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Local NGO Land Empowerment Animals People (LEAP) supports the calls by WWF Malaysia and SOS Kota Kinabalu to scrap the controversial Tanjung Aru Eco Development (TAED) project, at least in the way it is currently planned. LEAP backs proposals to make the area between the beach and the road to Terminal 2 a public area… Read More
Kingwood residents fill Kingwood Park High School to learn about the latest Harvey progress and proposed bond projects. Photo by Jacqueline Havelka The bids are in, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Galveston District has awarded the dredging contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock to remove sediment and debris from a stretch of the… Read More
The Carolina Beach Lake dredging project is moving forward. – Project has been on hold for several months. – Hold was due to concerns on where to dump the dredging materials. – Project could cost $2.5 million. The move comes nearly nine months after the project stopped due to concerns over where the dredging material… Read More
After months of complaints from local residents, the City of Wabasha and the United States Army Corps of Engineers – USACE – have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the placement of dredged materials from the Mississippi River. The original plan developed by USACE would have had the dredged materials being placed on the Drysdale… Read More
Bulldozers headed to South Bethany this week, with that town set as the next stop in this summer’s major beach replenishment project. After several weeks of pumping sand from offshore borrow sites, the Great Lake Dock & Dredge Company was set to continue south to replenish South Bethany’s shoreline on July 5, just slightly behind… Read More
Grants from the Connecticut Port Authority will be used to dredge the town boat yard and improve the launch ramp at Ye Yacht Yard, as well as update the town’s Harbor Management Plan. The $272,500 in Small Harbor Improvement Projects program grants was announced at a news conference Wednesday with Southport Harbor as the backdrop…. Read More
The plans to proceed with a proposed project for Lake Redstone have been put on hold for now. Upon further review of the bids for a proposed project to dredge sentiment from 26 bays at Lake Redstone, the board unanimously decided to reject the bids. The board will also consult with legal counsel and adviser… Read More
Anaklia Port is set to enter a new important stage of its construction. In August 2018, Georgia will witness an unprecedented scale of marine engineering works in the country’s history, as the marine works for dredging and reclamation at Phase 1 Anaklia Deep Sea Port project will begin. After a long and tough selection process,… Read More
In anticipation of heavy rainfall that could trigger flash floods in the low-lying villages of Solsona, Ilocos Norte, the local government unit (LGU) has initiated dredging of silted rivers and creeks. On Friday, some LGU personnel who know how to operate a backhoe, worked with Mayor Alexander Calucag’s supervision to strengthen the flood control dike… Read More
The Little Blue Natural Resources District would collect $8 million in property tax revenue to support a $4.7 million budget of spending and saving for the new fiscal year under a budget proposal presented here Tuesday. Meeting in Davenport for their monthly meeting, LBNRD directors voted 16-0 to advance the proposed budget for fiscal 2018-19… Read More
It’s about a million dollars for every 100,000 cubic yards? Lake Contrary has seen better days — much better days. Now you hardly find where the beach ends and the middle of the lake begins. It was more like an amusement park than a lake in its prime. It was the place to go during… Read More
Missouri American Water uses Shoal Creek as it’s water source, treating what it pulls from the creek to remove dirt, which ends up in lagoons. Right now crews are cleaning out thirty thousand cubic yards of it. It’s a massive operation and the water waste is actually being put to work. South Joplin residents have… Read More
Town leaders have revived the lake dredging project for Carolina Beach lake hoping to take dredged material across Snows Cut. It comes as the project has sat stagnant for nine months. The council unanimously approved to continue the lake dredging. The town wants to begin as soon as possible, but they still have to get… Read More
Officials say the unsightly material found along the shoreline on an Ocean County beach Thursday is harmless. As part of a 14-mile beach fill and dune construction project along the northern Ocean County coast, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began dredging and pumping sand in the Ortley Beach section of Toms River on Thursday…. Read More
An escalation in the legal battle over sand. The group ‘Save Our Siesta Sand’ is not giving up its fight against dredging Siesta Key’s Big Pass to help re-nourish Lido Beach. Now, they’re taking the fight to the federal level. “Once you dredge a channel, you’re in for trouble,” Said Peter van Roekens, who is… Read More