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The Buxton Beach nourishment project is slated to being in the next few weeks with a tentative start date of May 21. Visitors and residents may start to see equipment arrive in the next couple of weeks, as the contractor deposits staging materials at the old decommissioned Coast Guard Station parking area in Buxton. The… Read More
Construction will soon begin on a second $8.6 million underwater sewer line across the Fraser River after council approved a resolution to update the project budget with provincial and federal funding. Up to 83 per cent, or $6,898,023, of the total costs could be covered by the provincial and federal governments under the Clean Water… Read More
Dredging work is underway for the year in two parts of Lake Decatur, with more than half of the $91 million project now complete. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, the city’s contractor on the project, started work March 31 in Basin 2 and the Sand Creek area, said Keith Alexander, the city’s director of water… Read More
Minnesota has asked a federal judge to block construction of a $2.1 billion flood control project in the Fargo-Moorhead area until it issues permits for the project. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday in Horace, North Dakota, at the site of a planned inlet structure that’s considered the first phase of the cross-border project. Full-scale… Read More
The Merrimack River Beach Alliance is continuing discussion about plans to dredge sand from the Merrimack and Piscataqua Rivers that would be used on area beaches to protect houses threatened by beach erosion. The MRBA met with Department of Conservation and Army Corps Engineers representatives Friday morning to discuss plans for the project, which aims… Read More
The Greenwich Harbor Commission has submitted an application to the Connecticut Port Authority for an $8,000 grant to provide seed money for dredging Greenwich Harbor. Commission members said they are hoping to find other sources of funding to cover what would be an expensive project to remove silt from the downtown waterway. “Priority is now… Read More
The ferry routes between Ocracoke, Swan Quarter and Cedar Island will be altered starting Saturday due to shoaling in the federally-controlled channel at Bigfoot Slough. Water levels will be very low, especially at low tide, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation. The limited schedules will remain in effect until the dredging operation is complete…. Read More
The first stage of dredging in the water area of the specialized seaport “Olvia” was completed. Last time operating dredging in the port was conducted in 2007, reports UkrAgroConsult. Currently estimated total amount of performed works on operational deepening is 31 600 cubic meters. According to technical specification, the overall dredging is more than 99… Read More
The Borno State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources has gone far in ongoing dredging of Rivers to prevent perennial flooding during rainy seasons in different parts of Maiduguri, the State’s highly populated capital. The work is being carried out on the orders of Governor Kashim Shettima who approved the release of funds about two… Read More
After the contractor failed to complete the dredging of the river Jhelum in time, the state government has decided to procure dredging machines and take the entire project in its own hands. Earlier this week, Chief Engineer Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC), Mohammad Hanief Lone, met with the officials of Union Ministry of Water Resources… Read More
Eight municipalities near the boundary between Allegheny and Washington counties are joining forces to alleviate flash flooding within their borders. Bridgeville council last week agreed to advertise an ordinance to join seven other towns to create the Robinson Run-Chartiers Creek Municipal Watershed Alliance. The other municipalities pledging to sign onto the agreement are Robinson in… Read More
A major £6.8million scheme to replenish the coastine near Skegness will helping reduce flood risk to thousands of homes and businesses. The Environment Agency’s annual flagship Lincshore scheme gets underway on Monday and involves dredging sand from the seabed and pumping it onto the beach, replacing levels lost to the sea during the winter. This… Read More
A $3 million dredging project and a $6.4 million upgrade to the port of Searsport are on the Maine Department of Transportation work plan for 2018 and 2019. The Dredge Report The planned dredging project would not expand the shipping channel or shipping berths at Mack Point in Searsport. The plan is to dig out… Read More
Baltimore County hopes to remove about 50,000 cubic yards of sediment and silt from Bird River and Railroad Creek, starting in 2020, in a dredging project estimated to cost upward of $4.5 million. The initiative aims to help homeowners and recreational boaters along the county’s eastern waterfront, improving boating navigation and safety, said County Executive… Read More
Proponents of a long-awaited Goshen Dam Pond dredging project got some good news this month with the announcement that the Indiana Department of Natural Resources has awarded $100,000 in grant funding toward the project. According to Mark Reiter, head of the DNR’s Fish and Wildlife Division, the grant was one of 11 Lake and River… Read More