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To save the city from flooding, the state government is pinning its hopes on robotic excavators to swiftly clear the storm water drains. Bengaluru development minister KJ George on Saturday said eight robotic multi-purpose excavators for dredging and cleaning of drains will be deployed to clean SWDs in eight zones. The excavators may be in… Read More
Erosion from storms Irma and Matthew has claimed much of the sand from a $30 million beach renourishment project completed three years ago, Mayor Tim Goodwin said. He pointed to a big dune next to the pier that Irma hammered. “It’s pretty bad all up and down the beach,” he said. On Friday, Goodwin and… Read More
Sunken and abandoned boats are being pulled from the River Hull in a bid to prevent flooding. So far around six vessels and other obstacles impeding the river’s drainage have been removed from the river. Thousands of people in high-risk flood areas are expected to benefit from the work. It started after 3D mapping of… Read More
The failure of Galway County Council to pursue the completion of the harbour and maintain what work had been carried out at a cost of €14m to taxpayers was strangling the economy of Inis Meáin. Tarlach de Blácam said it was seven years since the Department of the Gaeltacht paid Galway County Council €100,000 towards… Read More
Finding a new focus is in the works for local leaders on the F-M Diversion Project. The Diversion Authority met for hours with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday morning. They are in the process of planning what to do next, and how to go about the project. Right now, they’re weighing in on whether… Read More
Blenheim Palace has launched a rescue bid to save what’s described as the “finest view in England”. The house in Oxfordshire needs to dredge silt from its two lakes as they’ve become so shallow they’re at risk of drying out. The plan will see a team of diggers dredge 400,000 tonnes of silt from Queen’s… Read More
Jenifer Louma, from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of Watershed Management, will give a presentation titled “Beach Replenishment: A Delicate Balancing Act” at 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Rehoboth Beach Museum, 511 Rehoboth Ave. Beach replenishment, the practice of rebuilding beaches and dunes using sand taken from offshore or… Read More
Community members had the chance to talk with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Port of Coos Bay staff about the port’s proposed modifications to the channel and the pending environmental review administered by the government agency during an open house at the Coos Bay public library Wednesday. The port’s $300 million channel modification project… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to install a drainage pipe system under the new sand dune in Margate, according to a consent order. The order confirming an agreement between the city, the Army Corps and the state Department of Environmental Protection will require the Army Corps to design, construct and fund an… Read More
Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) said it has completed the capital dredging of the shipping channel in the Kingston Harbour six weeks ahead of the nine months schedule. The company said it fulfilled all conditions outlined in its environmental permit issued by the National Environmental and Planning Agency (NEPA). KFTL said the dredging will facilitate… Read More
Barely a week after a ministerial panel claimed it would verify credentials of a company in fray for dredging of Wular Lake, the constituent ministers seem clueless over the matter. The panel said that it would look into a Chinese dredging firm, Hubei Hongyan Engineering Company Limited, a joint contender with the Kolkata-based Reach Dredging… Read More
The Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District is down to its last option as the board discussed what to do with the new funding for the Atchafalaya dredging project Monday during its monthly meeting. An email from U.S. Corps of Engineers representative Tim Connell said Brice Civil Constructors expressed interest in the special purpose dredge… Read More
They were never in it for the money, said Bay Head oceanfront homeowners who tried to block a $128 million beach replenishment project from their town. But after losing their case, the homeowners who sank up to $8 million of their own money into improving a stone seawall after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 are facing… Read More
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton plan to hold talks on the Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion, which was recently put on pause by a federal judge at the request of Minnesota regulators. On Friday, Sept. 8, the day after Judge John R. Tunheim issued a preliminary injunction on the $2.2 billion flood-protection… Read More
A 376-crore bid submitted by a consortium comprising a Chinese firm to dredge the Wular lake in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, has foxed policy managers and the industry alike. The lake, spread over 125 sq km, acts as a natural flood reservoir for Jhelum River. Dredging the heavily-silted Wular lake is key to a… Read More