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After Rick Scott Veto, Tarpon Springs Renews Push for Money to Dredge Anclote River

United States

In a pocket formed at the end of a branch of the Anclote River, Kevin Meisman has seen the size of the boats coming by his family’s business get smaller. Over time, sand and debris have made the path to Quality T-Tops & Boats Accessories more shallow. It has become harder to service bigger boats… Read More

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Dredging of Kankra Khadi in Udhna, Athwa Zone to Begin

India

Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) plans to undertake dredging of Kankra creek in two phases. The dredging of the 4.5 km creek area would be done at the cost of Rs 10.5 crore for increasing its water carrying capacity. The sand and muck from the creek will be used for filling up land on both sides… Read More

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$586K Modification Study For Tinian Harbor Set To Begin

Micronesia, Federated States of

With the official receipt of grant funding from the Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment or OEA, the modification study, which assesses environmental impacts and creates a feasibility of navigational features for the Tinian Harbor, will continue to move forward. According to the administrator for the Office of Grants Management and State Clearinghouse, Epi… Read More

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About Face: Army Corps Halts Dune Work in Ventnor, Now Headed to Margate

United States

Margate’s bad dune karma has apparently kicked in once again. In a move attributed to weather and equipment problems but which people in Margate immediately interpreted as payback from the highest levels of Trenton for their ferocious objections to Gov. Christie’s dune project, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said late Thursday it would spend… Read More

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Flooding: PDP Charges Ajimobi on Dredging, Bridges

Nigeria

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has been advised to expedite action on the dredging of blocked drainages and raising of bridges over water streams to avoid further flooding in any part of the state. Administrative Secretary of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Honourable Asimiyu Alarape, gave the advice when speaking at an interactive session… Read More

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Beach Becomes Wider in Ocean County Community After Nearby Replenishment

United States

Residents in the southern portion of Ocean County’s Lavallette last week noticed that a beach had become markedly wider since late May. Some even say that the beach around Trenton Avenue doubled in size from last year. How did this happen? The Army Corps of Engineers earlier this month finished the first phase of beach… Read More

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Public Hearing Set for Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline Proposals

United States

Local residents are encouraged to attend a public hearing in Point Richmond next month regarding significant plans to enhance the nearby Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline. The meeting, which will take place July 19 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., will take place at the Point Richmond Community Center at 139 Washington Ave. There, residents will learn… Read More

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Ocean City NJ Council Votes to Put Dredging Projects Out to Bid

United States

City Council on Thursday approved a pair of resolutions authorizing the municipality to seek contractors for back bay dredging projects scheduled to begin in September. One contract is for hydraulic dredging of the Carnival Bayou area and the other is for mechanical dredging of Sunny Harbor and South Harbor, according to a memo drafted by… Read More

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Kitty Hawk will Get an Early Sample of Beach Nourishment

United States

While it’s going to be August before the Kitty Hawk portion of this year’s beach nourishment project officially begins, a small part of the town’s oceanfront will be widened soon. The sand will come from the subline at Helga Street in Kill Devil Hills, and as much as 2,000 feet of beach into Kitty Hawk… Read More

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$3M Beach Nourishment is a Great Investment for Ocean City

United States

Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) highlighted on Monday an advance in the $3 million federal investment necessary for Ocean City’s beach nourishment. Cardin hosted a press conference on the Ocean City Boardwalk along with other officials, including Mayor Richard Meehan, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project manager Justin Callahan to… Read More

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Big Carlos, New Passes to be Dredged Deeper

United States

Boating south of Fort Myers Beach should get a lot easier soon. After years of permitting tussles, Louisiana-based Coastal Dredging has started sucking sandy underwater soil from Big Carlos Pass, between Estero Island and Lovers Key. Once that’s finished, the floating rig and onshore bulldozer/backhoe team will move south to New Pass, between Big Hickory… Read More

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U.S. Army Corps Dredge Clears Chatham Channel

United States

Lowering twin suction arms into the water, the federal dredge Currituck sucks sand out of the Stage Harbor channel, and into the open hopper running stem to stern in the 146-foot-long vessel. A short steam away, and the clam shell bottom of the dredge swings open depositing as much as 315 cubic yards per load… Read More

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Controversy Lingers After $1.7B Cleanup of Hudson River

United States

Dredging crews left the Hudson River two years ago, but criticism of the $1.7 billion cleanup is bubbling up again. Advocates who want the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to order crews back on the river are expected in Poughkeepsie on Wednesday night as the agency holds a public meeting on its review of the Superfund… Read More

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Consumers Energy Dredging a Portion of the Flint River

United States

Consumers Energy has begun dredging the Flint River near the University of Michigan-Flint campus. They’re removing pollutants that have been collecting there for 100 years. In the early 1900s, there was a plant on the banks of the river that turned coal into a burnable gas. Coal tars were a side product that were dumped… Read More

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Dredging Restrictions Lifted as Menominee River Restoration Efforts Reach Major Milestones

United States

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced this week that the recovery efforts facing the Lower Menominee River Area of Concern (AOC) have reached two major advances. Contamination by industrial activities had led to the river’s AOC designation as far back as 1987, under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. It was found to… Read More

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