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Beachgoers arriving at the Galveston seawall this weekend will find a far more spacious beach to relax on following the pumping of more than 1 million cubic yards of sand along 3.5 miles of badly eroded beach. The $19.5 million effort to pump sand taken from a sand bar in the Houston Ship Channel ended… Read More
A $1.3 million dredging project planned for Utah Lake State Park Marina in April is being delayed, probably until after Labor Day. The postponement is due to a number of factors, including too few bidders in the original request, rising water levels and concern not to interrupt the spawning season for the lake’s endangered June… Read More
The Isle of Wight Council is to undertake two studies to understand the future coastal erosion and coastal flood defence needs of Sandown Bay and Ventnor. Coastal erosion and tidal flooding The first phase of the studies is comprising information-gathering in relation to the physical and natural environments, including coastal processes, economic data and an… Read More
Dredging to remove shoaling in the shipping channel in Beaufort Inlet began Friday, with the spoils going to re-nourish the beach west of Fort Macon State Park in Atlantic Beach. Dredging company Great Lakes Dredge and Dock is using the Illinois, a cutter-head and suction-pipeline dredge, for the project, which is part of a rotating… Read More
The Port of Dover says millions of pounds of investment and hundreds of jobs will be at risk if it can’t dredge the material it wants from the Goodwin Sands. The work will help expand the Western Docks and the port says getting sand from further away will massively increase the carbon footprint of the… Read More
Dredging of the Shallotte Inlet crossing on the Intracoastal Waterway in Ocean Isle Beach wrapped up Friday, an operation that took less than the scheduled two weeks, according to Southwind Construction Corp. night superintendent Jim Barton. The dredged sand was pumped onto the east end of Ocean Isle Beach, with about 36,000 cubic yards added… Read More
The New Zealand Refinery Company has long-held plans to dredge the Whangarei Harbour to allow fully laden oil tankers to enter. This week, it began public consultation taking the information to the people. An application is pending to dredge the main channel and ancient pathway of the sperm whale into Whangarei Harbour. Te Parawhau elder… Read More
The Lower Bois d’Arc Creek Reservoir project came one step closer to clearing its last hurdle for development this week when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a revised environmental impact study. This revision comes nearly two years after the initial study was released for public comment. “If this is approved, it will probably… Read More
The dredging of a key South Jersey Inlet won’t begin until early July due to federal fish migration regulations, a state official said. The state Coastal Engineering Department said earlier this month that dredging of Little Egg Inlet is needed because parts of the channel have sand buildup, making navigation challenging and dangerous. “This situation… Read More
Works at West Bay will start again today (Monday, March 27th) and run through April 4th and some night shift work may be required. The method of West Bay’s dredging works has been adjusted slightly following delays. Works were scheduled to begin on March 11th and last for eight days, with no night shift work… Read More
Sarnia went to great lengths to properly dispose of sediment scooped up during this winter’s $3-million dredging project, but that’s not always the case in the Great Lakes. In Lake Erie, dredging has been linked to the growth and spread of algae in recent years, said Don Ciparis of the National Farmers Union. “I was… Read More
A LOT has changed in and around Throsby Creek over the past two decades. Once a desolate and polluted stormwater drain, the city’s largest urban waterway now supports a thriving ecosystem. The creek’s change in fortunes has also helped drive the property boom in Maryville and Tighes Hill in recent years. The blueprint for the… Read More
Nauset Beach is disappearing rapidly so selectmen are trying to act quickly to protect the uber popular destination. They tasked their consultant, Woods Hole Group, to move forward on phase one and phase two of the project, which may mean that buildings at the beach could be demolished as early as next year. “We are… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, in cooperation with its partners at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Lake Odessa Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project April 6 at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony, which celebrates the completion of… Read More
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), in partnership with the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), has put together a scheme to clear a number of drains in Accra of silt ahead of this year’s rainy season. Being executed by Dredge Masters Limited, the exercise is part of measures to prevent the drainage systems in the capital from… Read More