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Construction work is expected to resume later this month on a facility to support the $243 million dredging project to clean up cancer-causing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) from the Grasse River upstream from its entry the St. Lawrence River.. When constructed, the facility will be used as a staging area to support future dredging and capping… Read More
Murky seawater in Dublin Bay should not be blamed on dredging, according to Dublin Port Company’s CEO. Earlier this week, it emerged that all planned diving excursions in Dublin Bay by Irish Underwater Council members had been cancelled due to poor visibility in the water. Dive instructor Peader Farrell pointed at dredging works to deepen… Read More
A federal project to dredge Clearwater Pass is under way. The $1.2 million maintenance project will remove 60,000 cubic yards of material, which will be placed in a near shore disposal area north of the inlet, according to a city news release. The authorized channel is 10 feet deep by 150 feet wide at the… Read More
The goal is to begin dredging the West Fork San Jacinto River in mid-June, Eduardo Irigoyen, project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District said. According to Irigoyen, the dredging project will span from about 2.5 miles west of West Lake Houston Parkway to about a quarter-mile east of West Lake Houston… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a change on Wednesday to the beach restoration schedule for Harvey Cedars and Surf City. Weeks Marine now estimates that work will begin in Harvey Cedars on May 19 – after the remaining pipeline for the project has been laid – and will be ongoing until mid- to… Read More
The United States Army Corps of Engineers has started a maintenance dredge of the Brownsville Ship Channel and is placing sand on a nearshore berm near the City of South Padre Island’s beach. The Island’s beach will receive sand from the dredging project. The area where the sand is being deposited is known as a… Read More
For months, Bathtub Reef Beach in Martin County was closed for a renourishment project after it lost a lot of sand. So where did all that sand go? Some of it wound up in the St. Lucie Inlet. Right now, workers are dredging the St. Lucie Inlet. This project was set to start before Hurricane… Read More
The stars seem to be aligning for Wahkiakum County’s efforts to obtain dredge spoils for eroding beaches. County officials, their consulting engineers, and representatives of the US Army Corps of Engineers met last week, and the parties agreed that after some final adjustments, the beach nourishment project permits will be approved. “It looks like we’re… Read More
On the south bank of Mission Creek, near Spiers Road, Eugene and Barb Filice watched Wednesday as logs the size of telephone poles smashed and splintered against a short bridge as fast-moving water surged beneath. The Filices have lived a short walk from the bridge, on Parsons Road, since 1968 and in the ’80s had… Read More
Mayor of Accra, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, has said GHS1.5 billion has been spent by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to clear clogged drains in the capital city as part of measures to mitigate flooding during the rainy season. According to him, although the AMA has mapped up strategies to minimise flooding this year, its efforts… Read More
The effort to rebuild Saxon Harbor after it was destroyed in the July 2016 storm continues, with the Iron County Forestry and Parks Committee voting to seek bids for dredging and other work in the marina at its meeting Tuesday. The work would consist primarily of dredging approximately 21,100 cubic yards of sediment from the… Read More
Work on the Kissimmee River Restoration had a serious setback from Hurricane Irma in 2017, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers still expects to finish the project in 2020. Turbulence barriers were no match for the torrent of water rushing down the river from the upper Kissimmee after the hurricane dumped 8 to 12… Read More
Work begins this summer on a sand barrier dune in the Willapa Bay near the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer on the $19.9 million federally-funded dune repair project, intended to provide coastal storm damage protection. The project will also maintain habitat for the Pacific Coast western snowy plover and… Read More
Four sealed bids were opened Monday afternoon by the Port of Port Townsend for the Point Hudson south jetty replacement project. American Construction Co. of Tacoma, with a bid amount of $3,991,118.93, was the apparent low bidder. Also submitting bids were: Bergerston Construction, Astoria, Ore., $4,598,366.65; Orion Marine Group, Tacoma, $4,014,437.30; and Pacific Pile &… Read More
What is the Eagles Nest Islands Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project? On May 23, 2018, from 5-7 p.m., a delegation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be available at the Alton Motorboat Club for a public forum addressing this project, which is a part of its restoration of the upper half of the… Read More