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Dredging is underway for a 13-mile stretch of the Napa River, as well as a heavily silted boat launch the city hopes to revive. A federal project to scoop sediment from the county’s central waterway began Sept. 12, the same day the city started clearing around a boat ramp at Kennedy Park. Environmental permits will… Read More
Stage two of Port Otago’s “Next Generation” dredging programme is under way to take most of the 13km channel to a final depth of 14m. It is expected to be completed by September next year. Stage one, to widen and deepen the channel to a 13.5m depth, has been completed, and container ship operators immediately… Read More
Following consultation with Natural England, Cowes Harbour Commission is applying to vary the existing dredge consents for the next phases of the Outer Harbour Project, the Eastern Channel dredge and Shrape extension. The application comes after Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) has agreed the final Outer Harbour Project (OHP) design layout with the Homes and Communities… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday informed Aquinnah, Chilmark, and Wampanoag tribal officials that it has cleared the way for dredge contractor J-Way Southern of Avon, Ohio, to return to Martha’s Vineyard this fall to complete the unfinished $2.2 million project to dredge Menemsha Channel. J-Way is scheduled to begin mobilization activities in October,… Read More
East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell plans to speak out Wednesday night about the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point draft general reevaluation report. The public hearing is one of four scheduled on Long Island to discuss the next phase of the Fire Island to Montauk Point Project, a… Read More
The Georgetown County Public Services Department has scheduled a public meeting to present plans for an inlet dredging project expected to begin this fall, a press release from public information officer Jackie Broach said. The meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 17, at the Murrells Inlet Community Center, located at 4462… Read More
The board of the Big Bear Municipal Water District voted 5-0 Sept. 15 to move forward with pursuing a 10-year maintenance-dredging permit for the district from the Army Corps of Engineers. An engineering services proposal from Moffat and Nichol was approved to not exceed $250,000 on the condition that Moffat and Nichol hold a scoping… Read More
Dredging was the main issue addressed at the Port of Lake Charles board meeting on Wednesday. Port board members approved a revision to the port’s tariff — a set of regulations governing its daily activities — that will now require incoming vessels to report their lowest draft, which is a measurement in feet for how… Read More
An access road to the city’s dredge material disposal site near the 34th Street bridge was completed last week, allowing the city a more affordable to option to continue dredge efforts in the back bay. “The completion of the temporary road to Site 83 is an extremely important step in restarting our bayside dredging program,”… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers plans to clear 40 acres of state-owned land on Burlington Island as a deposit site for Delaware River dredge spoils. The corps received 10 contractor bids Monday for the land clearing project. Tim Boyle, Army Corps of Engineers spokesman in Philadelphia, said the plan is to award a contract by… Read More
Duval County beaches are getting a face lift this fall as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bring in about 650,000 cubic yards of sand in an effort to slow shoreline erosion. The Duval County Shore Protection Project started in mid-September and will continue until November. The project spans from Ponte Vedra Boulevard and Duval… Read More
Beach replenishment is coming to northern Ocean County, at long last. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to advertise for bids later this month for the massive dune-building project from Manasquan to Barnegat inlets, according to Steve Rochette, a spokesman for the corps’ Philadelphia district. Rochette said the corps has been working on many… Read More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a local forum Oct. 13 regarding General Electric’s recently completed dredging of PCB contamination in the Hudson River and the status of monitoring in the past year. The forum will begin at 4 p.m. in the Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt… Read More
An Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal dredging project that has resulted in the removal of almost 1 million cubic yards of sediment since 2012 resumed on Sept. 13. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers oversees the project that is a joint venture in which the Kokosing Construction Co., Inc. and O’Brien & Gere conduct the… Read More
Residents of Nsukwao, a suburb of Koforidua in the Eastern Region are calling for the immediate dredging of the Nsukwao River, which is now the main drainage system in the town. This follows the flooding of almost the entire community after a 30-minute downpour Sunday, which reportedly killed one person and destroyed property worth millions… Read More