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Members of the Morganza Action Coalition recently met with Gov. John Bel Edwards to advocate for an estimated $22.5 million in state money for the Grand Bayou Floodgate. The Grand Bayou Floodgate is the last major link between the Terrebonne and Lafourche levee segments along the Morganza-to-the-Gulf hurricane protection system. Morganza is made up of… Read More
The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (Ceza) had ordered the contractor of the P5-billion breakwater project in Port Irene here to repair the damaged structure — a contractual obligation it had not fulfilled for almost three years. “We have given [contractor Sta. Elena Construction Inc.] the chance to do these repairs, and I told them we… Read More
New Jersey has completed a project that has rebuilt storm-battered beaches and dunes in southern Long Beach Island while simultaneously ensuring a safe navigation channel in the notoriously dangerous Little Egg Inlet. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. of Oak Brook, Illinois dredged 700,000 cubic yards of sand from the inlet that was pumped along… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers special purpose dredge Currituck has finished opening Lockwood Folly Inlet and officials report the channel is straighter and deeper than it’s been in a decade. Jim Medlock, shallow draft inlet navigation program project manager for the corps’ Wilmington District, said the job cost about $480,000 to $500,000, less than… Read More
Congressman Matt Gaetz toured the East Pass with the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday to determine the level of need for expedited dredging. Destin City Councilman Rodney Braden, Okaloosa County Commissioner Kelly Windes and Matt Trammell of Taylor Engineering accompanied Gaetz on the tour. They later discussed the dangerously shallow water throughout East Pass during… Read More
Every year, Green Harbor is dredged by the Army Corps of Engineers, with the sediment removed dumped back into the sea off South Marshfield and North Duxbury. This year, thanks to a grant from Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management, the Woods Hole Group will be studying whether this material could be better used replenishing Marshfield’s beaches…. Read More
There is not enough time left to perform dredging in Rukki Channel, located off the coast of Western Estonia’s Lääne County on the sea lane between the mainland and the island of Hiiumaa before summer, the Estonian Maritime Administration said on Thursday. Estonian Maritime Administration Director General Rene Arikas told BNS that even if the… Read More
A $140-million dollar Hamilton Harbour cleanup project is moving into a new phase. Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catharine McKenna has toured Randle Reef, where a structure is being built to contain 5,000 cubic metres of coal tar and other pollutants. The site is approximately 120 football fields in size and contains enough contaminated… Read More
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Thursday, spoke of effort by his administration to get relevant agencies to dredge the Warri and Koko ports in Warri South and North, respectively. Governor Okowa, at two separate town hall meetings in Warri and Koko, said the cost of dredging the ports was huge, adding that his administration… Read More
There has been a renewed call for year-round dredging of the Swansea Channel after more than two dozen boats got stuck in shallow water during the Easter long-weekend. Lake Macquarie Marine Rescue was called to tow 28 vessels – mostly yachts – to safety between Thursday and Tuesday morning, after they ran into trouble because… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will expand its maintenance of the Bayou Lafourche navigational channel that provides access to Port Fourchon. The corps and the Greater Lafourche Port Commission signed the agreement Wednesday at the corps’ District Headquarters in New Orleans. “This agreement is the culmination of over five years of work to demonstrate… Read More
While planning continues, a long-term solution to Inlet depth concerns is at least five years away. In a meeting last Thursday, representatives from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Army Corps of Engineers reviewed with local representatives the process for study and design of a major project to address the shoaling —… Read More
A project to dredge of the Housatonic River and move the material to Hammonasset State Park in Madison was completed two months ahead of schedule and under budget. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Tuesday that work that was scheduled to end March 31 was finished by the end of December. “The project was… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Louisiana Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) announced an update to the permitting timeline for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The updates will advance the target date for completion of an Environmental Impact Statement and issuance of required decisions and permits from 2022 to 2020, shaving 22 months off… Read More
A draft of the new master plan for renovating the Town Docks will be presented to the Recreation Advisory Commission. The report includes three options: minor expansion of the existing layout, adding a dock north of the Brazilian Dock, and multiple larger slips. The marina renovation would include dredging the mooring basin, building a new… Read More