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Hagerstown officials began work Tuesday night on a proposed bond issue generating up to $7.3 million to be used for a variety of projects, including the dredging of City Park lake and a new $1.25 million fire truck. The five-member Hagerstown City Council voted unanimously during a regular meeting to introduce an ordinance authorizing the… Read More
STARTING from Monday, Ijaw people of Tsekelewu and Polobobou communities, Egbema kingdom, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, have given the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 21-day ultimatum to commence all abandoned projects in their communities. Failure to do so, the people vowed, would lead to civil unrest and disruption of operation of oil… Read More
Jacksonville port executives continue preparations to deepen the St. Johns River, including arranging the purchase of conservation land needed for the project. They also continue to push for local, state and federal funding for the almost $700 million project. The Jacksonville Port Authority board voted unanimously Monday to approve the purchase of two parcels of… Read More
Since the new year, Holden Beach has been working to get their coastline into tip top shape before the upcoming tourism season. This $15 million project called the Central Reach Project is designed to take sand from the ocean floor and pump it onto shore. Town Manager David Hewett said dredging will add storm damage… Read More
The Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol is assisting boaters who are coming into and out of the main channel because of a recent surge of sand at the entrance. Winter storms have clogged the normal opening. Buoys mark the deepest sections, and at low tide some boat owners are not able to move through, so they… Read More
With effect from 27 February 2017 and for a period of approximately 6 months, dredging operations will be carried out within the area bounded by straight lines joining the following co-ordinates (WGS 84 Datum) from (A) to (E) and the adjacent shoreline: (A) 22° 20.325’N / 114° 06.902’E (B) 22° 20.333’N / 114° 06.930’E (C)… Read More
Large chunks of the dunes along some of Ocean City’s north end beaches have been sliced away, as though someone took a gigantic cleaver and cut them in half. What’s left are cliff-like walls of sand that tower 7 or 8 feet above the beach in spots between Third and Fifth streets. Although Ocean City… Read More
People from the American Samoa village of Aua have made it known to the US Army Corps of Engineers that they want their lands cleaned of leftover fuel from when the Navy had fuel tanks there. The Commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant Colonel James Hoyman and a team of seven, have… Read More
The authorities of Klaipeda Seaport approved its plan for maximum expansion to improve competitiveness. The plans for the Lithuanian port include extensive dredging, construction and reconstruction of quays, repair of railway tracks among other works. According to the plans the southern part of Klaipeda Seaport will be expanded by dredging the embankments in the territory… Read More
On Thursday, a crew started dredging the Edgartown Great Pond. Paul Bagnall, marine biologist and shellfish constable for the town of Edgartown, told The Times that plans are to open the Edgartown Great Pond to the ocean around March 15, weather permitting. The dredging is paid for by the Edgartown Ponds Foundation, with work being… Read More
Phase 1 of the Grand Canal Dredging project in Balboa Island, which began Dec. 5, 2016, was completed to the satisfaction of the Newport Beach Public Works Department. Dredging is necessary for this channel in Newport Beach as it is difficult for boaters to navigate in low tides. Newport Beach City Council awarded Associated Pacific… Read More
THE mouth of the Boyne River will be dredged to make a safer passage for the region’s boat owners. Money has also been allocated to seal the carpark at the NRG power station boat ramp. The State Government has given Gladstone Ports Corporation $1.5 million to complete the two projects. Member for Gladstone Glenn Butcher… Read More
Ground has broken on one of the most controversial projects in Haines in recent years. The small boat harbor expansion is entering its first phase of development. Over the next year, contractors will deepen the harbor basin, build a steel wave barrier, replace moorage pilings and add on to the uplands area. “There’s gonna need… Read More
Suspected kidnappers have abducted two sand dredgers at Eleko Village in Ibeju Lekki Local Council of Lagos State on Tuesday. It was gathered that the gunmen who came through the Lagoon around 9:00a.m. were shooting sporadically before they took the two dredgers away in their speedboat. Those abducted were the dredging company manager and a… Read More
A proposal by Wicklow County Council to dump up to 200,000 tonnes of inert material dredged from the Dargle river onto environmentally-protected land has been rejected by An Bord Pleanála. The 5.6 hectare site between Kilcoole and Delgany was chosen by the council, even though it had previously declared that the triangular plot should be… Read More