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Dredging has begun in the befouled Eau Gallie River to remove a half-century of muck, a carpet of black gunk that is known to strand even canoes. “You can go, but your outboard motor will just turn thick sludge,” said Matt Culver, Brevard County’s boating and waterways program coordinator. “It’s like going through pea soup.”… Read More
Commenced at the end of October, the Narrow River restoration project is nearing completion of its first phase. The dredging of the marsh river bed between Middlebridge and Sprague Bridge is expected to be completed by Tuesday, Jan. 31. At which point, at the end of February, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which owns… Read More
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the Federal Government has awarded contract for the dredging of the critical part of River Benue. Mr. Amaechi, who disclosed this at the 2017 budget defence before members of the Senate Committee on Marine Transport on Thursday in Abuja, said that work will soon commence. He said… Read More
Run aground at Westport’s Board of Finance Wednesday night, a $1.265 million request to dredge the Compo Beach channel and marina now heads to the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) on Tuesday. Because the finance board turned it down by a 4-2 vote, it needs a 70 percent supermajority of the 36-member body to approve the… Read More
The next phase of remediation dredging operations in the Esquimalt Harbour is now underway in the waters adjacent to Fleet Diving Unit (Pacific) in Colwood. Overseen by Formation Safety and Environment (FSE) and contracted through Public Works & Government Services Canada, the work is being performed by private contractor JJM Construction Ltd., of Delta, B.C.,… Read More
More than one million cubic yards of mud, silt, sand, shell and other material will be scooped from the bottom of the Baltimore Harbor over the next several months to maintain depth and berth required for the port’s shipping channels. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded the $14.1 million contract for the dredging work… Read More
National Fish Workers Forum has requested the Puducherry government to ensure uninterrupted dredging in the estuary off the fishing harbour in neighbouring Thengaithittu to relieve fishermen of hardships to navigate the accumulated sand mounds there. Chairman of NFF’s Puducherry unit M Ilango said in a release that there had been regular dredging in the past…. Read More
Annual dredging has commenced at the Port of Chinook. The mission this year is to remove as much as 15,000 cubic yards of material that have accumulated at the port. “We are budgeting on 30 operational days of dredging, which would be approximately 300 operation hours,” said Port Manager Guy Glenn Jr. in a Jan…. Read More
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has taken action to stop the dredging activities of STL Panay Resources Co., LTD. at the Aklan River. DENR sent its National Environmental Crime Task Force — led by Undersecretary Art Valdezto — to Aklan to personally serve a cease and desist order against the dredging firm. “Kalibo,… Read More
The EPA has finalized its plans for the second phase of cleanup at Eighteen Mile Creek — an approximately $23 million project to address soil contamination along a corridor south of Harwood Street in Lockport. The EPA’s plan, which was presented to the public Sept. 7 and was finalized Tuesday, will utilize a combination of… Read More
In an environmentally conscious approach, the Centre is planning to use debris and sediments gathered from dredging the river Yamuna for the construction of roads in Delhi and NCR. A feasibility report is to be conducted in this regard, after which an arrangement will be made with National Highway Authority of India and the Public… Read More
Two dozen projects have been recommended for approval by a citizens’ committee overseeing use of a special county sales tax targeted for Indian River Lagoon restoration. The committee plowed through 36 proposals from Brevard County, five cities and other entities for a range of projects, including sewer line extensions, stormwater projects, baffle boxes and other… Read More
A key mitigation feature of the $706 million Savannah harbor deepening project is being revised with a plan that employs scarecrows and drones to keep birds off a potentially hazardous site. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its new plan recently for disposing of cadmium-laden sediment dredged from the bottom of the river last… Read More
Now that Port Houston has finished dredging channels at its Bayport and Barbours Cut container terminals to 45-foot depth, the US Army Corps of Engineers is working to widen a curve to allow larger ships to enter and exit Bayport. Work on the “Bayport flare” is expected to be finished by September, Mark Vincent, Port… Read More
The first dredging of Sarnia Harbour coordinated and executed by the city has ended — and not a moment too soon. The last scoop of muck was pulled from the Harbour floor late last week, resulting in a minimal overlap with the lucrative ship repair season this winter, said Peter Hungerford, Sarnia’s director of economic… Read More