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Work has gotten started on a $4.3 million dredging project to clean 290,000 cubic yards of sediment out of the town’s North Cove, which is located near the mouth of the Connecticut River. Officials with the Connecticut Port Authority announced the start of dredging during a press conference Monday. The Authority is headquartered in Old… Read More
This week, work begins on a landmark dredging project to help transform East Yorkshire’s Pocklington Canal. This is the first time in over a century that two sections (totalling just under a mile) of the 9-mile canal are being dredged. This £152,000 project aims to finish just before Christmas and is led by the Canal… Read More
An application to dredge in a pipi bed for boat access has been withdrawn after an outcry from Russell residents. Staff from the Northland Regional and Far North District councils inspected a property at Uruti Bay, also known as Pomare Bay, last Thursday after being contacted by the public about a development which included a… Read More
The Borinquen Dredge is moving to the Calumet Cut. Executive Director Raymond “Mac” Wade made that report on behalf of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Tim Connell on Monday at a Port of Morgan City board meeting. The Borinquen Dredge, which has been working between the La. 182 and U.S. 90 bridges and contracted through… Read More
San Diego officials unveiled plans this week to spend $117 million over the next 10 years upgrading Mission Bay Park with new amenities, restored marshland and additional habitat for endangered species. New amenities will include cycling and pedestrian paths, playgrounds, a fitness course, lighting, signs, landscaping, resurfaced parking lots and rehabilitation of the seawall. City… Read More
The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG) is hosting a town hall this Thursday, November 16, to let the public know what the canal cleanup will entail, the timeline, and what to expect. Designated a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2010, the multi-year cleanup began recently with preliminary test-dredging at the… Read More
Emergency dredging of the access channel to the port of Beira, Mozambique will allow larger draft ships to moor when it is completed within six months, said the director of communication of Mozambique’s port and rail management company, CFM. Adélio Dias also told daily newspaper Noticias that the operation consists of cleaning the channel, the… Read More
The city will soon be taking down detour signs and reopening the San Luis Rey River Trail, which were temporarily closed to allow anticipated river dredging. Dredging operations overseen by the Army Corps of Engineers have been called off. The Corps did not reply to The Coast News’ questions on the decision to halt the… Read More
Cleanup and repair costs associated with flooding in West Kelowna earlier this year have been put at $5.2 million. Local taxpayers will be on the hook for 20 per cent of the total, or just over $1 million. The list of 45 flood recovery projects includes fixing buckled pavement, rebuilding failed waterfront retaining walls, unclogging… Read More
City Manager Ed Stinson said Brigantine received approval from the Army Corps of Engineers recently for a project aimed at protecting residents and property owners from storm surges and tidal flooding, but the approval fell short of what the city was hoping for. Brigantine is in negotiations with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bureau… Read More
A section of Pilot Bay will be closed as 500 cubic metres of sand is poured on the beach. Salisbury Wharf to the waka ama shed on Pilot Bay will be fenced off for public safety from November 13-15 as large trucks and machines work on the area during the day. Some car parking at… Read More
Surveys for the deepening of the navigation channel and interior area of Porto Comercial da Figueira da Foz (commercial port of Figueira da Foz) have started, with a term of execution of three months. This is the first stage of the study on deepening the draft, which aims to increase the current 6.5 metres to… Read More
It is not just Port Mansfield that would benefit if its ship channel was dredged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – South Padre Island would be helped greatly as well. There are parts of SPI where beach erosion reaches 15 feet a year. The sediment the Army Corps could dredge at Port Mansfield… Read More
It’s a critical week for the future kayak park in the heart of the Poudre River District. The city of Fort Collins is awaiting a final permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that is due any day. When it comes, it will signal the start of an $8.5 million park designed to electrify… Read More
While the Fountain Lake dredge permit is still not what the Shell Rock River Watershed District would like it to be, the watershed director of field operations said he sees potential that the lake will be dredged to the volume the district wants. At Thursday morning’s special meeting, Director of Field Operations Andy Henschel outlined… Read More