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Silting up of Peel marina is worse then ever – and boat owners say enough is enough. Captain Eddie Kaighin of the Isle of Man Harbour Users’ Association has written to Infrastructure Minister Ray Harmer calling for members to be exempted from paying berthing fees until the problem is solved. He wrote: ’One of the… Read More
When the wind whipped up the shallow water on Storm Lake a couple decades ago, it created an interesting scene. The wave action lifted sediment off the shallow lake’s bottom, leading to cloudy, brown water conditions and strange-looking waves. “We didn’t have whitecaps, we had kind of like chocolate caps,” said Gary Lalone, chairman of… Read More
Oak Island received some verbal, though not formally written, support from county commissioners Monday for its request to become party to an existing federal permit for dredging and sand placement from the Lockwood Folly Inlet. Commissioners would like to hear from Holden Beach, which already is party to that permit, before firing off a letter… Read More
The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation, Harbors Division, recently celebrated the blessing of Hilo Harbor’s newly completed Pier 4 cargo wharf project, the Pier 1 cargo yard and passenger terminal improvements. The projects are designed to increase operational space and increase cargo handling efficiencies. The improvements to the passenger terminal will create a more pleasant and… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comment on long-awaited plans to dredge Wellfleet Harbor, in what local officials are hoping is a good sign for the project. The harbor has been choked with sand due to a lack of dredging, now making it impossible for boats to come in and out of… Read More
Honeywell says its five-year cleanup of contamination in the bottom of Onondaga Lake is done. “Honeywell’s historic cleanup of Onondaga Lake is complete,” project manager John McAuliffe said in statement. “Today, the water quality in Onondaga Lake is the best it’s been in more than 100 years.” The cleanup isn’t final until the state and… Read More
In an attempt to fix a two-year problem at Round Hill Creek, Gladstone Regional Council has reached out to the Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning for advice to dredge the river mouth. For two years, sand build-up has caused serious safety and access problems for tourism operators and recreational anglers. It also… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has officially started work on Smith Island. Two major improvement projects are going on, one includes constructing two jetties at the Rhodes Point section of the island— while the other involves dredging of two main federal channels. Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Somerset County are teaming… Read More
Lyttelton Port Company’s harbour dredging is a step closer after the Surfbreak Protection Society withdrew its appeal to recently granted consents. If another appeal by Ng?i Tahu can be settled soon it will allow the port company to go ahead with the dredging and the construction of a $56 million cruise ship berth. When the… Read More
Harris County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with designing the final $14 million stretch of a massive, decades-long project to widen and deepen Brays Bayou. Since the late 1980s, the Harris County Flood Control District and the Army Corps of Engineers methodically have been working to increase the bayou’s ability to handle… Read More
The cost of dredging Sarnia Harbour has risen again. Council approved an additional $260,000 on Dec. 11, bringing the bill to almost $3.5 million. It was the second time the city had to ante up an additional $260,000, putting the project about $500,000 over budget. Dredging began in late 2016 to remove 30,000 cubic metres… Read More
“I want Lido to have the nicest beach they possibly can as well because they’re a direct reflection on [Siesta] and were a direct reflection on them,” said Siesta Key business owner and homeowner Michael Holderness, who gave testimony at the Sarasota County Justice Center during the week of December 11. A state administrative judge… Read More
Renourishment of St. Augustine Beach has been delayed, according to the Army Corps of Engineers. Dredging for the project, which was expected to begin by now, is scheduled to kick off Thursday because of rough seas, according to a press release from the corps. Dredging will also be suspended Dec. 23-27 because of Christmas and… Read More
Tis the season for predictions laced with degrees of hopefulness and determination. Sandwich Town Manager Bud Dunham predicts that by the end of 2019, the town will know if permits can be secured to tap the Scusset State Beach basin north of the canal for sand that can be placed on always-eroding Town Neck Beach…. Read More
The state Department of Environmental Protection remains in negotiations with Surf City officials on paying for beach replenishment work scheduled to begin early next year. The work is part of a larger project that includes Harvey Cedars, and 31st to 57th streets in the Brant Beach section of Long Beach Township. State officials didn’t say… Read More