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The Wynn Boston Harbor team is hoping that the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will approve a new, less invasive method of cleaning up the polluted sediments in the Mystic River as it approaches a decision by the state on its upcoming river clean up phase. Wynn Resorts’ Jacqui Krum told the Massachusetts Gaming… Read More
Jay Kinberger, South Pacific project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, delivered disappointing news Tuesday to local officials seeking Pajaro River flood protection improvements for residents, businesses and growers whose farmland has been under water. The Army Corps’ March 9 analysis focused on three improvements the agency considers economically justified. These three improvements… Read More
The company that for years handled the dredging of the Oceanside harbor, before getting replaced last year in a move that frustrated city officials, will be back on the job in April. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees the annual dredging project, has decided to rehire Manson Construction Co. of Seattle, a spokesman… Read More
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has told the Ministry of Transport (MoT) to suspend the licensing for river dredging projects which has stoked great public concern. He ordered the ministry to let provinces control these projects by themselves. The PM’s order came several days after leaders of the northern province of Bac Ninh sent letters,… Read More
Hopes are high in Pescadero that a solution to its historic flooding may be forthcoming. The sentiment was palpable on March 14, when local and state representatives attended a packed Pescadero Municipal Advisory Council meeting to describe the dredging work on which they’re collaborating. Present that evening were some of the key players in the… Read More
While BJD continues to be locked in a war of words with BJP-led Chhattisgarh government on Mahanadi river water-sharing, Odisha government today stepped up its demand for dredging of Mahanadi river mouth by dashing off a petition to the Centre. Even as the Mahanadi water-sharing continues to a bone of contention, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, has flood teams on the ground in Sprague, Washington, in the St. Joe River basin in Idaho and in Troy, Montana. The Corps is working on a temporary measure to stabilize a section of levee on the St. Joe River in support of the City of St…. Read More
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today convened a meeting to review the progress of ongoing dredging work on river Jhelum. Chief Engineer Irrigation and Flood control (I&FC), Deputy Director Planning, representatives from Reach Dredging Limited and other concerned officials attended the meeting. Chief Engineer I&FC informed the meeting that the contract of Jhelum dredging… Read More
With the dredging of Menemsha Channel still unfinished after two years, the Army Corps of Engineers has terminated its contract with J-Way Inc. of Avon, Ohio, directing the company to remove all of its equipment and restore the site. A notice of termination dated March 6 states that the company did not complete the project… Read More
Simon Gibson, MLA for Abbotsford-Mission, on behalf of Minister of State for Emergency Preparedness Naomi Yamamoto,announced $10 million in flood protection funding for the City of Abbotsford as part of the Province’s major investment in emergency preparedness and public safety. The funds are part of over $80 million in emergency preparedness funding announced by the… Read More
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged the Centre for dredging of Mahanadi River mouth at Paradip port. In a letter to Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari, Patnaik urged him to direct Paradip Port authorities for dredging of Mahanadi River mouth and navigational channel for Paradip fishing harbour. Describing Paradip… Read More
Dredging in the Intracoastal Waterway and Carolina Beach Inlet Crossing will cause certain campsites and beach areas to close. The US Army Corp of Engineers will start placing dredge pipe on Freeman Park south to Zone 10 and due to the small travel lane between Zone 10 and Zone 19, there will be no room… Read More
The project to make the Magdalena River in Colombia more navigable has been suspended: Odebrecht Bribery Plea Muddies Colombia’s Big River Project. Channelization of Magdalena River stalled over corruption fears, thwarting country’s ambitious infrastructure plans A string of gritty river towns along Colombia’s mightiest river have waited years for mounds of silt to be dredged… Read More
Boaters relying on navigation charts and buoys to traverse Little Egg Inlet on their way to and from the Atlantic Ocean could be in for a rude surprise this year — and maybe a damaged boat. Sandbars and shallows in the approaches to the scenic inlet migrate so often and unpredictably that the United States… Read More
Welfare and Port Minister M Kandasamy today asked the Port Department here to ensure that the dredging of the estuary off the coast in Thengaithittu was completed soon so that the development of the Puducherry port into a satellite port could take place expeditiously. After visiting the port, Kandasamy told reporters that Puducherry government and… Read More