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Final approvals were recently granted by government regulatory agencies for a dredging project set to begin this summer at the Grand Traverse Bay Harbor in Houghton County, according to a press release from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The work is part of the ongoing effort to save Buffalo Reef, an important Lake Superior… Read More
Large-scale projects long considered essential to easing Houston’s flooding woes went to the top of the area’s to-do list after Hurricane Harvey inundated large swaths of the nation’s fourth-largest city. Seven months later, local officials are still looking for funding to undertake plans that include a new reservoir, deeper and wider bayous and a costal… Read More
Delmarva beaches felt the brunt of Wednesday’s nor’easter while the rest of the area was spared from significant snowfall. The Delaware shoreline had a problem with erosion, but none worse than Bethany Beach, which lost three sets of stairs, said Mike Powell, DNREC natural hazards program manager. “We had significant beach erosion along the Atlantic… Read More
The entire region was impacted by the nor’easter with either snow, rain or a mixture of both. But at the Jersey Shore, lots of sand was washed out to sea. Tons of beach replenishment equipment, nearly $2 million was just spent pumping hundreds of tons of sand. About 15% of that was washed away during… Read More
Two Maine legislators try and find a solution after significant erosion at Camp Ellis. They are proposing an emergency bill to force congress into approving money to fix the issue. “This is something they’ve had to deal with for decades and it’s time that it ends,” Senator Justin Chenette from Saco said. The Saco jetty… Read More
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