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Jammu and Kashmir government has submitted a report for a project worth Rs 34.04 crore to the central government for eco-restoration of wetlands in the state. Replying to a question by Congress member Mohammad Muzaffar Parray in the upper house, Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Lal Singh said that the proposal has been submitted… Read More
Colombian river management authority Cormagdalena said maintenance dredging was successfully completed at kilometer 11 of the access channels of Colombia’s Port of Barranquilla in early December 2016. Jan De Nul’s trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) Pedro Álvarez de Cabral removed between 120,000 and 150,000 cubic meters (about 157,000 and 196,000 cubic yards) of material, but… Read More
A Bam Nuttall and Mott MacDonald (BMMJV) joint venture is to start work on the £14M Dawlish beach management scheme in Devon this month. Last winter’s storms significantly damaged the groynes, which had to have emergency repairs last summer. The overall aim of the scheme is to reduce flood risk. Work starts on site this… Read More
Sarasota County leaders did not want to be “obstructionists” when they chose, without discussion, earlier this week not to appeal state environmental officials’ decision to advance the controversial dredging of Big Pass. An appeal would have injected the county into the hotly disputed project at a time when it really did not have the jurisdiction… Read More
Chief Minister V Narayanasamy today kickstarted the dredging operations at the estuary near the fishing harbour in the neighbouring Vambakeerapalaym coastal village to ensure that the sand that had accumulated was desilted for easy movement of the fishing vessels. The Dredging Corporation of India had been entrusted with the work of desilting the estuary and… Read More
Port Houston has completed its portion of a dredging project to deepen and widen the Bayport Channel, according to the authority’s blog post Wednesday. The U.S. Army Corps and other organizations have some work to finalize before ships with 45-foot drafts can use the channel, which is being deepened by 5 feet to match the… Read More
The Department of Environmental Protection announced Wednesday that work will begin this month on a $34 million dredging project for portions of Flushing Bay near the World’s Fair Marina to drastically reduce odor emissions and better the waterway’s health. “This $34 million dredging and wetland expansion project will help to clean up Flushing Bay and… Read More
Efforts to dredge Lake Gregory remain stuck in the mud as the county continues to negotiate about how and where to do the dredging with two of the three agencies who must approve permits. “We are still working through the process,” said Tim Millington, interim division manager for the county’s Special Districts Department. “We have… Read More
A group of children gathered on the banks of the Ciliwung river in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, staring into the water and casting nets to try to catch fish. Much has been achieved, our rivers used to be very filthy Isnawa Adji, head of the environment agency Such a scene would have been unthinkable several… Read More
A project aimed at improving water quality and encouraging rare aquatic plants at a canal in East Yorkshire is set to get underway. The Canal & River Trust, the charity that cares for 2,000 miles of the nation’s historic waterways, is about to begin dredging more than 3,000 tonnes of silt from Pocklington canal to… Read More
DECISIONS concerning wo¬rks to be conducted at the Sigatoka River are reserved for traditional qoliqoli (fishing grounds) ow¬ners, says Nadroga/Navosa provincial administrator Buatavatava Ravoka. After approval by the Sigatoka tikina (district) council for dredging works to start at the Sigatoka River mouth, some community members living along the river raised their concerns on the possible… Read More
In recent weeks at Rosslare Europort a dredging programme was conducted within the harbour to remove spoil offshore, writes Jehan Ashmore. Dredging operations were carried out by Sospan Dau and assistance from tug Trojan. The resultant spoil was taken offshore and near the Lucifer Bouy. The works are to maintain sufficient depths at the ferryport’s… Read More
More than four years after Hurricane Sandy battered the New Jersey coastline and left many beach towns in shambles, the northern Ocean County peninsula is getting its first beach replenishment after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $128 million contract to get the long-awaited but controversial project started in the spring. The awarding… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has received notice that supplemental federal appropriations are available to apply to several rehabilitation projects throughout the country, including a portion of the Long Beach Island project: Harvey Cedars, Surf City and from 31st to 57th Street in Long Beach Township’s Brant Beach section. According to USACE Public Affairs… Read More
The U.S. Army has submitted a permit application to dredge an area in Cook Inlet around the Rig Tenders Dock in Nikiski. According to the application submitted Dec. 20 to the Army Corps of Engineers, the dredging project will ensure the structural integrity of the dock. In the application, the Army outlines its plan to… Read More