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A $670,000 river dredging project has begun at the Rewa River. While commissioning the dredging operations today, Fiji’s Minster for Waterways Dr Mahendra Reddy said several villages would benefit from this project. He said those areas would be protected from flooding and related damage of agricultural farms, farm produce and personal properties. The maintenance dredging… Read More
Ngai Tahu has won concessions from Lyttelton Port through mediation over a resource consent for a big dredging programme due to begin soon. One of the largest dredges in the world will arrive in July to begin deepening the shipping channel for mega-ships capable of doubling freight capacity. Ngai Tahu’s objections focused on preventing sediment… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will soon begin testing soil and water from Eighteen Mile Creek near Plank Road as part of the agency’s ongoing cleanup of the creek. For the past 16 months, EPA has been designing its work plan of the second phase of the Eighteen Mile Creek Corridor cleanup, which will address… Read More
The federal government funds the lion’s share of the beach replenishment program that keeps sand on county beaches, protecting property, and promoting tourism. So, when the feds want to study the movement of sand along the entire shoreline on Seven Mile Island, no one objects. Timing is another matter entirely. Stone Harbor Council discussed a… Read More
The city plans to shutter a popular swath of Rockaway Beach this summer, saying erosion has made it unsafe for swimmers. But Queens Borough President Melinda Katz slammed the decision to close the area between Beach 91st and Beach 102nd streets as “unacceptable” in a statement released late Monday. “The city’s immediate plans for the… Read More
The trees along the Manoa Stream by Woodlawn Drive have been a part of the Manoa neighborhood for decades — so residents were shocked when the state began cutting them down on Friday. “I’m dismayed and angry that we didn’t get any information about it until it was already underway,” said Kieko Matteson, who lives… Read More
After a weekend of heavy rain and flooding in many local areas, one suburban mayor has written a letter to his residents to try to calm frustrations. We spoke to neighbor Amanda Garrett, who said she just moved into her house three weeks ago with her wife. “We already paid a bunch of money, now… Read More
The new fendering system between the Middle Lock (number 1 in the picture) and the new sea lock will be completed this month and that means that the closure of the Middle Lock will end. The lock gate chambers of the inner and outer head continue to grow in height (numbers 2 in the picture)… Read More
Lido Shores residents say they are frustrated after years of watching their lovely, quiet place on the beach washing away. A protective dune that serves as the Sarasota island neighborhood’s buffer from the Gulf of Mexico has lost 15½ feet since 2016, according to a Sarasota resident who has been measuring the imperiled shoreline bordering… Read More
It has become three times a charm for Central Coast Council over the controversial Ettalong Channel dredging issue, with the State Government announcing emergency funding to bail the council out for a third consecutive time. NSW Lands Minister Paul Toole visited Ettalong this morning to announce the government would contribute a quarter of a million… Read More
An ambitious proposal to build an island city on Utah Lake to help stymie toxic algae blooms that plague the water got a boost from Utah lawmakers this year, but not everyone thinks it’s a good idea. Developer Lake Restorations Inc. has proposed funding multiple conservation and restoration efforts on the lake through islands in… Read More
The Star High Asia Pacific Company had been given a five-year green light to begin mega dredging project in Yangon River, says Myanma Port Authority. While vessels requiring nine meters depth of water were allowed to pass through the Yangon River, most vessels had to wait for the rising tide as the water way gets… Read More
Dredging of the Penang River in Rakiraki is expected to start soon with the tender being re-advertised. Minister for Waterways, Dr Mahendra Reddy, says the first tender that was put out to dredge the mouth of the Penang River surpassed their estimates. “That tender we found out that the amount that was tendered was way… Read More
The first-ever dredging of a long-shifting New Jersey inlet may show how the Corps of Engineers can integrate navigation projects with its burgeoning mission of East Coast beach replenishment. This month a Coast Guard aids to navigation team from Cape May, N.J., re-established buoys in Little Egg Inlet, one of the last natural inlets uncontained… Read More
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hydraulic engineer and a civil engineer from Walla Walla District Headquarters deployed Wednesday in response to a request from Jefferson County emergency managers for help with emergency levee repairs, according to Corps emergency management officials at District headquarters here. High-flow conditions in the Snake River are eroding a segment… Read More