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Dredging Project for the Tangipahoa River Gets Green Light, Funding

United States

The Corps of Engineers has announced plans to dredge the mouth of the Tangipahoa River before the end of this year. Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller says the $1 million project will make the last few hundred yards of the river 14 feet deep from its current two-foot depth. Miller says the change will leave… Read More

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Neil Wiggins of Port of Dover States Case for Dredging Goodwin Sands for Western Docks Developments

United Kingdom

Failing to dredge at the Goodwin Sands could cost the redevelopment of Dover Western Docks another £20 million. It could eventually lead to the missed chance of generating all of the projected 520 jobs from the Dover Western Docks Revival, affecting hundreds of Dover families. That’s the warning from Neil Wiggins, Port of Dover community… Read More

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Army Corps Studying Whether Winter Storms Undid Napa River Dredging

United States

A private company will soon have the go-ahead from city and state to manage commercial activities at Napa’s Main Street Boat Dock, but the effect of heavy storms last winter on river sedimentation raises question marks. Tideline Marine Group is poised to start a seven-year contract to run daily operations at the downtown landing below… Read More

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Planned Size of Hunter Lake Scaled Back

United States

City Water, Light and Power is downsizing plans for a second lake. Past designs put Hunter Lake’s capacity at about 21 million gallons per day, while an updated design is likely to be around 12 million gallons, CWLP’s water division manager Ted Meckes said Tuesday. The reduced size provides room to build sediment basins and… Read More

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Will Sefton Council Spend £40M Dredging Marine Lake?

United Kingdom

Dredging the town’s Marine Lake would cost up to £40 MILLION – according to a Southport Area Committee report. Cllr Sue McGuire, Leader of the Lib Dems group and whose ward includes the north section of the Marine Lake, said she was shocked at the costs and condemned the figure of £40 million as being… Read More

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Pompton Lake Prepped For a Second Summer of Dredging

United States

Dredging will begin again soon in Pompton Lake in the most extensive phase of the three-year, $50 million cleanup of runoff from the nearby DuPont munitions plant, which left the lake polluted with mercury, lead and other contaminants. A crane lifted metal framing into place on the shoreline at a staging area for the project… Read More

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Ocean City Set for Beach Fill Next Fall

United States

Ocean City’s north end looks set for beach replenishment next fall. Steve Rochette, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers, said Wednesday, April 5 that the federal agency is almost finished with designs for a project that would pump 700,000 cubic yards of sand on beaches between Seaview Road and 13th Street. The project… Read More

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Issue Over Dump Site Puts Lagoon Dredging Project on Hold

United States

Work to create channels in the Lake Worth Lagoon to connect private docks in Palm Beach to the Intracoastal Waterway is on hold until officials agree on a site to dump the dredged muck. Palm Beachers along the lagoon want to dredge three waterways from Midtown to the South End. The north channel is located… Read More

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Indian Line of Credit: Fresh $5B Likely Amid Slow Use of Previous $3B

India

Bangladesh has been slow in using up the previous $3 billion of Indian credit due to procedural flaws mainly on Dhaka’s part. Until last month, India disbursed a little over 50 percent of the $1.06 billion loan it sanctioned in August 2010. And the disbursement of the second credit of $2 billion approved in March… Read More

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Portsea Beach Bill $20.42M

RECOMMENDED ways to protect Portsea beach from erosion for the next 50 years vary in cost from $2.2 million to $32.5m. However, consultants hired by the state government say that only two of five options tackle the causes of erosion along 400 metres of the beach near Portsea pier. The consultants warn that doing nothing… Read More

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Portsea Beach Bill $20.42M

Australia

RECOMMENDED ways to protect Portsea beach from erosion for the next 50 years vary in cost from $2.2 million to $32.5m. However, consultants hired by the state government say that only two of five options tackle the causes of erosion along 400 metres of the beach near Portsea pier. The consultants warn that doing nothing… Read More

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Marinas Planned to Push Tourism

India

In a boost to development of anchorage and berthing facilities for yachts and pleasure boats, the Maharashtra government is looking at five sites, including three in Mumbai for constructing marinas. The locations being considered for the marinas — which have facilities for sheltered anchoring and mooring for speed boats, luxury boats and yachts — include… Read More

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Port of Port Angeles Pursuing Cargo Terminal Dredging

United States

Port of Port Angeles commissioners told port staff to pursue an estimated $700,000 berth maintenance endeavor for its cargo terminal, Terminal 3. The plan would be to dredge about 6,300 cubic yards of material from the berth area, bringing the sea floor to about 45 feet below sea level. The terminal was last dredged to… Read More

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871 km of the Brahmaputra in Assam will be Dredged

India

A total of 871 km of the mighty Brahmaputra in Assam will be dredged with the Centre bearing its expenditure, said a senior official of the Inland Water Transport department. Survey of 300 km of the Brahmaputra has been completed so far by the state PWD department for dredging of the river, said Inland Water… Read More

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Jacksonville Council Talks Local Dredge Funding With JaxPort

United States

Officials from JaxPort and the city met Wednesday to talk about possible local funding to deepen the port for larger ships. Councilman Bill Gulliford met with Council President Lori Boyer and JaxPort’s interim CEO Eric Green to discuss dredging 13 miles of the St. Johns River, but Gulliford said there’s no definite federal or state… Read More

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