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A MAJOR boost is under way for the city’s marine industry with construction kicking off next week of two massive berths and the pending approval of a major dredging facility at Coomera. Steve Sammes, chief operating officer of Gold Coast City Marina, said work would start at the beginning of February on berths for super… Read More
Cuyahoga County has asked a federal judge to rule against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a lawsuit over the Corps’ plans to dump dredged materials from the Cleveland Harbor into Lake Erie. The county in an amicus, or “friend-of-the-court,” brief Thursday said the county has an interest in keeping the lake’s water safe… Read More
Residents of Bakhaw Norte in Kalibo took their anger and frustration to the streets to dramatize their opposition to the dredging of the Aklan River. Around 100 residents staged a protest march to the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) and to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Aklan District Engineering Office on… Read More
The public has until Monday to comment on a report that presents analysis, a tentatively selected plan and an evaluation of potential impacts associated with a Delaware River dredging proposal. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the Draft Feasibility Report and Integrated Environmental Assessment (EA): Delaware Beneficial Use of Dredged Material for the Delaware… Read More
Southern Shores is looking into beach replenishment. Duck, Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills have worked for years on a similar project. Now, there’s a possibility Southern Shores might piggy back on. After years of the Kitty Hawk beaches getting battered by storms, relief is on the way. Mayor Gary Perry says by June, he… Read More
The federal government has given authorization for Charleston Harbor to be deepened to 52 feet, but the project awaits federal funds as the new administration settles into office. “We’ve gotten to ‘yes,’ but we’re not done yet,” U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said. Several lawmakers spoke of the importance of securing federal money for the… Read More
The much called-for dredging of part of the River Avon at Tewkesbury could happen later this year. With flooding often affecting the town and surrounding villages, there have been repeated calls in recent years for the authorities to carry out dredging. Residents have said they remembered it being done more often in the past, with… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will study long-term fixes to three areas of Pacifica that have been hammered by powerful winter storms, officials announced Wednesday. The analysis is a key first step in a process that could result in the agency performing upward of $6.2 million in repairs, with the federal government paying for… Read More
After years of planning, the money is finally flowing in for a buried seawall project along the East Shore of Staten Island to protect against future Hurricane Sandy-like storms. Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently included $151 million in his 2017-2018 executive budget proposal, one and a half months after local lawmakers urged him to do so…. Read More
The Tulsa Port of Catoosa awarded a contract with a dredging company to remove silt build up in the channel, clearing it to a 12-foot depth. A contract of slightly more than $1 million was awarded to Illinois-based Mid-America Dredging by the City of Tulsa-Rogers County Port Authority at its January meeting. The work is… Read More
Small harbors in Michigan have a big problem. Over time, access to harbors gets blocked by sand and sediment, and the harbor needs to be dredged. But the money to pay for dredging just isn’t there anymore. In Leland, the problem has gotten so bad, the community has turned to a crowdfunding website to help… Read More
Farmers of upper and lower Pomeroon have called for the urgent dredging of the mouth of the Pomeroon River, improved drainage and irrigation and management of pest and diseases in coconuts and plantains. These and other concerns including the provision of titles to lands which they presently occupy for planting were raised during a meeting… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will halt work on dredging Port Everglades while it takes another look at potential environmental damage, according to federal court filings last week. The decision comes after environmentalists and recreational divers sued last year, saying the Corps relied on the same faulty assessment that left a mile-wide swath of… Read More
Three years from now, the city hopes a harbor dredging project that will allow the port to increase business and compete with other major shipping centers along the Northern Atlantic Coast will be approved with federal funding in place to start the work. The New Haven Port Authority, under its Executive Director Judi Sheiffele, has… Read More
The City Council approved a proposal Tuesday to contract with an international company to start the planning that’s necessary to dredge the Suisun Marina. If things go according to plan, dredging could start as early as August with work done in both the marina channel and in Whispering Bay. The contract with engineering planning firm… Read More