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Contractors are dredging the harbor on a warm, sunny day on the Haines waterfront. After months of work, it’s a familiar sight and sound. But, this part of the first phase of the harbor project should have been over last month. “There is certainly a delay with the dredging, of what they were hoping for,”… Read More
The long-awaited cleanup of Wagner Creek and Seybold Canal has begun. City of Miami officials and members of the Miami River Commission gathered July 31 for a ceremony marking commencement of the restoration project. Cleanup of the long-polluted Miami River tributary comes two years after the city commission approved the Wagner Creek and Seybold Canal… Read More
Ocean City Council will consider a resolution to enter into a shared services agreement with Pleasantville to dredge and move dredged material when it meets at City Hall on Thursday night, Aug. 10. The meeting begins an hour earlier than usual this week, at 6 p.m. The deal would allow Pleasantville to mechanically dredge the… Read More
Gov. Larry Hogan announced plans Tuesday for a test project to dredge some of the sediment trapped behind the Conowingo Dam, in hopes of determining whether doing so on a larger scale would be helpful to the health of the Chesapeake Bay. Hogan said the state will ask companies this month for proposals on how… Read More
Coastal Science and Engineering (CSE), project manager for the Buxton Beach Nourishment Project, provided a detailed update at the Dare County Board of Commissioners’ meeting on Monday morning, August 7. CSE discussed production improvement measures that are being considered to expedite construction. They reported that Weeks Marine is hoping to bring a second dredge and… Read More
Heavy rain Monday caused more flooding in Margate near the controversial sand dunes. The rain caused “lakes” to form between the newly constructed dunes and the homes along the beach. A judge ordered all work on the beach replenishment stopped for one week until solutions can be found after heavy rain caused a similar situation… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should move ahead with a flood-control project along the Mississippi River near New Madrid, Missouri, that has been blocked for years by environmental concerns, U.S. Rep. Jason Smith told Corps officials Monday. Smith said environmental groups and the regulatory actions of the past presidential administration have hindered the project…. Read More
Senator Bill Nelson is continuing to push for federal funding to help expand Port Panama City. He met with Port Authority members and stakeholders Tuesday morning to discuss a multi-million dollar project. “This is a sleeping giant, not only for Bay County, but Northwest Florida,” Nelson said about the port’s potential. “Obviously, the military and… Read More
People at Ponderosa Campground at Smith Mountain Lake are concerned about a growing area of debris, limiting their access to the lake. Now they’re asking Appalachian Power for help. “They’re not going to want to come to a campground that they can’t get fish, that they can’t boat, swim or whatever,” Ponderosa Campground owner Linda… Read More
An administrative law judge has agreed to delay hearings on a Siesta Key group’s appeal of a controversial state permit that would allow the dredging of Big Pass sand to rebuild Lido Key beaches. The hearings had been scheduled for the last two weeks in August, but the Florida Department of Environmental Protection asked the… Read More
City Council members have raised pointed questions during closed-door talks with the Jacksonville Port Authority about its $484 million river dredging project. Some council members say the process has sidelined them from having a say on one of the most costly projects in city history. But no council member has come out flatly against the… Read More
The Surfbreak Protection Society is appealing against Lyttelton Port of Christchurch’s dredging resource consents because it says the company failed to adequately measure existing baseline conditions. The port company said the appeal, along with Ng?i Tahu’s, would delay cruise ship visits because some dredging would be required around a new proposed berth area. Surfbreak’s appeal… Read More
The Port of Dover has today launched a campaign to push for the Goodwin Sands to be dredged. The scheme, Deliver for Dover, is the latest episode in the authority’s bitter row with the pressure group Goodwin Sands SOS (Save Our Sands) which wants the area left untouched. The port authority, describing GSSOS’s campaign as… Read More
Environmentalists are encouraging people to attend a meeting in New York City this week about the Hudson River Superfund cleanup. The Environmental Protection Agency is holding a meeting in Manhattan on Wednesday to discuss the agency’s recent review of how well the $1.7 billion dredging project is working. In its review, the agency said that… Read More
The Royal Navy’s new £3bn aircraft carrier is expected to arrive in its home port within weeks, the Defence Secretary has confirmed. HMS Queen Elizabeth is due to sail into Portsmouth following extensive preparations at the naval base. The exact date is weather-dependent but is expected to be no later than 22 August. The 65,000-tonne… Read More