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For years residents of southern Berrien County have been swimming against the current to find a solution to severe beach erosion they blame on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New Buffalo breakwall the agency built in 1975. They warn that the erosion threatens not only private homes, but the beaches that generate… Read More
Dutra Group began deepening the first three miles of the St. Johns River on Feb. 3. “We are very pleased to initiate construction on this nationally significant project,” Col. Jason Kirk, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville district commander, said in a statment. “The Jacksonville Harbor deepening project ensures our nation’s infrastructure stays strong, which… Read More
Stung Treng provincial authorities on Friday shut down an illegal sand dredging operation on the Sesan River and confiscated equipment after having warned the company to cease operations since December, officials said yesterday. Kim Hong San, provincial court spokesman, said officials from the provincial Department of Environment, Department of Mines and Energy and the court… Read More
Mayor Jay Gillian’s administration wants to spend a little over $100 million on capital improvement projects over the next five years. In a detailed presentation to City Council Jan. 25, city Finance Director Frank Donato and Vincent Bekier, aide to the mayor, went through the plan in detail. According to Donato, the administration will ask… Read More
A project to revamp Mirror Lake in the Harvey S. Firestone Park is on schedule to begin next month, pending council approval. The project received unanimous approval from the park board during its recent meeting following a presentation from the Columbiana Restoration and Beautification (R&B) Committee and Herbert, Rowland and Grubic Inc. The R&B is… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given the green light to the state’s first new reservoir in 30 years, a project expected to meet the water needs of North Texas’ rapidly growing population for years to come. Construction of the Lower Bois d’Arc Creek Reservoir will start this spring, northeast of Bonham in Fannin… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposes to spend $3 million next year to save Passamaquoddy Tribe land in Down East Maine from shoreline erosion. The erosion at Pleasant Point Reservation has washed away backyards within about 30 feet of some of the tribal homes near a reservation church and senior center off Route 190… Read More
Local, state and federal officials may collaborate on a new study involving the Mentor Lagoons Marina. The latest analysis — estimated to cost $700,000 — would determine the feasibility of a project to protect the Mentor Harbor channel at the lagoons. The work would reconfigure the channel to improve boater safety and remove a sunken… Read More
The tender for construction of a second cruise ship berth for Sydney harbour has been published, and it is to be built at the site immediately to the north of the current terminal. The 483-page document was published on the Nova Scotia government procurement website Friday morning. It had been expected to be posted earlier… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) feasibility study for a long-time fix to the chronic shoaling problems in the Inlet might still be funded, but the local share won’t come from the Ocean City beach replenishment fund. The Inlet and other channels in and around the commercial harbor naturally fill in and are in constant… Read More
A barnacle-encased rusty pipe points like a naval gun barrel, ready to shoot out a coarse sandy defense that protects million-dollar condos and tourist dollars. The grainy discharge will bring back what Irma and Matthew whisked away, in the process soothing coastal property and business owners who lived through the erosive nightmare of those storms…. Read More
The Hudson River would be cleaner if there were more dredging, said former Regional EPA Administrator Judith Enck. Speaking at a Post-Star Editorial Board meeting, she said EPA had to compromise to get General Electric to commit to any cleaning of the river. GE eventually removed almost 70 percent of the PCBs from the areas… Read More
A public inquiry is to be held over a planning application to extract sand from Lough Neagh. Sand has been dredged from the bottom of the lough for many years without permission. Environmentalists have challenged the unauthorised extraction saying it is impacting on an internationally important and protected wildlife site. The sand companies had put… Read More
Department of Transport will start maintenance dredging at Dawesville’s ocean entrance this week, helping maintain the navigational channel for boating. The works will cost about $870,000 and are expected to be completed in May. Department coastal infrastructure acting general manager Donna West said the annual sand replenishment at Dawesville helped maintain the natural northward flow… Read More
The sand currently being dredged from the Little Egg Inlet is finding a new home along some of Long Beach Island’s southern beaches, state officials announced. Late last year, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection awarded an $18.4 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. of Oak Brook, Illinois to dredge 700,000… Read More