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STONE HARBOR – In a short meeting of the Stone Harbor Borough Council, Dec. 6, three ordinances were adopted. Two of the ordinances set higher rates for water and sewer services throughout the borough. Council President Karen Lane explained that the cost of removing the pipes from a beach, along with the aging infrastructure that… Read More
Town officials are in the process of attaining a long-term solution to erosion issues along the east end of the island. Town Manager Daisy Ivey said the town has been battling erosion for years, using various sandbagging and beach-fill projects to bring sand back to the beach and keep the ocean at bay. Sand from… Read More
A busy year of projects on the westernmost Great Lakes saw $60 million poured into 254 construction and dredging contracts, the Detroit District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported in a news release early this month. “These projects help the Corps further its mission of providing great engineering services and sustainable solutions to… Read More
The state of New Jersey has won an appeal with the Federal Emergency Management Agency that will provide more time and federal funds to complete the dredging of channels clogged with sand and silt by Superstorm Sandy. The ruling is expected to improve the safety of New Jersey’s navigable coastal waterways for recreational and commercial… Read More
The ministry of shipping, which has introduced a slew of projects along the National Waterway-1 (NW1), will shortly be awarding a contract for dredging works from Farakka Barrage in West Bengal to Kahalgaon in Bihar. Dredging refers to the activity of excavating bottom sediments to make waterways navigable. The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)… Read More
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone recently announced approval for plans to appropriate $2.1 million in funding for the dredging of various county waterways to improve navigability for boaters and to improve waterways. “It is critical that we continue to properly maintain our waterways so that everyone can use them safely,” said Suffolk County Executive Steve… Read More
Plans are in place for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to remove 400,000 cubic yards of clean sediment from Marina del Rey Harbor starting early this month. The dredge vessel Heidi Renee is scheduled to arrive in the harbor on Dec. 5. The dredging project is scheduled from Dec. 2016 to May 2017…. Read More
Federal environmental regulators are slowing down plans to dig a deep-water channel between Pasco County-owned SunWest Park and the Gulf of Mexico. The county’s May 18 application for an Army Corps of Engineers permit to dredge a 60-foot wide channel through Fillman’s Bayou too closely resembles a previously rejected proposal, the corps indicated in a… Read More
The dredging of the access channel to the port of Maputo has allowed the port to receive a large ship, the MV Mineral Belgium, which is 289 metres long and 45 metres wide, according to a statement from the Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC). The statement said the ship, carrying 90,000 tonnes of ferro-chrome and… Read More
A multimillion dollar project to pump sand back onto Jacksonville’s beaches after Hurricane Matthew is now on hold for the next five months. The Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing a beach renourishment plan in Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach. But the company the agency hired left the area because it was contracted… Read More
Dredging has resumed in Cohasset Harbor and is on track for completion by Jan. 31, as planned, according to Harbormaster Lorri Gibbons. “They’re coming along nicely,” Gibbons reported this week. “Right now they’re working on finishing up the channel.” Gibbons said the crews are working 12 hours a day with a mechanical dredge, crane and… Read More
Crews are working around the clock to dredge more than 30,000 cubic meters of sediment from Sarnia Harbour and deposit in at Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport. “During the shipping season, oftentimes ships will require repair and they’re fully loaded. In many cases, we weren’t able to accommodate them because our berths were not quite deep… Read More
Financing has been secured for a project to help reduce chronic congestion in Angola’s capital, Luanda. The project calls for the upgrade of Corimba Boulevard. Netherlands-based bank ING will deliver the key portion of financing, US$483.4 million, for the project, which will be used for dredging works as well as reclaiming land along the coast…. Read More
The U.S. House of Representatives authorized two key Tri-City economic development initiatives in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act. The house passed the bill Friday on a vote of 375 to 34. The legislation is expected to be considered in the Senate next week. The bill authorizes defense spending, including pay raises… Read More
The beach renourishment program intended to restore the protection features of Duval County beaches will be suspended in Dec. 3 and pick up again Spring 2017, says a release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Called the Duval County shore project, seven miles of eroded beach is being restored with the sole goal of… Read More