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A FINAL FEASIBILITY STUDY for a proposed deep-draft port in Nome is still at least six months away. That’s according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The Corps met with the Nome City Council and Port and Planning commissions last Thursday, July 19, to report on the progress of its deep-draft port study…. Read More
A pipe to be used to pump sand for a dredging project at Doctors Pass in Naples had beachgoers scratching their heads Wednesday. Crews began laying the pipe Tuesday, but bad weather delayed burying it in the sand. That raised concerns that sea turtle hatchlings along the pipe’s path from Doctors Pass to Lowdermilk Park… Read More
Awarded to coastal communities in Massachusetts to support local efforts to proactively plan for and adapt to storm and climate change impacts, including surge, flooding, erosion and sea level rise, the Baker-Polito administration announced Wednesday. The Coastal Resilience grants, provided by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Office of Coastal Zone Management, were… Read More
The town has cut the ribbon on a $1.5 million harbor-dredging project. Wielding the scissors, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito said she hoped “to create a framework going forward so that more of these efforts get the funding needed to enhance our waterways and ensure they are accessible to all.” Manchester’s harbor supports industry and leisure…. 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
Expectations are high on the Federal Government, particularly the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), to dredge the Calabar Port channel, to diversify available infrastructure and reduce excessive pressure from the ever-busy Lagos ports, while saving huge revenue losses. Dredging the channel has remained a challenge and an uphill task for successive administrations for decades. Although, past… Read More
From the shores of Rudee Inlet , the water looked calm. But aboard a johnboat headed for the tip of the rock jetties, the 4-foot swell told a different story. “Out here, where the waves start to crest, that’s where the shoaling begins,” Lonnie Gregory, assistant superintendent for the city’s dredging operation, said Thursday morning…. Read More
Wednesday to hold one of their regular meetings and meet with town officials about the ongoing Harbor Management Plan upgrade. The original master plan for the harbor was written in 1987 and has not been updated since then. The plan has to be updated in order to comply with state regulations. The Port Authority approved… Read More
The City of Houston, the San Jacinto River Authority and the Coastal Water Authority announced Monday a temporary flood mitigation for Lake Conroe and Lake Houston that will be in place until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging project on the lower West Fork of the San Jacinto River is complete. The City, the… Read More
Faced with a citizen rebellion over the clear-cutting of a park, potentially heavy fines for dumping tainted water into the Jones Falls and closure of a polluted reservoir – the Baltimore Department of Public Works has clammed up, refusing to answer questions, while offering tepid apologies at small forums. Last week, for example, as DPW… Read More
Safe, effective, not harmful to fish, fowl or humans. That’s the state-approved prescription proposed by the Stockbridge Bowl Association for a widely used application of the herbicide SONAR to combat the growing infestation of the invasive milfoil. But the plan, outlined to about 200 association members at the group’s 72nd annual meeting on Saturday, encountered… Read More
Dredging of the Ettalong Channel had started on several days last week, according to various media releases received by Peninsula News. “The emergency dredging is only now beginning, despite being announced nine weeks ago,” Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch told Peninsula News on Tuesday, July 24. Member for Terrigal Mr Adam Crouch told Peninsula… Read More
Residents of Ponte Vedra, South Ponte Vedra and Vilano Beach, wearing red shirts to identify themselves, nearly filled the County Auditorium at the July 17 St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners meeting. At stake, in addition to an agenda item dealing with dune restoration of South Ponte Vedra Beach and Vilano Beach, was a… Read More
Recreational boating at Clutesi Haven Marina will be interrupted on Monday, July 30 for some maintenance dredging, beginning as early as 6 a.m. The dredging will likely last throughout the day, said Dave McCormick, director of public relations and business development with the Port Alberni Port Authority. “We hope to maintain launch Access at lanes… Read More
Cleanup efforts are set to start at the Lockheed Superfund site in West Seattle in mid- August. Lockheed West Seattle is one of the remaining areas to be cleaned up at the Harbor Island Superfund site. The Lockheed Martin Corporation, as the Potentially Responsible Party for the cleanup, will remove contamination from a 40-acre area… Read More