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Dredging of Carolina Beach Lake is on hold after the town was told by the Army to stop depositing material removed from the lake bottom onto federal land. Town Manager Michael Cramer said the town had an agreement to place material on undeveloped land owned by the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, also known as… Read More
Delta is hoping a new provincial government will take a leadership role when it comes to river dredging. Civic politicians agreed last week to send a letter to Premier John Horgan and Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Doug Donaldson asking the province to initiate a 10-year maintenance dredging program for the secondary channels… Read More
It’s the Army Corps of Engineers versus concerned residents Thursday afternoon in Wabasha. The Mississippi Valley Division Commander Major General Richard Kaiser will join other Corps leaders in a visit to Wabasha. While there, they will get a first-hand look at the region, as the corps considers a dredging project opposed by many in the… Read More
Work to clear away material for the Napier shipping channel is being put to good use – to understand how it could help erosion along the Hawke’s Bay coastline. Those looking out to sea over the next three weeks will see the Albatros, a trailing suction hopper dredge, as it works to keep the shipping… Read More
Norriego Point is and always has been the focal point of Destin, former Mayor Sam Seevers told more than 50 people gathered on the sandy peninsula Wednesday morning. That’s when Seevers helped celebrate the groundbreaking of the more than $12 million Norriego Point stabilization and recreation project. The project, led by the city and the… Read More
Kayakers spend hours exploring the natural beauty of the numerous coves along the shoreline of Ninigret Pond in Charlestown, Rhode Island. Windsurfers zig-zag their way across the 1,539-acre coastal lagoon. And anglers reel in whitefish, smelt, winter flounder and northern pike. Clams, quahogs and blue crabs can also be found in the pond’s shallow waters…. Read More
The state is holding a public hearing on a developer’s plans to dig a boat marina out of the dunes along Lake Michigan near Saugatuck. The plans for the 300-acre dune property have reignited a debate between conservationists and developers over use of private land on the north side of the Kalamazoo River on Lake… Read More
After three hurricanes temporarily halted the dune building project on Absecon Island, the dredge Lindholm has returned to the area and sand is being pumped onto the beach once more. Meanwhile, the city is completing negotiations with the state Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the design and installation… Read More
A project that includes the construction of engineered beaches and protective dunes along a 14 mile stretch of the northern Ocean County peninsula is now underway. Crews arrived in Mantoloking, New Jersey, last week along with an offshore dredge boat. According to project details, offshore pumping will supply some 11 million cubic yards of sand… Read More
The Port Authority of Jamaica’s (PAJ) proposed dredging to extend the Falmouth cruise ship pier, which has attracted much criticism among stakeholders in the Trelawny capital, is poised to go ahead and could see activity starting within the next two weeks. “We have finished the dredging we were doing in Kingston, and we are now… Read More
The Calabar Port Manager, Mrs Olufumilayo Olotu, has given an assurance that the much anticipated dredging of the Calabar Channel will begin in a few weeks. Olotu gave the assurance on Wednesday in Calabar when she led the management team of Calabar Port on a courtesy visit to the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon… Read More
The Shell Rock River Watershed District is waiting on two permits from the Department of Natural Resources before they can continue moving forward to dredge the lake. Shell Rock River Watershed District director of operations Andy Henschel estimated the confined disposal facility site, built to siphon off and settle the water and sediment mixture dredged… Read More
The contractor leading work on the Haines harbor expansion is under investigation by the Alaska Department of Labor. That’s just one of the unexpected challenges that have come up for the multimillion dollar project, which is in its first phase of construction. The contractor is also requesting $1 million in additional funding because it says… Read More
East Ascension drainage officials agreed Monday to dredge nearly three miles of a major waterway through the heart of Gonzales and to remove two longstanding weirs thought to inhibit drainage, but held off backing another nearly $94 million in other drainage projects across the parish for at least a month. An on-and-off topic through the… Read More
Repairs and rehabilitation options go before the City Council on Tuesday. Council members have three options for Suisun Marina dredging and Pierce Island levee rehabilitation: Reject the current bid, award the bid or continue the item to a December meeting. The project in the past few weeks has been rescoped and the cost dropped from… Read More