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Anchorage Poynte’s lagoon is one step closer to its first dredging in more than a decade after Township Committee passed a $710,000 bond ordinance Wednesday to help fund the project. “I’m firmly in favor of this project,” said Leonard Dagit, a resident who said he represents two properties that would be affected. “We suffered a… Read More
A multi million dollar dredging program has been announced for the Port of Karumba. The $6.8 million program will begin in the coming months to create a channel depth of 3.2 metres. The Karumba port channel was developed to facilitate the Century Mine operations in 1999. The ongoing annual maintenance dredging of the channel was… Read More
The North Topsail Beach Board of Aldermen were recently given options on how to fix the New River Inlet. Photos of the inlet in the presentation given by Environmental Consultants with Dial Cordy and Associations showed that over time a large chunk of the north end of the beach has eroded into the ocean. “Something… Read More
The Galveston City Council on Thursday approved the partial funding of a $25 million renourishment project for Babe’s Beach, two years after a previous dredging and beach restoration effort. The Galveston Island Park board sought $1.5 million from the city to fortify Babe’s Beach — the 15-block stretch of coastline from 61st Street to 75th… Read More
The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) will continue expansion works at the Montego Bay Freeport terminal during the 2018/19 fiscal year, in response to increased demand for cruise and cargo services at that location. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during his 2018/19 Budget Debate presentation in the House of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will host an open house from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., April 4, at the St. James Hotel in Red Wing. The meeting will focus on a habitat improvement study in and around Pierce County Islands and the Head… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and representatives from Pinellas County will host a public meeting on an upcoming beach nourishment project Wednesday, March 28, 6-7:30 p.m., at the Indian Shores Municipal Center, 19305 Gulf Blvd.. The meeting will provide an overview of the upcoming Sand Key and Treasure Island beach renourishment project scheduled to… Read More
Crews began dredging Knapps Narrows near Tilghman Island this past weekend as part of maintenance dredging being overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District to ensure continued safe navigation along the federal channel. The Knapps Narrows Federal Navigation Channel is important to the local economy and is used heavily by watermen and… Read More
State Sen. Dan Laughlin loves Presque Isle State Park, but don’t get him started on the “rock piles.” Laughlin, of Millcreek Township, R-49th Dist., knows the system of 55 breakwaters — many mistakenly refer to them as break walls — on the Lake Erie side of the peninsula has helped reduce beach sand erosion by… Read More
In 2017, Avalon had its largest beach replenishment, over 1 million cubic yards of sand. March 2018 with its seemingly back-to-back nor’easters has once again left the borough with a need to move sand from more southern beaches to its troubled north end. It is a process everyone knows will be needed on a continuing… Read More
A complaint with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection regarding Crystal Lake has been dealt with, according to city officials. But another, separate issue regarding the dredging project is ongoing. “All I can tell you is there is an ongoing enforcement matter regarding the disposal of the sediment from the dredging project at a landfill,”… Read More
The saga of the Carolina Beach Lake continues. After months and months of dredging, followed by returning dredged dirt to the lake, is it even going to happen at all? Carolina Beach Mayor Joe Benson says the town will explore the issue again at its April 24 Town Workshop. He says the public wants the… Read More
After months of lobbying state legislators and Cabinet members, the city of Tarpon Springs has received $676,046 to help fund the dredging of the Anclote River. Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday, March 16, to provide funding for the Anclote River Dredge Project, which Tarpon Springs officials argue is necessary for the survival of… Read More
Andrei Tarasenko, Acting Governor of the Primorsky Territory, and Jorge Delgado, Vice President of Business Development, Global Government and Community Relations, Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD. have met today, 20 March 2018, to discuss the forthcoming calls of the cruise company’s ships to the port of Vladivostok, says press center of the regional government. According to… Read More
One of the initial issues the December 2015 flood caused for the George W. Andrews lock near Columbia has been addressed, but other problems still remain. According to Tim Oberle, a deputy public affairs officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mobile office, the flood deposited large amounts of sediment into the lock chamber,… Read More