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The Delaware and Raritan Canal is scheduled for a good cleaning. The New Jersey Water Supply Authority is proposing to dredge a 10.5-mile stretch of the canal, which runs parallel to the Millstone River, from Kingston to Amwell Road in the East Millstone section of Franklin. The project, which is estimated to cost $51.86 million,… Read More
It’s a classic strategy: When someone tells you “no,” go ask their boss. That’s apparently the approach being taken by Humboldt County Supervisor and recently appointed California Coastal Commissioner Ryan Sundberg, who last Monday sent an email to Jack Bowles, director of state and local relations at the United States Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in… Read More
The scheduled Bandon Flood Relief Scheme work programme for 2017 has now commenced on the River Bandon in Co Cork. The scheme consists of a combination of flood defences and dredging of the river bed to a level of 9.5m downstream of the Bandon weir (about 1.8m below the existing bed level) in the town… Read More
For the past couple of years, Delaware beaches have been slammed by strong storms, causing its dunes to deteriorate. Jack Gordon, the Mayor for Bethany Beach says, “the dunes used to be 14 feet tall, they used to go out that far. Then another 50 feet, so we would have another 150 feet of beach…. Read More
Center Springs Pond, which is choked with sediment and algae, will not be dredged this year as planned because the initial cost estimate was far too low, town officials said Monday. Originally projected at $500,000 to $750,000, the cost actually will be $1 million to $1.2 million, General Manager Scott Shanley said. The six-acre pond… Read More
Last Monday night’s meeting sounded like a scene out of Exodus with a wrathful and vengeful Yahweh ready to cast a reign of terror on the north end of Longboat Key. Snakes. Mosquitoes. Dead mangroves. Salination. Loss of tourism. These will be the likely consequences say Longboat Key residents if the town does not act… Read More
Federal, state and local officials have spent years studying ways to clear out the sediment that’s slowly filling in Lewis and Clark Lake. With all the time spent seeking solutions to either removing the sediment or reducing the amount flowing into the lake, one would think just about every avenue had been explored. That wasn’t… Read More
New Jersey officials remain hopeful that the dredging of a key South Jersey inlet will begin early this summer. The state Coastal Engineering Department said in March that dredging of Little Egg Inlet is needed because parts of the channel have sand buildup, making navigation challenging and dangerous. At the time, officials set an initial… Read More
The Office of Capital Improvements will host a kick-off meeting about the Wagner Creek and Seybold Canal Dredging and Restoration Project to inform and answer questions from City residents and stakeholders. The project area is located between N.W. 20th Street and the confluence of Seybold Canal and the Miami River. The project’s primary objective is… Read More
Ocean City will be updating property owners on a dredging project during a public meeting to be held Saturday, June 3rd. Mayor Jay Gillian announced that the meeting will be held at the Ocean City Tabernacle to update the public on the current dredging project and to discuss long term dredging solutions. Source: 987thecoast
The annual dredging of the Oceanside harbor entrance channel has again hit rough waters. Bad weather and equipment problems have set the work days or even weeks behind schedule, though officials say they hope to catch up. The dredging began in mid-April and is to be completed by the end of May before the Memorial… Read More
Sedge Island, a small plot of land situated in the lower end of the Narrow River salt marsh, served as a board room of sorts for officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), who provided an update on the Narrow River restoration project to Narrow River Preservation Association (NRPA) board members while touring… Read More
City Council introduced an $18.5 million funding package Thursday night to finance a series of dredging projects, road improvements and drainage upgrades that are a major part of Mayor Jay Gillian’s capital plan this year. A public hearing and final vote on the bond ordinance are scheduled for May 23. Assuming the ordinance is approved,… Read More
After seawalls collapsed following a Cherry Grove dredging project more than a week ago, North Myrtle Beach city officials explained the walls were built improperly, which is what caused the collapse, not the dredging. Documents requested by News13 show the building of the seawall was permitted in 2007 and closed in 2009. So News13 went… Read More
As the receding water level of the Sukhna has once again become the cause for concern, experts have questioned the desilting of the lake. Notably, the Administration has decided to start de-silting after the recommendation by a committee set up by the Administration. Experts are of the view that it would not help much as… Read More