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Harris County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with designing the final $14 million stretch of a massive, decades-long project to widen and deepen Brays Bayou. Since the late 1980s, the Harris County Flood Control District and the Army Corps of Engineers methodically have been working to increase the bayou’s ability to handle… Read More
The cost of dredging Sarnia Harbour has risen again. Council approved an additional $260,000 on Dec. 11, bringing the bill to almost $3.5 million. It was the second time the city had to ante up an additional $260,000, putting the project about $500,000 over budget. Dredging began in late 2016 to remove 30,000 cubic metres… Read More
“I want Lido to have the nicest beach they possibly can as well because they’re a direct reflection on [Siesta] and were a direct reflection on them,” said Siesta Key business owner and homeowner Michael Holderness, who gave testimony at the Sarasota County Justice Center during the week of December 11. A state administrative judge… Read More
Renourishment of St. Augustine Beach has been delayed, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. Dredging for the project, which was expected to begin by now, is scheduled to kick off Thursday because of rough seas, according to a press release from the corps. Dredging will also be suspended Dec. 23-27 because of Christmas and… Read More
Tis the season for predictions laced with degrees of hopefulness and determination. Sandwich Town Manager Bud Dunham predicts that by the end of 2019, the town will know if permits can be secured to tap the Scusset State Beach basin north of the canal for sand that can be placed on always-eroding Town Neck Beach…. Read More
The state Department of Environmental Protection remains in negotiations with Surf City officials on paying for beach replenishment work scheduled to begin early next year. The work is part of a larger project that includes Harvey Cedars, and 31st to 57th streets in the Brant Beach section of Long Beach Township. State officials didn’t say… Read More
It’s impossible to miss the three-masted, square-rigged sailing ship Elizabeth II, moored in Doughs Creek across from the public docks at the town’s waterfront. Not only does the colorful 16th century representative sailing ship stand out, it rarely leaves its dock on the edge of Roanoke Island Festival Park. Shoaling at the intersection of Shallowbag… Read More
A group of Encinitas and Solana Beach officials recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to lobby for a long-proposed federal sand replenishment project. Former President Barack Obama signed the Water Resources Development Act as one of his final acts as president. The bill included funding for the 50-year sand replenishment project, which is aimed at curbing… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, is starting work on two critical projects to benefit Smith Island residents — a navigation improvement project at Rhodes Point that includes the construction of two jetties, and dredging the Big Thorofare and Twitch Cove federal channels. “I’m very proud of our collective team from the federal,… Read More
The possibility of a fully open Atchafalaya River Bar Channel is within reach for 2019 as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has settled on a strategy to address both the sand and silt problems of the area. Tim Connell of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told the Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District… Read More
A group of federal lawmakers is asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to speed up the review process of Mamaroneck’s $80 million flood mitigation plan. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, and Rep. Eliot Engel, D-Bronx, issued a joint letter last week to the Army Corps, requesting the federal agency approve a… Read More
On Tuesday night, the Town of Carolina Beach terminated a contract for its lake dredging project. Before the new council members took their oaths, the previous council voted unanimously to terminate the existing contract in the best interest of all parties involved. The new council will now be responsible for finding a solution. “We’ve got… Read More
Mostly acknowledging that they had no other choice, city council agreed to pay off an additional $260,000 billed for Sarnia’s harbour dredging project. The money, from the Federal Sarnia Harbour Reserve, will pay environmental consultants, and the project engineer as well as frac tank rentals. “I don’t like it, I don’t want to spent $260,000… Read More
Former professor of civil engineering at Alaska University Aravind Phukan on Tuesday recommended dredging of the Brahmaputra and at least three channels from it to prevent floods and erosion. He was speaking at an international seminar on Landslides and Riverbank Erosion organised by Assam Down Town University here. River experts from China, Japan, Vietnam, Uzbekistan… Read More
Collier County Commissioners approved funds in a unanimous vote to clean out sand pushed into Collier Creek by Hurricane Irma. Boats haven’t been able to use the pass since the storm hit through three months ago. Irma caused significant damage from tidal forces in the area, causing sand and debris to fill the creek where… Read More