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A flood defence scheme for Comrie costing around £24 million has been approved by Perth and Kinross Council. The decision was made by the local authority’s environment, enterprise and infrastructure committee, when councillors agreed to press ahead with various flood prevention measures for the village, which was hit by devastating floods in 2012 and more… Read More
Judge John Tunheim, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, ruled Thursday, Sept. 7 that construction on the proposed Fargo-Moorhead Diversion must immediately cease and desist. The ruling is the latest milestone in the five-year battle for the more than $2.1 billion project. Supporters of the Richland-Wilkin Joint Powers Authority, partnered with the Minnesota… Read More
The ongoing Absecon Island beach fill and dune project has been completed in Ventnor and will move to Longport next week. Meanwhile, as ponding continues to be an issue following recent rain and water is being pumped to the ocean by the subcontractor, the city of Margate is negotiating a proposal for a permanent solution… Read More
A major dredging project in the Flint River remains on schedule. Consumers Energy is paying to remove tons of coal tar waste along a third of a mile stretch of the river in downtown Flint. The coal tar waste is the legacy of a gasification plant that closed almost a century ago. Consumers spokesman Kevin… Read More
A $3.2 million grant included in the proposed state budget will be used by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding to improve the city’s harbor. The work includes dock construction and a dredging project, which is the third phase of the harbor project, according to news releases from Sen. Frank Lasee, R-De Pere, and Rep. Joel Kitchens, R-Sturgeon… Read More
Beach renourishment along the Grand Strand has temporarily stopped as crews prepare for Hurricane Irma, according to a news release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Officials say the company responsible for the project, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, has stopped pumping and dredging and is preparing the dredges to be sent to safe… Read More
A considerable amount of dredging work is being carried out at the adjacent Russian ports of St.Petersburg and Ust-Luga using the fleet of dredgers operated by Rosmorport, the state port operator. Much of this work is maintenance dredging but the work at Ust-Luga heralds the further development of this port to make it the major… Read More
Monroe County’s 29 miles of riverfront property soon may be part of a new port district overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The proposed Mid-Ohio River Valley Port District would stretch from the Gallia/Meigs county line in the south, up the Ohio River to include Columbiana County. According to Karen Pawloski, transportation planning… Read More
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded a draft Chapter 91 waterways license to Wynn Boston Harbor for its upcoming dredging program. The license is subject to a 21-day appeal period and was granted on Aug. 29, so if there are no appeals, it will take effect on Sept. 19. The letter of… Read More
The owners of the land beneath Mirror Pond estimate it will cost around $6.7 million to remove the unwanted sediment accumulated over the last 33 years. On Tuesday, Todd Taylor, who jointly owns the pond bottom in partnership with Old Mill District developer Bill Smith, appeared before the Bend Park & Recreation District board to… Read More
A ministerial panel of the J&K government on Tuesday decided to verify the credentials of a Chinese company, which is part of the joint venture emerging as the lone contender for the multi-crore Wular Lake dredging project. A source told Greater Kashmir that the panel, which met here this afternoon, decided to do the background… Read More
Fall 2017 dredge projects at Jimmerson Lake, Indiana, are underway, says Superior Dredging of Illinois. Using their new Ellicott Swinging Dragon Dredge Jenny-Kay, Superior Dredging started Site 1 work by the dam on West Bachelor Road in August. They will continue to work eastward, and it is expected to take three weeks to complete this… Read More
Water Resources Minister Keshab Mahanta today informed the Assembly that dredging work for developing the Brahmaputra as the National Waterway II would start within next two months. The State government has already procured two dredgers for the purpose and another two are on the way. Responding to a call attention motion by Congress MLA Ajanta… Read More
A milestone was reached in the $44million Eden Breakwater Wharf Extension project on Monday afternoon with the arrival of the dredge and barges, signalling an imminent start of work. Eden Chamber of Commerce, Cruise Eden, Sapphire Coast Tourism and Port Authority of NSW representatives gathered at Snug Cove to celebrate the arrival of the monster… Read More
The ENVIROdredge team recently teamed up with our friends at Lake and Wetland Management to complete a pond embankment stabilization project at a private golf course in San Antonio, TX. The project was completed using an innovative new system called Dredgesox™. According to Best Management Practice guidelines, erosion control devices must provide strength, support new… Read More