreed Thursday on a $2.4 billion package of long-term environmental investments, authorizing state borrowing to repair coastal infrastructure, fix up parkways and trails, shore up state dams and improve air and water quality. The conference committee that had been working to reconcile House and Senate versions of the environmental bond bill… Read More
The contractor working on beach replenishment in the northern section of Surf City resumed work Tuesday after it was paused due to recent weather conditions, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. When that work is complete, the beachfill project will continue in the southern area of the borough, Steve Rochette, a public affairs… Read More
Shooting Island, a nearly 150-acre wildlife haven off Ocean City, will be transformed into a “living shoreline” under a proposed project to rebuild it after decades of erosion. The project will have the added benefit of creating a bigger buffer to protect the city from storms sweeping off the bay, officials said Tuesday during a… Read More
After three years of trying to secure funding to dredge the Anclote River, the city has received the $3.5 million in federal money it needs. The river’s channel hasn’t been dredged since 1998. Silt has built up, water levels are less than four feet at low tide and large boats can’t get up the river…. Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers hopper dredge Currituck is expected to arrive in Ocean City in early August for a scheduled dredging project around the Inlet and a smaller quick-fix project, but the arrival of the vessel is not expected to impact White Marlin Open boat traffic. The Currituck was scheduled to arrive in Ocean… Read More
Just days after a public forum on Schneider Electric’s application to absolve the firm of further responsibility for Neponset Reservoir contamination, selectmen voted to ask the state Department of Environmental Protection to extend the public comment period. Selectmen are also considering hiring their own licensed site professional to review Schneider’s permanent solution statement, after meeting… Read More
An advisory group that advises the state on remediation of the Grand Calumet River Area of Concern will discuss dredging of local waterways and habitat management efforts this week. The Citizens Advisory for the Remediation of the Environment Committee is scheduled to meet from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday in Room SULB 150D at the… Read More
Officials in St. Martin Parish are one step closer to dredging the Catahoula Lake. Parish President Chester Cedars says he’s signed a contract to secure a location to dispose of the spoil. He says the area is close enough to the dredge site so they won’t need to pay for boost pumps. The project will… Read More
Dover Harbour Board has won its application to dredge the Goodwin Sands, ending a bitter two-year battle. The government’s Marine Management Organisation today announced consent to carry out aggregate dredging at Area 521, known as the South Goodwin Sands, off Deal. The Port Authority will be allowed to dig up to three million tonnes of… Read More
Oceanside, Issa push for overdue harbor, beach-sand projectLocal officials are urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete the routine dredging that it failed to do this spring at the Oceanside harbor. The leader of Oceanside’s tourism marketing agency, Leslee Gaul, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, have written letters to the Corps expressing how… Read More
The Acting Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority, Danladi Ibrahim, has said the dredging of the River Benue will commence fully next year. He stated this on Monday at a press conference in Lagos. According to him, the dredging of the River Benue will boost commercial activities around the two river ports of Onitsha and… Read More
A Blenheim river that lost several sections of riverbank in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, causing flooding upstream in heavy rain, is to be dredged this summer. Slumping of the Op?oa riverbank, brought on by the Kaik?ura earthquake in November 2016, had caused water levels to rise in the lower Op?oa and Taylor River, which saw a… Read More
Tybee’s beaches, the Savannah harbor and the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge will benefit from newly announced U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funding to address damage from Hurricane Matthew and Tropical Storm Irma. The Savannah District of the corps received the additional funds through a supplemental congressional appropriation that was passed into law in February, but… Read More
The private beach associations in Toms River can now use the municipal beaches, thanks to a reciprocal agreement passed ahead of a large-scale dredging project that will at times close beaches. Condo and private beach associations who have their own beach badges for their private beaches will be allowed to use those badges on the… Read More