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Reuse of dredged material on beaches and marshes can allow natural processes to resolve coastal problems and improve the environment. And regional approaches to managing sediments can lower costs, according to the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean. The two groups will host a free webinar May 30… Read More
The parliamentary standing committee on water resources ministry on Sunday recommended quick dredging of Buriganga, Shitalakhya and Turag Rivers on priority basis. The recommendations were made at the 36th meeting of the committee, held at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. With committee chairman Ramesh Chandra Sen in the chair, the meeting was attended by state minister for… Read More
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official confirmed this week that the annual spring dredging of the Oceanside harbor has fallen through, meaning less sand for the city’s starving beaches this summer. The Corps has hired contractors to dredge the harbor entrance every year for decades to keep it deep enough for safe navigation. Sand… Read More
An innovative sand pumping initiative between eThekwini municipality and Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has successfully reinstated sand along eroded sections of Durban’s popular Golden Mile and could offer similar benefits for beaches extending further northwards. The municipality and TNPA proposed the initiative late last year to tackle beach erosion exacerbated by climate change and… Read More
Pontiac Bay Superfund site cleanup moves from the preparation stage to the dredging phase this week, now that the 50-foot-high white structure covering the loading site is up. State Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman Dave Winchell said when they finally get this done, Pontiac Bay and Lake Flower will be a much healthier place. “The… Read More
The Department of Enterprise Services is in the process of selecting a consultant to perform an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which is the second phase in long-term planning for the Capitol Lake/Lower Deschutes Watershed. An EIS is a tool used in decision making and is required before: •Any short-term actions are taken, such as initial… Read More
The Gulf Consortium has approved the RESTORE Act’s state expenditure plan, which includes $12.6 million to clean up Bayou Chico and $12.6 million to improve water quality in Santa Rosa Sound. The consortium formally approved the plan at a board meeting Thursday in Panama City Beach. Gov. Rick Scott still needs to sign off on… Read More
The Glynn County Commission voted Thursday to approve a temporary amendment to the zoning ordinance, which will allow the county’s community development department to approve the Sea Island Co.’s beach renourishment plan. To get U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approval for a new rock groin and the renourishment plan, Sea Island would need approval from… Read More
Goshen Dam Pond Dredging Advisory Board members met Thursday at the Goshen Municipal Annex Building to finalize plans for a proposed revamp of the recently stalled Goshen Dam Pond dredging project. Thursday’s meeting served as a final question-and-answer session between the board and the project’s major stakeholders prior to the project’s rebidding slated for later… Read More
It cost twice as much as expected, but after 18 months of work and nearly a million tons of soil removed, Wynn Resorts has finished the cleanup of environmental contamination at the site of its resort casino in Everett, the company announced Wednesday. Cleaning the 33-acre property on the Mystic River, the site of a… Read More
Bethany Beach’s replenishment project was supposed to start Tuesday, but because of delays in another project, the replenishment is unfortunately behind schedule. The project is now slated to begin on May 25th, 10 days behind schedule. Once the project begins, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says at any given point, a 1,000 feet of… Read More
Essentially closed a year ago due to shoaling, the Little Egg Inlet between Long Beach and Brigantine Islands has reopened to boaters after a dredging operation and the installation of navigational buoys, the Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard removed the buoys last March and advised boaters that they traversed the inlet at their own… Read More
With sand choking the main inlet to Chatham Harbor across from the lighthouse, most of the commercial fishing fleet is now using the north inlet by Minister’s Point to access the Atlantic. But the narrow channel there needs to be widened, and fishermen are hoping that state and federal dredging restrictions don’t leave them high… Read More
A body was found during dredging work in the IJ near IJdok in Amsterdam on Thursday morning. So far nothing is known about the victim and how he or she died. According to NH Nieuws, an employee of the dredging company found the body around 10:00 a.m. The police are investigating. Source: NLTimes
Mahaffey Theatre. Salvador Dali Museum. Davis Islands. They all sit on dredged land. “Dredge and fill” is when mud and weeds from an open waterway are used to extend land. The Hillsborough County Planning Commission recently approved a project north of Rocky Point Drive that would utilize the practice, a first for the county in… Read More