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The Mobile City Council is considering spending $125,000 on a dredging project at Arlington Park. IIt’spart of an agreement with Airbus and the Mobile Airport Authority. Another $125,000 would be provided by the county and around $600,000 could come from Airbus. Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s office is sponsoring the resolution. He said Airbus will need the… Read More
The big question swirling around Carolina Beach is if they should continue dredging Carolina Beach Lake. Town council held a workshop Tuesday evening to discuss four proposed options on how to move forward. Last year, the town began dredging to reduce the risk of flooding during hurricanes or heavy rain. The town suspended the project… Read More
When Hurricane Mathew washed out his seawall, the storm took a big chunk of Tom Turnage’s oceanfront home. “I got outflanked by Matthew,” said Turnage. Two years later, his home has been rebuilt and Turnage is leading the charge for a beach replenishment project. “I think it is a good idea,” he said. The plan… Read More
Dredging of the basin at the port of Cape Jervis is now complete allowing the operators of KI Connect to continue planning for the start of the service to Kangaroo Island. KIC managing director David Harris said the dredging was finalised last week after the big, long-arm excavator was able to deepen area directly adjacent… Read More
After a monthslong project that reshaped the coastline and briefly led to flooding on Margate’s beaches, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers beach and dune work on Absecon Island is scheduled to wrap up by the end of April. The $63 million project was implemented to fulfill former Gov. Chris Christie’s pledge to construct a… Read More
It has been more than a year since the Town of Carolina Beach implemented what ultimately became an ill-fated lake dredging project. In December, the town terminated the incomplete project, but that left some issues unresolved. Background The project was originally created to help address the town’s flooding issues, and the intent was to increase… Read More
Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) announced that the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps New York District, Colonel Thomas Asbery, just received the needed Emergency Declaration from Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division Brigadier General William Graham, granting Rep. Zeldin’s request to perform emergency dredging of the Moriches Inlet. With this emergency declaration, the… Read More
Is the Port of Falmouth witnessing the final death throes of the multi-million pound capital dredging scheme proposed for the port, as the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) continues to vacillate over the Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC) dredging application? Captain Mark Sansom, harbour master and chief executive of the Falmouth Harbour Commissioners would not comment on… Read More
The eThekwini’s Engineering Unit’s Coastal, Stormwater and Catchment Management (CSCM) Department has closed four Durban beaches for sand pumping operations. Portions of North Beach, Dairy Beach, Country Club and Battery Beach were closed on Friday to allow for sand pumping operation which will likely take four weeks. “Beach replenishment at these locations will be undertaken… Read More
As city officials continue moving forward with the Adrian’s Island riverfront project, several items — like permits — still need to be nailed down before construction. The Jefferson City Housing Authority, which owns Adrian’s Island, approved Jefferson City’s license request last Tuesday, allowing the city to send workers to the island to remove brush and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to conduct Grays Harbor maintenance dredging in the Outer Harbor beginning April 19 with two Corps hopper dredge vessels, Essayons and Yaquina. The Yaquina will begin April 19 and will dredge through approximately April 22. Dredging will occur in shoaled areas of Pt. Chehalis reach. The goal is… Read More
A main supply used in Ocean City’s beach replenishment project is running out. Now, officials say they’re weighing their options and looking into *outside resources* to preserve this important program, that’s prevented more than $900 million in storm damage. “We’ve used those areas so until they build up again they’re looking for additional areas,” said… Read More
Some people living in Garden City and Murrells Inlet will soon vote on a project to dig up a channel. A Georgetown County spokesperson says voters along that channel will decide on a tax referendum on Tuesday, May 29. When News13 reported on this story last month, residents and businesses said the channel is usually… Read More
Funding to dredge Hampton Harbor could come in 2019, a top Army Corps of Engineers official told U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in an appropriations hearing Wednesday. Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, chief of engineers and commanding general of the corps, said approximately $275,000 for designs for the harbor’s dredging could be secured this year. Approximately $4… Read More
A scheduled dredging of the Oceanside Harbor to remove built-up sand and help provide safer boating has been delayed. The city expected dredging to begin in mid-April, a process overseen by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Two weeks ago, the city was notified that operations could be pushed back another month, with a… Read More