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The beach renourishment program intended to restore the protection features of Duval County beaches will be suspended in Dec. 3 and pick up again Spring 2017, says a release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Called the Duval County shore project, seven miles of eroded beach is being restored with the sole goal of… Read More
Despite a request from federal Army Corps of Engineers to expedite the project, resort officials this week denied a request to allow the next cycle of beach replenishment planned for later this year to occur during the peak summer months. The last regularly scheduled beach replenishment project in Ocean City was conducted in 2014, making… Read More
Asharoken Mayor Greg Letica notified village residents this week that they will be surveyed in what will probably be the decisive up or down vote on a proposed multimillion-dollar U.S. Army Corps of Engineers beach restoration project. The decision follows the village’s receipt of a Nov. 22 letter from state Department of Environmental Conservation officials… Read More
They’re viewed by local maritime-industry leaders as “must-haves” to secure the Port of Virginia’s future: Two big dredging projects that together could cost about $300 million. One would deepen the port’s main shipping channels from 50 feet to 55 feet, giving it the deepest water on the East Coast. The other would get portions of… Read More
Engineers completed Phase I of the dredging process at John Redmond Reservoir a month ago, but Phase II hasn’t officially started yet. Project manager Matt Unruh says they’re still in the evaluation stages of Phase II. The actual dredging process could begin as early as two months from now, or the evaluation stages could last… Read More
WITHIN a month of assuming his new role of Brightlingsea Harbour master, James Thomas will oversee a £750,000 programme at the forefront of coastal defence work. The use of sediment as a resource is the latest European-sponsored project involving major harbour dredging and saltmarsh restoration at Cindery Island. Phase one of the four year project… Read More
Ocean City officials will host a public meeting to discuss their short term plan for the city’s 2017 dredge program next weekend. Officials will discuss a potential short-term plan that involves using city-owned property at the far end of Shelter Road as a transfer point for dredged material during the meeting on Saturday, Dec. 10,… Read More
Slowed by a detour out of Napa and mechanical problems, workers dredging the Napa River for the first time in nearly two decades will get two more weeks to try to finish their job. A group of regional agencies has extended a work permit for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Dec. 15 as… Read More
An ambitious plan that would see a large stretch of Lake Scugog dredged as part of a $2-million project has been approved in principle by the Township, paving the way for organizers to start seeking approvals and begin fundraising. Scugog councillors unanimously threw their support behind the Lake Scugog enhancement project, which was pitched by… Read More
Dredging at Murrells Inlet began this week, nearly a month behind schedule. Bubba Young, senior project manager for Gator Dredging of Clearwater, Fla., plans to use both a mechanical press and geo-textile tubes to dry the spoils from the inlet and spend Sundays on maintenance and disposal rather than running seven days a week as… Read More
As the clock runs down on a federal effort to create a deeper, safer Napa River for boating, authorities are seeking an extra 15 days to complete the project. A state-imposed deadline requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to wind up its excavation on a 17-mile river stretch from downtown Napa to Vallejo by… Read More
Work to clean up the Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) River shipping channel resumed this month after the Army Corps of Engineers failed to dredge the six-mile passage last year. Cleveland.com reports the $3.7 million project began Nov. 14 at the six-mile mark of the channel near the ArcelorMittal steel mill docks in Cleveland. There, a buildup of… Read More
A Chinese vessel has been anchored off the coastline of Barangay Bakhaw Norte in Kalibo, Aklan since November 22. According to the Philippine Coast Guard in Aklan, the vessel, identified as MV Zhong Hai 18, will be dredging the Aklan River. Engineer Roger Esto of the Provincial Planning and Development Office said the ship was… Read More
The State Department of Environmental Protection will be holding a meeting Wednesday night to discuss the progress of the Lido Beach Dredging Project. The meeting will take place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 30 at the Waldemere Fire Station in Sarasota. The public is invited to attend the open meeting to participate… Read More
A dredging project will soon begin in Charlestown Breachway that will restore salt marsh habitat damaged by sea level rise in Ninigret Pond and improve navigation in the breachway channel. Salt marshes are important because they serve as an ecosystem for fish and birds and act as a natural buffer to coastal storms. With rising… Read More