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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to rebuild the artificial dune covering Montauk’s infamous sandbag revetment and release East Hampton Town and Suffolk County from some of the original obligations for maintaining the sand-covered sea wall going forward. Town officials said on Tuesday that the Army Corps has said it will send contractors… Read More
On Thursday, March 30, the Richland-Wilkin Joint Powers Authority filed for a preliminary injunction against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority. The Joint Powers Authority wants Judge John Tunheim, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, to prevent the Corps and Diversion Authority from carrying out the proposed Fargo-Moorhead… Read More
Texas’ first plan for lessening damage from the next destructive hurricane calls for hundreds of millions of dollars in projects along the Texas coast, including turning a once-controversial housing project on Galveston Island into a nature preserve. The General Land Office recently issued its Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan, which calls for taking actions that… Read More
After five years of negotiations with the Jacksonville Port Authority and the Army Corps of Engineers, the St. Johns Riverkeeper is ready to take off the gloves and file a lawsuit within 30 days regarding the proposed St. Johns River dredging project, said Riverkeeper Lisa Rinaman. Rinaman discussed the dredging issue and two other legislative… Read More
Annual dredging of Charleston Harbor continued Tuesday, as the Army Corps of Engineers works to maintain the proper depth in the busy shipping channel. Harbor depth has been constantly on the minds of state and local leaders in recent years, as they’ve fought for federal approval to deepen the channel. Work will begin in December… Read More
Annual dredging of Charleston Harbor continued Tuesday, as the Army Corps of Engineers works to maintain the proper depth in the busy shipping channel. Harbor depth has been constantly on the minds of state and local leaders in recent years, as they’ve fought for federal approval to deepen the channel. Work will begin in December… Read More
Mississippi River Commission held its annual town hall meeting Monday. We learned why problems at the Hickman Fulton County Riverport Authority may not be fixed anytime soon. MRC spokesman Jim Pogue says, this year, the commission’s budget is tight. “Some years, we get funding to dredge in all 10 Memphis District harbors, but this year… Read More
Collier County officials are considering using dredging to fight beach erosion, but doing so will cost more than the current method of using trucks to haul sand. “It’s always going to cost more to dredge, but it’s always going to last longer,” Naples city councilman Reg Buxton said. While some suggest increasing the county’s tourist… Read More
New Hampshire’s congressional delegates are calling on the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Hampton Harbor, where they say severe shoaling is harming local marine industries. U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., wrote a letter March 27 to the Army Corps of Engineers asking for the federal engineering and construction agency to quickly dredge the harbor,… Read More
A call has been made upon the relevant authorities to expedite dredging works on the rivermouth of Sungai Sarawak to ease navigation for the communities there. Demak assemblyman Dr Hazland Abang Hipni also believes that flash flood incidents would be minimised once the river is deepened. “It is hoped that the relevant authorities would expedite… Read More
Contract crews are beginning work on the final phase of dredging at the Ashland Project, where remediation is taking place in Chequamegon Bay. Late in March, the Environmental Protection Agency and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approved a final design plan for the full-scale wet dredge at the site as proposed by Northern States Power… Read More
The long-awaited cleanup of Wagner Creek and Seybold Canal is expected to start next month, says Horacio Stuart Aguirre, Miami River Commission chairman. Cleanup of the long-polluted Miami River tributary comes two years after the city commission approved the Wagner Creek and Seybold Canal Maintenance Dredging and Environmental Cleanup Project. The city has lined up… Read More
Specialist work vessels have arrived at the Port of Dover to begin dredging the harbour as part of its redevelopment. The £120 million Western Docks Revival (DWDR) project will see a new marina pier erected and the building of a new cargo terminal, as well as shops, cafes and bars on the seafront. VolkerStevin and… Read More
The East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday said it will ask the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to abandon plans to fortify the beaches to the west of Montauk Inlet, since doing so without constructing jetties, or groins, along the beach would cost some $21 million—$11 million of which the town would have to pay… Read More
Adding cranes in Savannah or doubling Ro/Ro space in Brunswick is about more than boosting already impressive cargo numbers. The point is ensuring our ability to grow along with our customers, and never experiencing the congestion that occurs when demand becomes equal to capacity. GPA employees, our partners in the ILA and service providers deliver… Read More