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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with replenishing Rehoboth Beach and targeting a late November start date. “It’s coming. It’s just a matter of when,” Mayor Sam Cooper said. The corps will be using a new borrow site for the sand, a site about three miles off Delaware Seashore State Park. In… Read More
Work has started here to dredge the Bocaue River for the next six months to reduce flooding in Bulacan towns lying on natural catch basins of a major Central Luzon river system. The project to clean the Bocaue River was launched on Saturday by Sen. Joel Villanueva, who lives in this town. The silted Meycauayan-Marilao-Obando… Read More
SUNWATER said dredging the Chinchilla Weir would be a costly and time consuming exercise that would disrupt the supply of water. Many people have argued that SunWater, manager of the Chinchilla Weir, should have dredged the weir while it was dry to boost capacity. A spokesperson for SunWater acknowledged that while Chinchilla Weir was a… Read More
Shell Rock River Watershed District leaders had what they described as a historic meeting last week as they indicated to state agencies that they are ready to proceed with the dredging of Fountain Lake. The meeting came as the Watershed District’s Board of Managers sent a response to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and… Read More
Fennovoima has halted dredging work at the site of the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear unit under construction in Finland after an oil spill on 6 October 2016 resulted in a 200m-long oil slick, the company said in a statement. The spill, of around 300 litres of oil, occurred when a barge being operated by dredging contractor Terramare… Read More
The sunken dredge that was blocking the Mazaruni River for six weeks has finally been shifted enough to allow the free flow of boats. It was reported yesterday to Stabroek News that the sunken dredge that has been plaguing the lives of boat operators, miners and residents had finally been moved from the channel after… Read More
To maintain smooth waterways communication, the government is going to implement a big project with a cost of Tk 9,56,834 crore for dredging and river training. The project aims for improving navigability and augmenting dry season flow in the distributaries with capital dredging and river training works (RTW) and other interventions. Experts, for long, suggesting… Read More
After Dec. 31, Berrien County will officially be out of the harbor maintenance business for the first time in more than 20 years. County commissioners Thursday approved a resolution that dissolves the St. Joseph River Harbor Authority as of Jan. 1, and turns the responsibility for dredging and other waterfront matters over to St. Joseph,… Read More
“New Jersey’s biggest crime scene.” That’s how U.S. Sen. Cory Booker once described the area around the old Diamond Alkali manufacturing plant, a Superfund site along the Passaic River. “I’ve been battling for this since I was mayor. The polluted, toxic river that was stolen from people in Newark, stolen from people along the Passaic… Read More
A long-awaited dredging and port construction project aimed at making the Port of Boston more competitive for container and bulk cargo is scheduled to finally start moving in the fourth quarter of 2016. Illinois-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock was awarded on 30 September a USD12.8 million contract that will require the company to work… Read More
Senator Joel Villanueva on Saturday leads the dredging operations on Bocaue River to address the perennial flooding in Bocaue, Meycauayan, Sta. Maria, Obando and Marilao. Senator Villanueva, who hails from Bulacan, has emphasized the need to fast-track the flood control project which is believed to increase the carrying capacity and flood spill of the river…. Read More
Residents with questions about the Army Corps of Engineer’s draft reevaluation report regarding the Fire Island to Montauk Point Reformulation Study have a chance to speak out. On October 12 at 7 p.m., the Westhampton Free Library and the Citizen’s Advisory Committee-West are teaming up to host an informational discussion regarding the report. One component… Read More
The OPW is wasting money on flood defences unless rivers are cleaned out first say Laois councillors. Cllr Ben Brennan said building flood defences was “putting the cart before the horse”. “I feel a lot of money is being wasted on surveys. In our area it is very high risk, but I see nothing being… Read More
In many areas, a proposed 25-percent parcel tax increase would be a tough sell. In Paradise Cay, it should be smooth sailing. Voters in the Tiburon Peninsula enclave will decide Nov. 8 whether to approve Measure O, a tax to fund maintenance dredging in the channels. The measure would raise the parcel tax from $1,200… Read More
Currituck officials say the timing could be right for the county to again pursue state and federal approval for dredging the channel near the Whalehead Club at Heritage Park in Corolla. County Manager Dan Scanlon said earlier this week that a consultant who has worked previously on the project contacted him recently and said federal… Read More