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Avalon has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Army Corps of Engineers, saying “an erroneous interpretation” of federal law may imperil future projects to restock sand on depleted beaches. The borough says the agencies tried to prevent Stone Harbor from drawing sand from nearby Hereford Inlet to complete a federally-funded… Read More
A little more than three weeks after Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company set up shop, dredging and sand pumping in Rehoboth has been completed and their equipment has made its way to Dewey. Steve Rochette, Army Corps of Engineer spokesman, said Dec. 15 the dredging company has been on site for 22 days and… Read More
The Port of Grays Harbor and the US Army Corps of Engineers celebrated the deeper draft project on Wednesday. While dredging officially began on October 3, residents and elected officials joined together on Wednesday to celebrate the project 40 years in the making. Grays Harbor dredging will bring the navigation channel to a deeper depth… Read More
The Bournemouth Beach Management Scheme, a 17 year plan in place to protect the local coastline, is seeing eight new groynes being replaced on the beach east of Fisherman’s Walk towards Southbourne. Work on the new groynes is due for completion sometime in late spring of 2017. The groynes replacement is part of the Bournemouth… Read More
A proposed buried seawall for the East Shore has gotten final approval, graduating from the feasibility phase and entering into the design phase, making progress toward its completion goal of 2021. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just completed the first of three phases to build the seawall from Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach, and… Read More
A federally required environmental study of the proposed Sunwest channel dredge from Aripeka to the Gulf of Mexico could cost as much as $500,000, but neither Pasco County nor its private partner is ready to cover the cost. Last month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers notified the county that its May 18 application to… Read More
A consortium headed by EnviroWaste Services Limited has been awarded the contract for the removal of dioxin contaminated sediment from a 5.1km section of the Kopeopeo Canal near Whakatane. EnviroWaste will lead the contract and will be supported by a range of technical and specialist companies, with civil works carried out by local company Waiotahi… Read More
Hagerstown City Park might get a Christmas gift in the form of an estimated $1 million contract to dredge the landmark’s lower lake. The project is expected to deepen the waterway to a depth of up to 5 feet and perhaps lead to a greater variety of fish within it, city officials said. But concerns… Read More
Canals in Stroud have been restored after dredging work was completed to allow more boat trips and wildlife to be supported. The work was mainly funded by developers Newland Homes ahead of a show-home opening on January 14. Guildford-based Land & Water dredging company carried out the work to dredge the 350 metre length of… Read More
The Ports of Ilwaco and Chinook reported both good news and bad last week, as Congress acted to ensure permanent funding to maintain dredged access channels to small U.S. ports, and as the Port of Chinook’s dredge sank. The dredge was being moved between the ports last week by Coastal Towing when it floundered in… Read More
Dredging of Gold Coast’s Broadwater has been taking place over the past 18 months but is finally finished – just in time for locals and tourists to hit the water this holiday season. The Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) spent $5.3 million to dredge the various navigational channels in the Broadwater, with the final stages… Read More
A bill on its way to the president’s desk authorizes most of the money needed to build a new boat harbor in Craig. But the funding itself will wait for future congressional action. The legislation includes about $29 million for the harbor in Prince of Wales Island’s largest city. Craig City Administrator Jon Bolling said… Read More
The water legislation President Barack Obama is slated to sign in the days ahead is expected to send more federal money to the Savannah port expansion project. Both chambers of Congress passed the measure last week in one of the last official acts on Capitol Hill in 2016. The bill increases what the federal government… Read More
A bill transferring control of infrastructure on the Barren and Green rivers to local communities has passed the U.S. Senate. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement the legislation will give more control to Kentucky communities and help with flood protection in Paducah. The bill will transfer control of inoperable locks and dams along… Read More
A plan to clean up a Superior bay is nearing completion, and work could get underway next year. The project to clean up Howard’s Pocket, also known as Howard’s Bay, is a collaboration among the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the city of Superior and Fraser… Read More