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Hillsborough County is ready to celebrate the completion of a $1.3 million beach restoration project in Apollo Beach. An official opening ceremony for the new beach at Apollo Beach Nature Preserve is set for Saturday, Oct. 22. A partnership between the county and the Apollo Beach Waterway Improvement Group, the project involved efforts to reduce… Read More
York town officials are fighting for federal funding to remove a buildup of sediment in York Harbor that threatens to ground local fishermen and recreational boaters alike. As part of their effort to draw attention to the problem, the Town of York Harbor Board staged a demonstration Sunday to show how silt deposits from the… Read More
The Decatur City Council is expected to consider issuing up to $30 million in general obligation bonds as part of its financing for the dredging of Lake Decatur. The council is scheduled to meet today with the city in the third year of the dredging project, which is a way to secure the city’s supply… Read More
Port of Napier hopes its major dredging project will take a big step forward before the end of the year. The port company wants to deepen the harbour from 12.8m to 14.5m, extend the shipping channel and build a new berth. The entire project is expected to cost close to $100 million. The company is… Read More
The California Coastal Commission unanimously approved a 10-year dredging maintenance program for Ventura Harbor during the second day of its three-day September meetings at Newport Beach City Hall. The dredging program would be implemented through April 18, 2026 and allow up to 100,000 cubic yards of material to be dredged annually from the inner harbor… Read More
Mashpee has received endorsement from numerous state and federal agencies on its bid for a 10-year, comprehensive dredging permit, bringing a satisfactory conclusion to a long application process. The effort to combine the town’s four channels into one comprehensive permit, which has been led by Mashpee Waterways Commission chairman Kenneth H. Bates, will save the… Read More
The city is demanding the state and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers halt plans to clear part of its island for future dumping of Delaware River dredge spoils. City officials issued Thursday a cease-and-desist letter compelling the state and the Army Corps to hold off on the project. Burlington City Mayor Barry Conaway said he… Read More
The methodology changes allowing Bay of Plenty Regional Council to use a cutter suction dredge and pipeline to remove sediment directly from Kopeopeo Canal to goebags in containment sites has been given the green light with the consent variation approved earlier this month. The original consent granted in November 2014, allowed the project to take… Read More
The Lake Wichita Revitalization Project will soon be one step closer to becoming a reality after Friday. The Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee will hand deliver a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit to the US Army Corps of Engineers in Tulsa. While the lake itself is owned by the city of Wichita Falls the US… Read More
Barnstable County has placed an order for a second dredge to be used in keeping local harbor channels open for boaters. But the county is also beginning to discuss extending dredging activities into freshwater, including rivers and streams leading to headwaters. “My main goal is to clean up estuary passages because they are not flushing… Read More
The ‘Save Ennore Creek’ campaign seems to have yielded some result, with the government responding positively. The Tiruvallur district administration has ordered thermal power stations and industries in Ennore to dredge the silt-filled Buckingham Canal. This directive comes at an important time just ahead of the Northeast monsoon and will ensure the smooth flow of… Read More
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority announced its plans to issue a Request for Proposal for qualified firms interested in conducting an Environmental Impact Statement on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion will be the first major controlled sediment diversion reconnecting the Mississippi River with its delta. It is a cornerstone of Louisiana’s… Read More
The scope of dredging at the seaports of Ukraine performed from the beginning of the year exceeded 4 mln cbm, says press center of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA). Dredging works have been completed at the inner harbor of Mariupol port (505,000 cbm of dredged material). Maintenance dredging at the approach channel to the Coal… Read More
It takes 14 hours to pull a dredge from Longboat Key to Tampa Bay. The crew from Norfolk Dredging Co. of Chesapeake, Va., would know. It’s had to do it twice in five weeks. Hurricane Hermine first drove the dredge out of New Pass off Longboat Key to Tampa in early September. Knowing Hurricane Matthew’s… Read More
Grant money being doled out to encourage householders to flood-proof their homes would be better spent on river dredging. That’s the view of John Kelsall, of Carlisle Flood Action Group, who says the headline-grabbing £5,000 grant to fund flood-prevention measures is not appropriate for the major floods that have hit the city. “Maintenance of our… Read More