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The Mayors Council Rahway River Watershed Flood Control voted at its recent meeting to endorse the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers strategy for initial flood mitigation in the upper Rahway River Basin. Known as Alternative 4a, the plan is a revision of one of the 10 alternatives that the U.S. Army Corps and the NJ… Read More
A formal signing ceremony is scheduled for a $2.1 billion Red River diversion project in the Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota, metropolitan area. The project partnership agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority clears the way for construction to begin on the 30-mile channel. The diversion is meant to reduce the… Read More
The Port of Dover in the UK has made arrangements for representatives of Save our Sands (SOS) and coastal parish and local councils to have the opportunity to attend an Open Meeting with experts from across the country regarding Port of Dover’s Marine Licence Application (MLA) to dredge the Goodwin Sands. A local open meeting… Read More
Siesta Key residents and businesses have pledged to block a long-planned and controversial plan to bolster Lido Key beaches using sand from the channel between the two keys. The long-rumored lawsuit to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers use of about 950,000 cubic yards of sand from the shoals in Big Pass to address… Read More
FSUE Rosmorport has announced a request for quotation to define an initial (maximum) price for a further tender to select a contractor for development of contract documentation for maintenance dredging at the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The company says the tender is divided into two lots. Lot No 1 “Development of contract documentation for maintenance dredging… Read More
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A brand-new amphibious excavator has been deployed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DWPH) 7 to dredge a portion of the Mahiga Creek. The deployment came a few days after Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar visited Cebu and met with stakeholders to address the flooding problem in Metro Cebu. The July… Read More
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is lobbying Congress to fund a reconstruction project at the aging Soo Locks complex in the Upper Peninsula. On Tuesday, July 5, Snyder sent a letter to Michigan’s 14 representatives and two senators advocating full funding for a long-stalled replacement of two smaller locks with a new single lock big enough… Read More
Dredging work to deepen the Uppanar canal leading to the sea mouth began at Vambakeerapalayam on Saturday. The Port Department has awarded the dredging contract to a private firm for dredging 90,000 cubic metres to be completed in three months at a cost of Rs.2 crore. Bolstering the shoreline Welfare Minister M. Kandasamy and AIADMK… Read More
Progress on the navigational dredging project within Oceanside Harbor continued last week with the contractor, CJW Construction, restarting dredging on July 6th and removing about 5,000 cubic yards of material from the harbor’s entrance channels as of July 7th. Since operations began on June 6, CJW has intermittently suspended operations because of adverse ocean conditions…. Read More
Kent city officials have big plans under way to dredge Mill Creek to reduce flooding along James Street, 76th Avenue South and Kennebeck Avenue. “We have sediment buildup that is causing flooding in the Kent Valley,” Matt Knox, city environmental conservation analyst, said in a report last month to the City Council. “We have worked… Read More
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) will begin dredging 18 polluted water and drainage canals located in two of its central districts, with deadline set to be end of next year. The city’s Center for Urban Flood Control is responsible for the task. It was requested to accelerate dredging and to ensure free flow of water… Read More
CentrePort has said its plan to dredge Wellington harbour will result in significantly less wave energy in parts, which has prompted surfers to speak out against the plan. Wellington’s surfing community has banded together to oppose CentrePort’s plan to dredge part of Wellington Harbour, claiming it will destroy some of the most popular breaks. CentrePort… Read More