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Members of the Dare County Waterways Commission made imminent plans at their meeting on Monday to speed up dredging in Hatteras Inlet in order to accomplish as much as possible before the March 31 deadline. Dredging the South Ferry Channel, also known as the Connecting Channel, in Hatteras Inlet is allowed from October 1 through… Read More
Often, the wheels of government action grind with excruciating slowness, but sometimes, “we’re from the government and we’re to help you” can be true. That would seem to be the case with the dredging of Collier Creek, now well underway after county officials fast-tracked the project on an emergency basis in the aftermath of serious… Read More
The federal-state Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act task force announced Thursday (Feb. 15) that it has approved spending $62 million to begin engineering and design work on four projects and to move two projects into construction. The task force’s Jan. 25 meeting to consider approval of the projects was cancelled by a government… Read More
China will dredge a middle section of the Yangtze to improve waterflow in the country’s longest river. The National Development and Reform Commission will fully finance the 4 billion-yuan (635 million U.S. dollars) project, making a 386.5 km-long waterway on the river suitable for heavy freight liners. Under the plan, by 2019 the waterway between… Read More
The Acadiana Planning Commission voted Wednesday to spend $25 million in federal funds on nine regional drainage projects, including four in Lafayette Parish that total $11.2 million. Two of the Lafayette Parish projects are in Youngsville and two are in Scott. Youngsville Mayor Ken Ritter said the coulees in his two projects, Bayou Parc Perdu… Read More
A SECOND major dredge is being planned for the Port River by Origin Energy. The electricity and gas supplier has applied to the State Planning Commission to dredge 70,000 cubic metres of sea matter to accommodate a fuel storage barge. The revelation comes as Planning Minister John Rau asks the Environment Protection Authority to investigate… Read More
On 12 February 2018, FSUE Rosmorport obtained state environmental approval for the documentation under the project on maintenance dredging at Kavkaz and Taman ports, says the company. The project documentation has been acknowledged to comply with environmental requirements set forth by environmental laws and regulations. The project on maintenance dredging at Kavkaz seaport in 2017-2027… Read More
Work will soon begin on the latest phase of at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe which will include the reclamation of 3.2 hectares of seabed. During the project, approximately 13 hectares of new paved container yard will be constructed directly behind Berth 9 at the UK’s largest container port. “Berths 8&9 were the first berths… Read More
Gov. Jay Inslee today rejected the site certification application for the Vancouver Energy project at the Port of Vancouver USA. “After considering the record in this proceeding, I concur with the Council’s unanimous recommendation to reject the application,” the Governor wrote in a letter to Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council Chair Kathleen Drew. “After considering… Read More
The Shell Rock River Watershed District’s pre-bid meeting turned up 14 companies as the district prepares to dredge Fountain Lake. The district had a pre-bid meeting Feb. 1 to go through project details of the Fountain Lake dredge. The group also toured the staging area, dredge, pumps, pipe location and the containment disposal facility. Interim… Read More
After receiving approval from the state Department of Environmental Conservation, DEC, to begin sediment sampling around Rye’s Boat Basin, the city is moving closer to preparing a proposal to dredge the marina. On Feb. 8, the city began the sampling, which will be used to help determine the total volume of sediment to be dredged… Read More
Sarnia might need to keep closer tabs on the riverbed in its Harbour, but measuring its depth costs about $20,000 every time. That’s according to a report to city council from Peter Hungerford, Sarnia’s recently retired director of economic development and corporate planning. His six-page report details the $3.5-million dredging project that ultimately resulted in… Read More
The dredging of Wagner Creek and Seybold Canal, part of a major environmental clean-up project to the tributary connected to the Miami River, is entering its final phase. This is welcome news to members of the Miami River Commission, who for many years advocated for removing toxic sediments from the waterway. “They’re doing great. They’re… Read More
This summer, the Camden County government plans to kick off a two-year, $20-plus-million cleanup of Newton Creek, from its headwaters in Haddon Township through its tributaries in Audubon Park. Cleaning up the creek has been a horizon goal for the county government since at least 2015, when freeholders announced that a plan was in the… Read More
Two common problems in coastal areas — eroded beaches, and clogged inlets hazardous for boat traffic — have a mutual solution. Coastal areas around the country are dredging clogged inlets to make them easier and safer to navigate, and using the sand they suck from the bottom to widen beaches damaged by natural erosion or… Read More