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As work continues to deepen the Haines small boat harbor, phase two of the expansion project is headed to design. Phase two, a sport fishing ramp, is a collaboration between the borough and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. ADF&G plans to pay for the ramp with federal dollars. After controversy over the first… Read More
Union Minister for Road, Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate cargo operations which will resume from the port here in August. Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy on Tuesday met Mr. Gadkari and apprised him of the progress of port development works. Mr. Gadkari has agreed to attend the inaugural function, slated to be held… Read More
Dredging at the confluence of the Guyandotte and Ohio rivers began Tuesday near the Guyandotte boat ramp. “The need for dredging typically arises in the approach areas to the lock and dam projects, as well as several naturally occurring sediment bars, tributary confluences, harbors and boat ramps,” said Chuck Minsker, a public affairs specialist with… Read More
Authorities at the National Port Authority or NPA announced Monday June 19, 2017 that they have completed the dredging of the Freeport of Monrovia to a depth of 13.5 meters and in some places, 14.5 meters, in order to accommodate larger and wilder vessels, provide for safe navigation and facilitate trade and commerce. The dredging… Read More
Hundreds of dump trucks of sediment that’s been accumulating at the bottom of Lake Linganore for the last 45 years will be dredged up and used to help county landfill operations as part of a multi-year project that’s set to begin the construction phase soon. The Frederick County government is taking the lead in a… Read More
Town officials in Wellfleet are hoping recent some new federal funding announced last week bodes well for the planned Harbor dredging project. Congressman Bill Keating helped secure $150,000 from the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the Federal Channel at the Harbor. That will be a central component of the overall $13 million dollar project,… Read More
The long-awaited Absecon Island dunes project will get underway in Ventnor this week, more than three weeks later than the most recently announced schedule. NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Army Corps of Engineers officials said the hopper dredge owned by Weeks Marine, Inc. of Cranford, which successfully bid on the $63 million project, was… Read More
A beach replenishment project is underway in the Outer Banks. The project will span about two miles of beach in Duck, 2.7 miles of beach in Kill Devil Hills, all of Kitty Hawk and part of Southern Shores. In Kill Devil Hills, the project is scheduled to begin later this week. As a result, equipment… Read More
Sandwich selectmen have given the okay for engineers to begin the first phase in the dredging of Old Sandwich Harbor. The Woods Hole Group is working with the town on the project, which would see the dredging of the Harbor and placing the sediment onto Town Neck Beach. The group would also look to address… Read More
Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed into law a bill that allows the clearing and dredging of some scenic rivers, including several in St. Tammany Parish, to improve drainage. Edwards this week signed the bill by Sen. Mack “Bodi” White, which amends the Louisiana Scenic Rivers Act and allows local, state or federal governments to… Read More
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is providing $10.5 million in Waterway Improvement Fund grants to improve public boating access and navigation throughout the state. Passed by the Maryland General Assembly and signed by Governor Larry Hogan, this critical funding will go toward 49 projects in 18 counties from Allegany to Worcester. “Through this grant… Read More
Brevard County started collecting a half-cent in sales tax earlier in the year to raise funds to help save the ailing Indian River Lagoon. The county has already started using those funds and officials were working Friday to permanently abandon 14 septic tanks near the lagoon on Merritt Island. The property owners using the septic… Read More
The Coast Guard is establishing three safety zones to facilitate the Philadelphia to Sea Dredging Maintenance Project which will be conducting dredging in the Delaware River from June 17, 2017 through September 1, 2017. During this time, the dredge ILLINOIS will begin dredging in Marcus Hook Range, followed by Deepwater Point Range, and finish dredging… Read More
The first phase of the Shell Rock River Watershed District’s dredging of Fountain Lake will begin no later than June 1 of next year, according to dates presented Wednesday at the district’s board of managers workshop. Potential contractors would be able to start the dredging process earlier than that date if necessary, and that phase… Read More
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is urging Secretary Robert Speer, the acting Army Secretary, to do more to educate those in Buffalo County who could lose their land, and for some their livelihood. The Army Corp of Engineers is proposing to acquire 489 acres of farmland through eminent domain to house sand that is dredged from… Read More