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A new committee in Fenwick Island is moving forward with ideas to gather support for dredging the Little Assawoman Bay following a well-attended workshop held this summer. In August, the Town of Fenwick Island invited the community to attend a dredging workshop with Senator Gerald Hocker and Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control… Read More
The Connecticut Port Authority (CPA) recently announced the start of the North Cove Maintenance Dredging Project. Crews working through spring of 2018 will remove roughly 290,000 cubic yards of sediment to restore the cove to its authorized depth of 11 feet. River flows, natural tidal movements, and even hurricane activity reduced the depth of North… Read More
The St. Johns River’s watchdog filed an injunction Monday seeking to block the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from beginning its high-profile project to dredge Jacksonville’s harbor, citing recent changes to the deepening plan and prolific flooding caused by Hurricane Irma that need more study. The St. Johns Riverkeeper filed the injunction in part because… Read More
Crews have started a new phase in the deepening of the Savannah River, the nearly $1 billion project to allow bigger ships to pass with fewer restrictions to the state’s bustling main port. The Army Corps of Engineers said work started last week on the final segment of dredging in the river’s outer channel. The… Read More
Stage two of the NSW Government’s $1.68 million dredging program at Yamba is underway, Nationals Member for Clarence Chris Gulaptis announced today. “This work will improve boating safety and navigation in the Clarence River at Yamba,” Mr Gulaptis said. “Stage 1 was completed in 2016 and saw around 18,000 cubic metres of sand dredged and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Oregon Water Resources Department are planning an open house to inform the public about potential water storage reallocation in the Willamette Valley. The meeting will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 11, at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Salem office, 4034… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Oregon Water Resources Department are planning an open house to inform the public about potential water storage reallocation in the Willamette Valley. The meeting will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 11, at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Salem office, 4034… Read More
Property owners up and down the New Jersey shore have tried many ways to block a protective sand dune project on their land. They complained about of lost views of the ocean; argued that existing dunes or rock walls they built and maintained on their own offer better protection against storms, and even worried about… Read More
Boaters were handed an early Christmas gift Tuesday, with state officials announcing that Little Egg Inlet, long plagued by shoals and breaking waves, will be dredged with the sand to be used for a beach replenishment project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers previous declined to dredge the inlet because it is not legally considered… Read More
A four-month dredging programme will start shortly at Axmouth Harbour to avoid it returning to its former state of mud flats. The three-phase dredging work will see Axmouth Harbour relieved of quantities of naturally accumulated silt. The work will be undertaken over the coming months by the Axe Yacht Club in conjunction with the Axe… Read More
U.S. Congressman Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., has urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) to more fully examine the potential consequences of its proposal to move the Morehead City Port channel 700 feet west, away from Shackleford Banks and toward Atlantic Beach. In a Nov. 28 letter to Col. Robert Clark of the ACE’s… Read More
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is on board with Northern Water’s plan to mitigate the impact of the proposed Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP) on fish and wildlife, according to Brian Werner of Northern Water. In November, the governor sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirming both his and the state’s position… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Friday that it completed dredging of Cleveland Harbor and the Cuyahoga River shipping channel and claims it is now working well with Ohio officials as it works toward future dredging projects. Also on Friday, the Army Corps appealed a ruling by a federal judge who said the Corps… Read More
To combat beach erosion, village leaders in Brunswick County’s Bald Head Island hope to borrow sand from Jay Bird Shoals. The Army Corps of Engineers’ Wilmington office has received a request from village officials to dredge a section of the shoals and deposit the sand along South Beach, next to a terminal groin built in… Read More
Phase 1 of the Brownsville Public Utility Board’s resaca restoration project wrapped up just more than one year ago, and now the city-owned utility is beating the bushes for federal funds to proceed with Phase 2. The second phase involves three resaca systems snaking through the city: Town Resaca, Resaca de la Guerra and Resaca… Read More