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Through out the years, the Destin pass has shrunk causing safety concerns for boaters. “When the pass itself, or the bar I should say, is compromised by being shallow and not having enough depth, any sea out of the south quadrant and wind out of the south creates a dangerous situation,” District 5 Okaloosa County… Read More
The dredging of The Entrance Channel is underway, according to Central Coast Council’s Director of Assets and Infrastructure, Mr Mike Dowling. Mr Dowling said the dredging program is carried out to maintain tidal exchange between the ocean and the estuary. “Council must balance the delicate environment of The Entrance Channel while enhancing navigation of the… Read More
Dredging of a 15-mile stretch of the Indian River Lagoon from Sebastian to Palm Bay is on the horizon. If a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is issued, the Florida Inland Navigation District could begin construction on a dredge material storage area in about a year. It would take another year to… Read More
Santa Barbara County Flood Control continues its emergency response to the January debris flows with hydraulic dredging of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve. The dredging is an effort to relieve 20,000 cubic yards of sediment from the Salt Marsh deposited either naturally via the Franklin and Santa Monica Creeks during the heavy rains, or by… Read More
A proposed $425 million San Francisco bond measure to kick-start vital repairs to the city’s fragile Embarcadero seawall cleared an important hurdle Monday, pushing it closer to a spot on the November ballot. Citing an urgent need to make the crumbling seawall more resilient to earthquakes and the effects of sea-level rise, the city’s Capital… Read More
Refining NZ wants to deepen the channel into Whangarei Harbour so larger oil tankers can visit the refinery fully loaded. The application by Refining NZ for a resource consent to deepen the channel has attracted more submissions opposed to the plan than those in support. Refining NZ wants to dredge the channel so larger oil… Read More
Relief is coming for Moriches Inlet. On Tuesday morning, U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin announced that his request for emergency dredging of the inlet had been approved, though an exact date for the work has not yet been nailed down. In a release sent out on Tuesday, he noted that Colonel Thomas Asbery, the New York… Read More
Dredging works at the Sigatoka and Penang rivers will start as soon as tenders are awarded. Also on the Ministry of Waterways priority list is the Navua River bank protection works for Vunibau Village. The two Government-owned dredgers are out of service. Both are 40 years old. $3 million has been allocated to purchase new… Read More
Four years. That’s the Port of Corpus Christi’s ambitious goal for dredging 36 miles of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, starting from the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico all the way up to the Viola Channel near Flint Hills Resources. The dredging is part of the port’s nearly three-decade long effort to deepen and… Read More
A state of emergency has been declared in Okaloosa County. Dredgers have been working to stabilize Norriego Point in Destin’s harbor. When that work was finished some county commissioners were hoping the dredgers would address concerns around the East Pass channel. Unfortunately, that is not-going to happen. “The project is currently on schedule to be… Read More
Torrential rains that washed mud into the Houston Ship Channel some eight months ago are now bolstering Port Commissioners’ call for increased federal funding to maintain the waterway, with chairman Janiece Longoria citing Hurricane Harvey to rally support during a dredge task force meeting on Monday. She reminded the crowd how the waterway closed for… Read More
The basin at the port of Cape Jervis is getting deeper day by day as the dredging operation by the new Kangaroo Island Connect ferry services progresses. Dredging at the port began on Friday, April 13, to deepen the basin and allow the KI Connect ferry service to start service. KI Connect managing director David… Read More
Goshen Dam Pond Dredging Advisory Board members met Monday at City Hall to discuss plans to revamp the recently stalled Goshen Dam Pond dredging project. Monday’s meeting served as the first time the group had gathered since last month’s announcement that the $1.1 million dredging contract the city had approved with Michigan-based dredging company Grow… Read More
Governor Greg Abbott received applause from a crowd of Kingwood residents at Los Cucos Mexican Restaurant Monday night when he announced dredging of the San Jacinto River will begin in two weeks. After the governor authorized funding from the state’s hazard and mitigation fund to conduct a study of the entire riverbed to figure out… Read More
Sussex Inlet waterways are becoming impassable to boats, preventing Marine Rescue vessels from reaching boaters in need of emergency assistance. Residents have been calling on Shoalhaven City Council to dredge the waterway since October, requests which have fallen on deaf ears. A report tabled for council’s Natural Resources and Floodplain Committee tomorrow night does not… Read More