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A town council has cast a majority vote against dredging the Goodwin Sands. Dover members vote nine against three to formally object to the plans in the current public consultation. It followed a motion by Cllr Callum Warriner who is anxious to protect war graves in the area. He asked the council to write to… Read More
Work continues along the South Carolina beaches to renourish what Mother Nature has wash away. Beach renourishment typically happens every eight to 10 years and some coastal communities are long overdue after multiple storms barreled across the beaches the last few years. The Myrtle Beach Shore Protection Project is broken down into three categories–Reach 1,… Read More
Two hurricanes have delayed the start of beach widening and dune construction in some of the New Jersey shore towns hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy five years ago. Work in Mantoloking was supposed to have started within the last week or so, but hurricanes Jose and Maria have prevented that from happening. The barrier island… Read More
State and federal environmental officials said Thursday they are studying an option for off-site disposal and capping of contaminated sediment “hot spots” in the Indiana Harbor Ship Canal. The decision comes after months of pressure from community groups and East Chicago residents, who argued granting the permit would create unnecessary health risks and fail as… Read More
Rockdale MP Steve Kamper says extra groynes should be constructed and existing structures repaired to combat erosion on Lady Robinsons Beach. Mr Kamper was speaking in State Parliament following the Leader’s report on continuing loss of foreshore, with the beach at Ramsgate baths the latest to be washed away. The MP said “report after report”… Read More
The borough assembly Monday voted again to move forward with a dredging study for Petersburg’s South Harbor. The borough will sign an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the best course forward for dredging South Harbor. Cost of the dredging could be around five million dollars. Just to study that work… Read More
A FERRY captain is under investigation by Roads and Maritime Services after he ran aground in the silted up Ettalong channel in July. Fantasea Cruising which owns the vessel involved has defended its skipper, placing the blame squarely on inadequate dredging of the frequently dangerous channel. The company’s head of sales and marketing Wendy Harch… Read More
Plans are under way to dredge a portion of Winnapaug Pond after the town received word Monday that $2.1 million in federal funding has been approved for the project. The coming weeks and months will include a whirl of activity as the project must be completed by Jan. 31 to satisfy federal grant requirements and… Read More
Bags of sediment that was dredged from the Ballina Boat Harbour and Fishery Creek have been removed from the site. Parliamentary Secretary for Northern NSW, Ben Franklin, said the dredging works were done to maintain safe access for the commercial fishing fleet and recreational vessels. The dredging was finished last year. “The original dredging work… Read More
A $700,000 sand-dredging operation described as “robbing Peter to pay Paul” will end at the Maroochy River mouth this week. However despite criticism the sand pumped onto Maroochydore Beach has created dangerous surf conditions, Sunshine Coast Council remains intent on continuing the exercise in two years’ time depending, according to a spokeswoman, “on monitoring results… Read More
Hurricane Irma didn’t just leave behind wind and flood damage. The storm also took some things with it, like sand. Parts of coastal Pinellas County suffered what an official calls “considerable sand losses.” But, there’s help on the way. Buddy Brown walks Indian Rocks Beach 5 days a week. “I look forward to it every… Read More
An MP has condemned a “cheapskate approach” over the dredging of the Goodwin Sands to make way for a major port redevelopment. Sir Roger Gale has written a letter of objection to Dover Harbour Board’s public consultation condemning its plans to dig the area to cut costs. He says there could be 2,000 ships buried… Read More
More than a half-century after Congress authorized building a replacement for the Industrial Canal’s navigation lock, optimism is rising among some maritime industry officials that the nearly $1 billion project is about to happen. The hope is built on President Donald Trump’s calls for spending up to $1 trillion to shore up the nation’s aging… Read More
A team studied Anna Maria Island from stem to stern today, agreeing that Hurricane Irma took a bite out of the beach. The storm, which was a strong Category 2 when it passed over Manatee County, caused “deflation and retreat” on the beach, which means the beach lost some of its depth and width, said… Read More
River activists on Sunday demanded firm steps to revive and rejuvenate the virtually dying Yamuna river. Braj Mandal Heritage Conservation Society President Surendra Sharma said there was an urgent need to construct a barrage some 10 km downstream of the Taj Mahal to ensure that the river was always full of water behind the 17th… Read More