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The Merrimack River Beach Alliance is moving along with plans to dredge sand from the Merrimack and Piscataqua Rivers and spread it on local beaches to protect houses threatened by beach erosion. At a meeting Friday morning, the MRBA discussed the soon-to-begin permitting process for the project, which aims to dredge 600,000 cubic yards of… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers has resumed dredging toxic sediment from a northwestern Indiana canal that is among the country’s most polluted waterways. At an East Chicago Waterway Management District board meeting Wednesday, Corps project manager Natalie Mills said the goal is to clear about 200,000 cubic yards of toxic material from the Indiana Harbor… Read More
Ocean City back bay property owners received news from Mayor Jay Gillian Oct. 19 that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has greatly extended the season when the dredging of shallow bay waters is permitted. According to a release, the NJDEP informed the city that existing timing restrictions on dredging activity are being… Read More
Efforts are underway to make sure county beaches get replenished. While it’s not winter and we’re not out of hurricane season yet, the money from the state is coming to make sure when it’s time, everyone is ready to pitch in and help. A new fund created by the state will allow beach towns like… Read More
An $11.5 million federal beach replenishment project has begun on north end beaches as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers teams up with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. A dredging pipe stationed off Great Egg Harbor Inlet will hit the beach near Morningside Road, with pumping proceeding north then switching direction and pump… Read More
Jack Gordon doesn’t expect to be able to walk on the dune that protects the Bethany Beach boardwalk from the pounding waves and rising waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Yet nothing stopped him Friday from walking on arguably one of the most important protective barriers for all of Bethany Beach in an ongoing battle against… Read More
DREDGING will begin in Corio Bay this month as part of Geelong Port’s new works program. The initiative would further improve access, safety and efficiency for ships entering the port, Victorian Regional Channels Authority chief executive Michael Harvey said. New Zealand firm Heron Construction Company received a $4 million contract for the works, which are… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) on Sept. 25 announced award of the North Cove Federal Navigation Project contract for maintenance dredging to DonJon Marine Company of Hillside, New Jersey. The firm’s winning bid was $4,283,562.50. The dredging work in the entrance channel and 11-foot deep anchorage will begin this month and continue for about… Read More
The public comment period concerning citywide bay dredging in Ocean City is now underway, city officials announced on Tuesday. If approved, the application would allow every property owner on the bayfront and lagoons to be covered under the city permit. The city applied for the permit in December. “The applicant, the City of Ocean City,… Read More
A delegation of contractors Wednesday refuted the allegations that the dredging work on Rambagh flood spill channel has come to a halt. Terming the allegations malicious and an attempt to appease few, the contractors said that work on the Rambagh flood spill channel is going on full pace and those who resort to fake propaganda… Read More
AFTER years of lobbying, it now appears almost certain the area of the Myall River known as ‘The Gut’ in Tea Gardens will be dredged by the middle of next year. The commitment came from the Director of Infrastructure for Crown Lands, Glenn Bunny, during a special presentation hosted by the Hawks Nest/Tea Gardens Progress… Read More
Channels in Cape May County will be part of a $1.6 million dredging project to repair damage from Winter Storm Jonas, state Department of Transportation officials announced Monday. Beach Creek Channel in Hereford Inlet and Spicers Creek Channel in Cape May Harbor will have sand and silt deposits hydraulically dredged and pumped through submerged pipelines…. Read More
Anaklia Deep Sea Port land construction works are to kick off on December 20, it was announced at a meeting between Anaklia Development Consortium and Georgian business sector representatives held at the Tax Payers Union’s office on Friday. “Anaklia Deep Sea Port is a project of unprecedented scale for our country, with which the process… Read More
A major project to remove century old contamination from the Flint River is moving into its final phase. Last week, crews finished dredging part of the Flint River bottom to remove the last remnants of coal tar from the sediment. The coal tar came from a coal gasification plant that shut down in the 1920s…. Read More
What’s more Brooklyn than several thousand tons of toxic sludge channeled down a concrete chute being portrayed as a developer’s Riviera? If you’re confused which horribly polluted body of water in Brooklyn we’re referring to, we’ll save you some time: it’s the Gowanus Canal. You know, the same canal nicknamed “Lavender Lake” in the early… Read More