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Tony Mikulec, Don Grieco, and Norm Hornunz call themselves the Orchard Park Breakfast Guys. Friday, after breakfast they came to Unity Island to check out the work that’s underway on the northern edge of the island. “This is going to be all marshland over here. I read in the paper they’re planting a lot of… Read More
This year’s legislative short session is expected to be about as short as it can get, and passing an adjusted state budget is going to be even shorter in what’s being called an unprecedented move. The biggest local provision authorizes $15 million from the shallow draft inlet dredging fund to create a partnership between the… Read More
A local state of emergency was declared Wednesday by the City of Sarasota for significant erosion on Lido Beach. The decision was made, city officials said, after a walking inspection along the beach by City Manager Tom Barwin and an official from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Barwin is authorized to declare a state… Read More
After about two weeks of on-site preparation, crews with Weeks Marine Inc. started pumping sand onto the east end of Caswell Beach Sunday, the latest milestone in a effort to clear the shipping channel for large, transoceanic vessels. Parts of the inner ocean bar of the Wilmington Harbor are badly shoaled and maintenance dredging scheduled… Read More
Over the past weekend, contractor Weeks Marine Inc.’s cutterhead pipeline dredge R.S. Weeks began placing sand near 69th Street in Harvey Cedars, commencing beach restoration for the borough. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, work there is expected to be complete by the end of July, pending any delays due to weather or… Read More
A federal agency says a current Santa Rosa County proposal to dredge channels in Santa Rosa Sound to give nearby residents better boat access fails to meet environmental standards. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued its opinion in an eight-page letter sent to the county earlier this month. It marks the latest chapter in… Read More
Temporary dredging around Tenby harbour area has been agreed following concerns raised by local councillors over the high level of sandbanks that have formed. Local councillors also heard this week how a general spruce-up of the harbour area is also in the pipeline, with a ‘comprehensive clean-up’ planned and procedures put in place to ensure… Read More
The town advisory board approved two actions related to the lagoon project in a special meeting May. The board approved recommending public works and other required departments negotiate with Technology Construction, Inc., for the additive bid of the total project for the Laughlin Lagoon Special Improvement District, which needs to be completed by Dec. 31…. Read More
The City of Saco and a number of coastal residents will need to sign off on a beach management agreement to protect piping plovers and other threatened and endangered birds before the city can receive sand from an upcoming Saco River dredging project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to start work in… Read More
Dredging was at the top of the list of community concerns at Kingston District Council’s forum last week. Kingston District Council CEO Andrew MacDonald explained what the requirements will be during the dredging process and what the council plan will entail. “There is a requirement for the dredging activity to basically mirror what Mother Nature… Read More
People who live along a shallow channel voted down a plan to dredge that waterway. Twenty out of 29, or about 69 percent, of voters said no to a tax referendum, according to unofficial results from Georgetown County. The county’s election board says the results will be certified at 10 a.m. on Thursday. The tax… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $100 million agreement with National Grid for cleanup of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York. The milestone settlement will support cleanup work near the head of the Gowanus Canal, including the cleanup and restoration of Thomas Greene Park, as well as the Douglass and… Read More
Funding to develop designs for a new coastal defence scheme which could protect homes from flooding and erosion in Langstone has been secured. The Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership (ESCP), on behalf of Havant Borough Council (HBC), has secured £376,000 made up from a Defra Grant in Aid and the HBC Community Infrastructure Levy. The outline… Read More
It reads like the recipe for a lethal toxic soup: 400,000 pounds per day of suspended solids, 70,000 pounds per day of oil and grease, 9,000 pounds per day of ammonia-nitrogen, 500 pounds a day of cyanide, 600 pounds a day of phenols (carbon acids), and 800 pounds per day of zinc. Even more harrowing… Read More
Capital dredging of the River Karnaphuli is yet to start to restore the river’s depth up to four meters to facilitate vessel movement through those points where navigability fell drastically. On May 5, Chittagong Port Authority and Bangladesh Navy signed a contract for the dredging after more than five years of suspension of the work…. Read More