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Township Committee on Monday emphatically declined to decide on a proposal to bring material dredged from the back bays of the area’s barrier islands to a sand mining operation on Goshen Road.The governing body heard from representatives of Cape Mining and Recycling at 560 Goshen Road, who pitched the plan as an important step toward… Read More
Information has been clarified about where the spoils were hauled after being dredged, and the earth that vanished is from town-owned property. The N.C. State Auditor’s Office has requested interviews with 11 current and former Manteo town officials as part of a recently opened investigation into the dredging of Dough’s Creek Canal last fall. The… Read More
Florida Rep. Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, sent out a press release July 13 applauding a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fund the dredging of the Anclote River. House Bill 4619, sponsored by Sprowls, set the stage for the dredging project by securing state funding for the lease and preparation of the… Read More
Will universities help pay to dredge the Schuylkill where their crews row and race? The organization overseeing rowing on the Schuylkill says all hope for federal funding to dredge in front of Boathouse Row has been dashed and that it is turning to “Plan B.” The Schuylkill Navy is asking six universities with rowing programs… Read More
Sometimes, Mother Nature may need a little help. The town wants to make its shoreline beaches “engineered” beaches, but it’s not something most visitors would likely notice. “Engineered beaches are designed with a cross-section and sand grain size to promote stability, i.e. minimal erosion, on the beaches,” Public Works Director Joseph Michelangelo said. “If we… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, is reconstructing a sand dune in Willapa Bay near the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation to restore flood protection for the Shoalwater Bay Tribal community and cultural lands. Crews from Manson Construction Co. of Seattle began staging heavy equipment in the repair area on Tuesday, with dredging scheduled… Read More
The channel that allows ships to come and go from Summerside’s harbour is starting to fill in with silt, but plans are underway to open it again. The Summerside Port Corporation is in the midst of getting the required environmental permits and approvals needed to have the channel dredged and the sand and mud dumped… Read More
The Ontonagon Economic Development Corporation (EDC) met Wednesday, revisiting three long-term projects: river dredging, reinstalling the rail system, and the SynSel biofuel plant plans. EDC member Pat Tucker and owner of Lost Bowl Development, holder of the former paper mill site where the biofuel plant will be located, said things continue to move forward. “I… Read More
Local NGO Land Empowerment Animals People (LEAP) supports the calls by WWF Malaysia and SOS Kota Kinabalu to scrap the controversial Tanjung Aru Eco Development (TAED) project, at least in the way it is currently planned. LEAP backs proposals to make the area between the beach and the road to Terminal 2 a public area… Read More
Kingwood residents fill Kingwood Park High School to learn about the latest Harvey progress and proposed bond projects. Photo by Jacqueline Havelka The bids are in, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Galveston District has awarded the dredging contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock to remove sediment and debris from a stretch of the… Read More
The Carolina Beach Lake dredging project is moving forward. – Project has been on hold for several months. – Hold was due to concerns on where to dump the dredging materials. – Project could cost $2.5 million. The move comes nearly nine months after the project stopped due to concerns over where the dredging material… Read More
After months of complaints from local residents, the City of Wabasha and the United States Army Corps of Engineers – USACE – have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the placement of dredged materials from the Mississippi River. The original plan developed by USACE would have had the dredged materials being placed on the Drysdale… Read More
Bulldozers headed to South Bethany this week, with that town set as the next stop in this summer’s major beach replenishment project. After several weeks of pumping sand from offshore borrow sites, the Great Lake Dock & Dredge Company was set to continue south to replenish South Bethany’s shoreline on July 5, just slightly behind… Read More
Grants from the Connecticut Port Authority will be used to dredge the town boat yard and improve the launch ramp at Ye Yacht Yard, as well as update the town’s Harbor Management Plan. The $272,500 in Small Harbor Improvement Projects program grants was announced at a news conference Wednesday with Southport Harbor as the backdrop…. Read More
The plans to proceed with a proposed project for Lake Redstone have been put on hold for now. Upon further review of the bids for a proposed project to dredge sentiment from 26 bays at Lake Redstone, the board unanimously decided to reject the bids. The board will also consult with legal counsel and adviser… Read More