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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comment on its final Environmental Impact Statement for the Souris River flood protection program in North Dakota. The EIS posted Thursday includes the project’s overview and focuses on the phases through Minot ready to begin construction, the Minot Daily News (http://bit.ly/2uhEgqK ) reported. The Souris River… Read More
Tempers flared Saturday during a meeting at which members of an East Chicago environmental advocacy group hoped to win the support of U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville, in opposing a permit allowing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ to store higher concentrations of PCB waste dredged from the Indiana Harbor and Canal at an East… Read More
The Benue state government says it requires over N300 billion to dredge River Benue to mitigate the perennial flooding challenge in the state. Terlumum Utsev, the state commissioner for water resources and environment, who disclosed this on Thursday in Makurdi, said that preliminary study alone would cost N8 billion. No fewer than 4000 houses were… Read More
Coastside project seeking to restore salmon habitat and reduce flooding in Pescardeo Just as an abysmally short commercial salmon season concluded in the region, federal officials recommended a $1.4 million grant toward a creek restoration project aimed at rejuvenating the dwindling species and reducing flooding in Pescadero. Fish die-offs and road closures have plagued the… Read More
In a major development that will boost its $20 million dredging program, Ocean City has finally emptied out a disposal site where it has been taking muddy sediment removed from its shallow back bays for decades, representatives of a consulting firm told local residents during a town meeting Saturday organized by Councilman Bob Barr. Site… Read More
Rhodes Point regularly takes a beating from storms that move up the Chesapeake Bay, and normal coastline erosion has taken its toll over the years. Both have left the Smith Island village especially vulnerable to high tides and storm surges. Now two new projects designed to rebuild part of the shoreline and aid navigation at… Read More
East Baton Rouge began the complex process Friday of distributing its share of more than a quarter-billion dollars the state of Louisiana stands to receive to improve infrastructure following the August flood, with the city-parish government launching a study of the region’s drainage. Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s office formally asked engineering firms to submit their… Read More
A massive dune building project by the Army Corps of Engineers, one which Margate didn’t want to go ahead at all, is underway on Margate’s north end. The Army Corps of Engineers recently revised the dune building timeline and Ventnor, which had been supportive of the dune project, won’t see torn up beaches until late… Read More
A group of Chinese scientists toured Lake Decatur’s dredging project and the Corley Landfill bioenergy crop site on Wednesday. The group of researchers are guests of the University of Illinois’ Prairie Research Institute, which studies agricultural, ground and water conservation in the region. Keith Alexander, the city of Decatur’s water production manager, said the chance… Read More
Enough sand to fill 50 Olympic swimming pools has been pumped on to the beach at Dawlish Warren in a project to protect the vulnerable main railway line and thousands of homes. The £14 million scheme has already raised parts of the western end of the beach by up to three metres since the beginning… Read More
At Juhu beach, but want to get away from the crowds? The Versova beach will soon be just a short walk away. The Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) is planning a boardwalk to connect the 4km-long Juhu beach with the 2.5-km-long Versova beach, which are currently separated by a creek and mangroves. The boardwalk, along with… Read More
A plan to expand Lyttelton Harbour’s shipping channel has been approved, despite major opposition from iwi on cultural and environmental grounds. It came with a stern warning, however, over the need to exercise “corporate responsibility” throughout the project. Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has received four resource consents to deepen the Canterbury harbour’s channel, allowing… Read More
For years, an improperly installed underwater power line acted as a barrier to an ambitious project to dredge Boston Harbor. Now a solution has been outlined in federal court. The US Army Corps of Engineers and the Massachusetts Port Authority, two agencies pursuing the $310 million dredging project, have reached a settlement with Eversource Energy… Read More
The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) continues to carry out operational dredging in Chernomorsk seaport. USPA says the water area is being cleaned of sediment silt and foreign objects to restore passport and navigation depths at the berths, as well as to ensure the safety of vessels traffic. The result will be an increase in… Read More
The Maine Department of Transportation has identified an inland site to deposit material from the planned maintenance dredging of Searsport Harbor by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Army Corps spokesman Timothy Dugan said the dredging will remove about 40,000 cubic yards of material to maintain the channel depth of 35 feet below “mean lower… Read More