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Bipartisan legislation intended to support the Lake McClure Storage Enhancement Project has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, Merced Irrigation District officials said Thursday. “This first step is crucial to the ongoing effort to increase end-of-year carry-over storage capacity at Lake McClure,” said Hicham ElTal, MID Deputy General Manager of Water Supply and Rights. Similar… Read More
Claims that a lifeboat cannot be launched at low tide were made as part of a request for Office of Public Works funding for dredging at three west Waterford harbours. However, the funding requests have been denied despite this. Councillors serving the Dungarvan-Lismore municipal district have regularly pleaded with Waterford Council to dredge the harbours… Read More
The Canaveral Harbor and Canaveral Sand Bypass projects will receive priority funding in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fiscal Year 2018 Workplan. The Corps has allocated $14,760,000 to the Canaveral Harbor Sand Bypass project and $1,470,000 will be provided for maintenance of the Port’s harbor and the Canaveral Locks. U.S. Congressman Bill Posey (FL-08)… Read More
Congressman Bill Keating says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has committed to spending millions of dollars on a long-awaited dredging project that will deepen a channel into Plymouth Harbor just in time for the town’s 400th anniversary, which organizers hope will draw wooden boats and small cruise ships from around the world. Keating, who… Read More
A beach nourishment project will be able to start this fall on Pawleys Island, and the work appears to be within the range of the town’s estimates. Bids were opened Friday afternoon from three firms. Marinex Construction of Charleston appeared to be the low bidder with costs ranging from $10.9 million to $15 million. The… Read More
Most people call it Sunset Bay. Those who have lived in Worthington for many years like to call it by its old name: Mudhole Bay. The original name is appropriate, as the bay takes in large amounts of phosphorus and sediment from Lake Okabena every year, creating a deep, thick mud floor. However, the bay… Read More
Indigenes of Ilaje in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State on Friday appealed to the Federal Government to include their communities in the proposed dredging of the Escravos-Warri river. They noted that the peaceful execution of the project would be threatened if the Escravos-Warri river, which cuts across their communities, was not… Read More
On Friday the Baker-Polito administration announced a 1.6 million-dollar grant for the design and engineering for the potential dredging of New Bedford’s inner harbor. According to state officials this marks an important step in the long-term effort to support the maritime economy of Southeastern Massachusetts, including the communities of New Bedford and Fairhaven. The scope… Read More
Federal lawmakers on Wednesday approved a measure that directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to report on the repairs needed along Connecticut River levee systems in Hartford and East Hartford, U.S. Rep. John B. Larson announced Thursday. The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Water Resources Development Act of 2018, which includes… Read More
Funding for a study officials say is vital to the future of the Mill Creek Flood Control Project took a major step forward recently. U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., announced that $500,000 for the Mill Creek project study has been included in next year’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ work plan. In the release,… Read More
The restoration of an illegally dredged and rerouted stream will cost more than $250,000, pushing the cumulative toll of the fiasco beyond $500,000. Radtke Contractors Inc. of Winneconne submitted a low bid of $258,576 for the restoration work. The Town Board is expected to award the contract Monday. The schedule calls for the restoration of… Read More
Efforts to dredge PCBs and other industrial chemicals from the Hudson River near a former Rensselaer dye factory under a $41 million cleanup project are expected to start this month. Expected to take three years, work at the former BASF facility on Riverside Avenue calls for removal of about 38,700 cubic yards of river bottom… Read More
In one of the more controversial votes members have cast over the past several years, the Wyandotte City Council has opted to put the brakes on a planned transient marina. During its June 4 meeting, Leo Stevenson, a member of the city’s Marina Committee, made what many on the council said was a convincing argument… Read More
Georgia state representative and St. Simons Island resident Jeff Jones says he is opposed to the Sea Island Co.’s plans to install a third rock groin as part of a plan to renourish Sea Island’s beach with 1.3 million cubic yards of sand. It started with a planned development of eight oceanfront homes on what… Read More
With slightly more than a week of work done, the dredging and beach-grooming crews are in the vicinity of the 600 block of Caswell Beach Road with fresh sand dredged from the shipping channel. Eric Price, spokesman for Weeks Marine Inc., said last week Tuesday a mechanical problem on the dredge stalled operations for about… Read More