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The Blaine County commissioners don’t want another baseline study of the Big Wood River. In the wake of last spring’s destructive flooding, the commissioners met with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last Thursday and agreed it was time for action. Numerous studies of the river have been completed in the past 25 years. But… Read More
Aberdeen Harbour Board and Dragados UK, the principal contractor for the Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project, have opened a Harbour Expansion Visitor Centre, where schools, community groups, organisations and members of the public can gain insight into the construction of the landmark £350 million development. Located in Walker Park, by Girdle Ness Lighthouse, the Harbour Expansion… Read More
Federally funded sand dunes will soon be built in Point Pleasant Beach after a private beach lost a court battle. The project will add dunes to the beaches between Trenton and Delaware avenues on the private beaches south of Jenkinson’s Boardwalk. But many residents are not happy about the decisions. “I think this is like… Read More
With the close of 2017 and now the start of 2018, the team of professionals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District continues to make progress hand-in-hand with our partners from the South Florida Water Management District, the U.S. Department of the Interior and many other agencies implementing the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration… Read More
China has purchased 200 dredging ships over the last 11 years. Most of the technology was from Germany, Japan and other countries. China tripled its dredging capacity over the last 15 years. China can now build its own large and modern dredging ships. China has stated that a US ship passing within a dozen miles… Read More
Town officials gathered at the West Marina in Point Lookout to call on the state to expedite permits to dredge waterways in Point Lookout. Officials said the plan to dredge Sea Dog Creek, a channel north of the Loop Parkway, and a portion of Reynolds Channel that connects to the West Marina, would make the… Read More
There will be a Nauset Estuary Dredge Project Update Meeting at the Eastham library on Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. Eastham’s shellfish advisory committee has worked with Woods Hole Group in organizing this meeting to inform residents and town officials about the status of the proposed dredging project so that science-based decisions… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is aiming to build up a sandbar on the Missouri River near Washburn, about 40 miles north of Bismarck, for threatened and endangered birds. As part of its efforts to reinvigorate least tern and piping plover populations, the corps is starting the approval process for a $2 million project… Read More
Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) is undertaking shipping channel restoration works at the Port of Bundaberg, following significant rainfall in the area in October/ November last year. The build-up of sediment in the port’s main shipping berth and the inner reach of the shipping channel has severely hindered the berthing and movement of commercial ships in… Read More
A $4 billion-plus Capital Budget was approved by the Legislature on Thursday night and signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday afternoon, and with it comes millions of dollars in projects that will benefit Grays Harbor and Pacific counties, with everything from park upgrades to future city development plans. “I’m glad we were able to… Read More
The long-awaited dredging work on the Titas River in Ashuganj, Brahmanbaria, was inaugurated on Saturday morning. RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury, MP of Brahmanbaria-3 constituency, spoke at the inauguration as the chief guest. “The dredging work is expected to revive the once mighty river and its navigability” Obaidul told reporters. Local farmers and fishermen have expressed… Read More
The county closed a public beach this week so repairs could be made to dunes at the private Disney’s Vero Beach Resort At the same time, repairs to John’s Island private dunes will keep another public beach closed for almost a month. Beaches at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort and at John’s Island suffered erosion and… Read More
State officials say they’ve reached a milestone in the effort to clean up the St. Mary’s River near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The state Office of the Great Lakes announced Wednesday that it’s lifting dredging restrictions for the river. For decades, regulators have had special rules for handling material dredged from the river bottom. American… Read More
Dredging works across the Manning and Great Lakes is imminent following a funding announcement on Friday, January 19. Almost $1 million will be used to conduct dredging projects for the Tuncurry Channel at Wallis Lake, Farquhar Inlet and the Harrington Backchannel. About 10,000 cubic metres of material will be dredged at Wallis Lake as well… Read More
Dredging of PCBs from the floor of New Bedford Harbor south of Interstate 195 should be finished around March of this year, heralding a new day for the harbor, according to David Lederer of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Workers will still bring waste from farther north to the underground disposal cell beneath that portion… Read More