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Collier County leaders are considering spending tens of millions of dollars on widening Naples beaches. Commissioners are considering way to protect the coastlines from the impacts of storm surge and sea level rise. They said widening the beaches may be the best way to prepare. “Picture…higher dunes and a longer, bigger beach,” said Commissioner Penny… Read More
Construction is set to begin on a barrier island rebuilding project to protect the area during hurricanes. The work on the Caillou Lake Headland barrier island, also known as Whiskey Island, is expected to begin within the next couple weeks, according to local officials. The island, part of Isles Dernieres, protects the wetlands in south… Read More
A £6.8m scheme to reduce the risk of flooding to thousands of homes and businesses is being launched this month. The annual Environment Agency project, dubbed Lincshore, will involve dredging sand from the seabed and pumping it onto the beach, and replacing levels lost to the sea during the winter. This reduces the risk of… Read More
Dredging resumed this week in the Cuyahoga River shipping channel after a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey showed sediment buildup in the lower stretch nearest to Lake Erie and Cleveland Harbor. Dredging in the upper channel nearest to the ArcelorMittal steel mill’s docks is expected to begin later this month, said Luciano Vera, a… Read More
People walking near part of the Flint River will see, and likely smell, a major dredging project this summer. About a quarter mile segment of the Flint River will be dredged to remove tons of soil contaminated with coal tar from a gas plant that closed a century ago. The plant operated from the mid-1800’s… Read More
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in November severely damaged the harbour, raising the seabed and limiting access to four hours a day. Transport Agency earthquake recovery manager Steve Mutton said 20 percent of the $5 million budget had already been spent dredging the harbour. “We are about to install new piles to enable the berth to be… Read More
The Corps of Engineers has announced plans to dredge the mouth of the Tangipahoa River before the end of this year. Tangipahoa Parish President Robby Miller says the $1 million project will make the last few hundred yards of the river 14 feet deep from its current two-foot depth. Miller says the change will leave… Read More
Failing to dredge at the Goodwin Sands could cost the redevelopment of Dover Western Docks another £20 million. It could eventually lead to the missed chance of generating all of the projected 520 jobs from the Dover Western Docks Revival, affecting hundreds of Dover families. That’s the warning from Neil Wiggins, Port of Dover community… Read More
A private company will soon have the go-ahead from city and state to manage commercial activities at Napa’s Main Street Boat Dock, but the effect of heavy storms last winter on river sedimentation raises question marks. Tideline Marine Group is poised to start a seven-year contract to run daily operations at the downtown landing below… Read More
City Water, Light and Power is downsizing plans for a second lake. Past designs put Hunter Lake’s capacity at about 21 million gallons per day, while an updated design is likely to be around 12 million gallons, CWLP’s water division manager Ted Meckes said Tuesday. The reduced size provides room to build sediment basins and… Read More
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