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Two years after voters approved a 1-cent sales tax for capital improvement projects, the centerpiece of the initiative is dead in the water, according to the Georgetown County administrator. But U.S. 7th District Rep. Tom Rice says it’s too early to give up on the plan to dredge the Port of Georgetown. The county’s $28… Read More
There never is — and never will be — a good time for a major hurricane to devastate Duval County’s beaches and sand dunes. But if it has to happen, it’s good to have a beach renourishment project already underway. That’s the gist of emergency legislation unanimously enacted Tuesday by City Council to appropriate $7.5… Read More
Haines Borough staff say they are pleasantly surprised by bids for construction on the first phase of the small boat harbor expansion. “I was shocked,” said Public Facilities Director Brad Ryan. He was happy to see multiple bids that included all of the possible add alternates under the $15 million budget. The phase one work… Read More
PORT Hedland and the thousands of mining industry workers that call the remote town home are to get a new government-funded $152 million marina to house their water toys. The Spoilbank Marina will be completed by late 2020 after being delayed since 2012. Boating and fishing are popular in the town, which is Australia’s highest… Read More
To dredge or not to dredge. That is the question at Foote’s Pond. After studying the pond all summer, the Morristown Environmental Commission on Tuesday told the town council the solution is… another study. Dredging is estimated to cost about $1 million. If no action is taken, silt eventually will fill the three-acre pond and… Read More
Dredging at the Ukrainian port of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky has reached 800,000 cbm this year. The works have been performed by the equipment of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and its specialized contractor, USPA says. Vessels of up to 3.10 m in draught can now call the port. The port of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky was set up in 1971…. Read More
The sagging hopes for dredging the port of Santos to 17 meters (55.8 feet) have been given a lift by a new wave simulator at the University of Sao Paulo that will help to answer the question of how deep the harbor can be without hurting the port and surrounding community. The simulator should help… Read More
Meetings are being held this week to give the public an opportunity to comment on flood risk management alternatives for the Souris River Basin in North Dakota. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Souris River Joint Water Resource Board scheduled meetings Monday in Mohall, Tuesday in Velva and Wednesday in Minot. The corps… Read More
The annual sand dredging project in Oceanside is almost finished, five months late. The Army Corps of Engineers said the contract to dredge sand from the harbor mouth to replenish the beach will be done by the end of this month. The annual contract calls for the removal of 260,000 cubic yards of sand at… Read More
The dredging of Mongla-Ghasiakhali channel has been completed with adequate navigability for vessels up to 15-feet draft, officials said. The channel is expected to be opened formally by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through video conferencing Thursday. “It is now ready for a formal opening,” Chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Mozammel Haque told… Read More
A Superior Court judge granted an injunction Monday to delay clearing land on Burlington Island to hold dredge spoils while the state and Burlington City continue to argue over who owns the land. At the Burlington County Courthouse in Mount Holly, Judge John E. Harrington heard arguments from both sides and ruled that the injunction… Read More
It turns out it takes pains for salt marshes to be beautiful, too. Dredging is starting soon in the Chafee Refuge salt marsh to improve habitat for marine fish and also to “enable the marsh to withstand the impacts of sea-level rise and coastal storm surge,” according to Tim Mooney, of the Nature Conservancy. “In… Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency began its cleanup project in the Gowanus Canal Monday. The heavily polluted canal was deemed a federal Superfund site in 2010. The pilot program will remove debris from the Fourth Street turning basin. Using sonar, workers will locate and fish out large objects that have fallen into the canal. They will… Read More
The government of Canada will spend $1 million on improvements to three fishing harbours including Malpeque, P.E.I., area MP Wayne Easter announced Monday. The money will be spent completing the reconstruction of a pier at French River, dredging the channel at Malpeque Cove and completing dredging of the channel and harbour basin at Nine Mile… Read More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Regulatory Branch is hosting a webinar on the fifth version of the Maryland State Programmatic General Permit (MDSPGP-5), which became effective Oct. 1, 2016, and will expire Sept. 30, 2021. The intent of MDSPGP-5 is to provide a streamlined Department of the Army authorization for certain recurring activities… Read More