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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
Provincial Energy Ventures Ltd. is finally taking a step forward in its plans to expand its bulk material transshipment facility on Sydney harbour. A request for proposals has been issued by the company for dredging services with a deadline to submit proposals by June 28. It was in 2012 that Provincial Energy Ventures president Ernie… Read More
There is progress on a pilot beach replenishment project slated for Surfer’s Beach, but don’t expect to see any movement of sand until summer of 2019. Pillar Point Harbor has been plagued with erosion issues since the east breakwater was completed in 1961. The barrier disrupted the natural flow of sand, which piled up on… Read More
Disagreements between the federal and state governments could slow the planning and approval of a reservoir project expected to reduce releases to the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers. Called the Everglades Agriculture Area, or EAA, reservoir, the $1.9 billion project is expected to store about 240,000 acre-feet of water that would typically be discharged from… Read More
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has approved the monitoring plan for the disposal of dredged material from the Hinkley Point C power station development site in the Bristol Channel into Welsh waters. NRW?said that this was the final condition within the marine licence that the licence holder had to meet before approval was given by NRW… Read More
Dane County launched its waterway cleanup effort Tuesday that will remove phosphorus-laden sludge from the bottom of creeks and streams to combat the toxic algae blooms fouling up the county’s lakes. The $12 million “Suck the Muck” project, overseen by the Land and Water Resources Department, will over the next four years dredge the bottom… Read More
Where will the dredged sand from the Mississippi River go? Seems like it would be a dredged materials placement facility or facilities in Wabasha, but that’s pending the outcome of a City Council meeting last Tuesday. The design or construction facility hasn’t happened yet. A city council meeting is scheduled for at City Hall as… Read More