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Dredging the town’s Marine Lake would cost up to £40 MILLION – according to a Southport Area Committee report. Cllr Sue McGuire, Leader of the Lib Dems group and whose ward includes the north section of the Marine Lake, said she was shocked at the costs and condemned the figure of £40 million as being… Read More
Dredging will begin again soon in Pompton Lake in the most extensive phase of the three-year, $50 million cleanup of runoff from the nearby DuPont munitions plant, which left the lake polluted with mercury, lead and other contaminants. A crane lifted metal framing into place on the shoreline at a staging area for the project… Read More
Ocean City’s north end looks set for beach replenishment next fall. Steve Rochette, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers, said Wednesday, April 5 that the federal agency is almost finished with designs for a project that would pump 700,000 cubic yards of sand on beaches between Seaview Road and 13th Street. The project… Read More
Work to create channels in the Lake Worth Lagoon to connect private docks in Palm Beach to the Intracoastal Waterway is on hold until officials agree on a site to dump the dredged muck. Palm Beachers along the lagoon want to dredge three waterways from Midtown to the South End. The north channel is located… Read More
Bangladesh has been slow in using up the previous $3 billion of Indian credit due to procedural flaws mainly on Dhaka’s part. Until last month, India disbursed a little over 50 percent of the $1.06 billion loan it sanctioned in August 2010. And the disbursement of the second credit of $2 billion approved in March… Read More
RECOMMENDED ways to protect Portsea beach from erosion for the next 50 years vary in cost from $2.2 million to $32.5m. However, consultants hired by the state government say that only two of five options tackle the causes of erosion along 400 metres of the beach near Portsea pier. The consultants warn that doing nothing… Read More
RECOMMENDED ways to protect Portsea beach from erosion for the next 50 years vary in cost from $2.2 million to $32.5m. However, consultants hired by the state government say that only two of five options tackle the causes of erosion along 400 metres of the beach near Portsea pier. The consultants warn that doing nothing… Read More
In a boost to development of anchorage and berthing facilities for yachts and pleasure boats, the Maharashtra government is looking at five sites, including three in Mumbai for constructing marinas. The locations being considered for the marinas — which have facilities for sheltered anchoring and mooring for speed boats, luxury boats and yachts — include… Read More
Port of Port Angeles commissioners told port staff to pursue an estimated $700,000 berth maintenance endeavor for its cargo terminal, Terminal 3. The plan would be to dredge about 6,300 cubic yards of material from the berth area, bringing the sea floor to about 45 feet below sea level. The terminal was last dredged to… Read More
A total of 871 km of the mighty Brahmaputra in Assam will be dredged with the Centre bearing its expenditure, said a senior official of the Inland Water Transport department. Survey of 300 km of the Brahmaputra has been completed so far by the state PWD department for dredging of the river, said Inland Water… Read More
Officials from JaxPort and the city met Wednesday to talk about possible local funding to deepen the port for larger ships. Councilman Bill Gulliford met with Council President Lori Boyer and JaxPort’s interim CEO Eric Green to discuss dredging 13 miles of the St. Johns River, but Gulliford said there’s no definite federal or state… Read More
Debris washed up from the ocean – fishing nets, plastic items and sea glass – by waves at high tide line the front of the pavilion at Elizabeth Avenue in Lavallette. High tide waves frequently make it underneath the structure, undermining the building that officials say would cost about $20,000 to replace. “We’re going to… Read More
Can Wahkiakum County and the coalition of upriver ports join forces for the benefit of both in their efforts to conduct dredging projects? The two groups will hold a town hall meeting April 18 in Cathlamet to discuss their goals and the possibility of combining their separate projects. County commissioners hosted representatives of Ports of… Read More
The project to deepen the shipping channel to the Port of Savannah is expected to cost taxpayers some $267 million more than previously estimated. Army Corps of Engineers officials said Wednesday they now estimate that the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project — or SHEP — will cost $973 million, 38 percent more than the $706 million… Read More
Stafford Township Mayor John Spodofora has announced a plan to solve the multifaceted problem of how to get lagoons and other areas of bay dredged, where to put the dredge material and how to protect the mainland from sea level rise and damage from future severe storms. He wants to use dredge material to build… Read More