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The Congressional paralysis in Washington, D.C., is being felt by residents of the Cape Fear region as the planned Wilmington Harbor maintenance dredging has been delayed by at least one month because of budget constraints. The good news for Oak Island is that an emergency sand placement project—separate from the harbor work—is on track to… Read More
It looks like plan B is right around the corner. When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in St. Paul announced their initial plan to dispose of nearly 11 million cubic yards of dredge material from Lower Pool 4 over the next 40 years, that plan was met with near universal animosity. From local landowners… Read More
Delays in a long-awaited beach replenishment project could push the completion date for Delaware beaches into the summer season. Last month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Philadelphia District awarded a $17.2 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD) to dredge 1.2 million cubic yards of sand to fortify the beaches… Read More
New Jersey homeowners have been fighting Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to build protective sand dunes since he announced the effort months after Superstorm Sandy. They’ve lost at almost every turn. But five years after the storm, the latest challenge brought by homeowners objecting to the state’s intention to seize privately owned land for the dune… Read More
Dutch contracting company and dredging specialist Van Oord has been contracted to carry out emergency dredging works in the container Port of Beira in Mozambique. Mozambique. CFM, the ports and railways company of Mozambique, is the client. Reinstating the port access channel to its charted lines and levels is of great importance to facilitate the… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District plans to have the Intracoastal Waterway dredged to its normal depth of 12 feet at the junction of the Colorado River by Nov. 1. Hurricane Harvey closed the waterway at the junction of the Colorado River by bringing in a lot of debris, said Chris Frabotta, deputy chief… Read More
The Dismal Swamp Canal is set to reopen on October 31 following an indefinite closure from Hurricane Matthew damage. The canal was closed last October after Matthew caused extensive damage. This damage lead to an effort to clear the canal through dredging. Officials said the canal rose two feet higher than normal elevation following the… Read More
Construction work is nearing the finish line for Poole’s new South Quay. Due to be up and running in January, the £10 million expansion will be the biggest new port development on the south coast for many years, providing longer and deeper mooring facilities. The first phase of Poole Harbour Commissioner’s (PHC) ‘masterplan’, the quay… Read More
More than 200 Gulf Breeze residents want easier boat access to Santa Rosa Sound, and to get it they’re proposing transplanting the seagrass near their Santa Rosa Shores neighborhood. Several area environmentalists, though, object to the project because of the threat posed to the valuable seagrass by moving it from one location to another. Since… Read More
A contracting firm hired to dredge Carolina Beach Lake is placing material back into the lake while town officials continue to look for a place to permanently store it. The $2.7 million project has been in limbo since last month, when the town was told by the Army to stop depositing the material on undeveloped… Read More
Wrightsville Beach was notified yesterday that the funding for a $9.5 million winter beach renourishment project was formally awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, fulfilling another four-year cycle for the project that replaces sand on the beach strand, which local leaders say is critical for the beach economy. The $9.5 million cost of… Read More
A possible solution could be in the works to change a controversial U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge management draft plan for the area where the upper Mississippi and Chippewa rivers meet, about 60-miles north of La Crosse. The Corps is roughly three years away from running out of storage for sand carried by the… Read More
Removal of tons of sand from Agua Hedionda Lagoon is set to begin in January despite environmental concerns from residents. NRG Energy, which owns the Encina Power Plant, received a special use permit for periodic maintenance from the Carlsbad Planning Commission in September to remove up to 500,000 cubic yards of sand and sediment from… Read More
PORT Douglas marina users are set for better boating access with a contract worth nearly $3 million announced to commence dredging works. Main Roads and Ports Minister, Mark Bailey, announced that state dredging contractors, Hall Contracting Pty Ltd, had won the contract to improve navigational access for the marina. Approximately 50,000 cubic metres of sediment… Read More
The City of Eureka Parks and Recreation Director Miles Slattery took center stage at a Humboldt Harbor Working Group meeting Wednesday at Samoa Cookhouse. By and large Slattery discussed the importance of dredging in the harbor. “If we don’t dredge then it’s a navigation issue,” Slattery explained, “And we need to make sure that we… Read More