A marina in Ceredigion has been “significantly improved” with its layout revamped, following previous dredging work. New pontoons have been installed at Aberystwyth Marina and others repositioned to upgrade its access and design. It has increased the number of berths and created some larger ones. The marina was also dredged and its security systems upgraded… Read More
A $15 million beach renourishment project , known as the Central Reach project, is set to start this week, the StarNews of Wilmington reported. Dredging for the project to renourish about 4 miles of mid-island ocean beach with about 1.3 million cubic yards of sand was initially planned to begin Tuesday. However, rough seas over… Read More
One worker died and another was injured after a component of a sand-dredging vessel unexpectedly “exploded” during a dredging operation in the Sesan River in Ratanakkiri’s Malik commune on Saturday. According to Andong Meas district police chief So Vanthin, 51-year-old Chinese national Guo Guangbin was killed and 60-year-old Vietnamese national Chreung Se was injured in… Read More
After 22 long days, the sand pumping and dredging in Rehoboth Beach has finished and the work is just getting started in Dewey. According to the Cape Gazette, the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company has completed their work in Rehoboth and our now working in Dewey. The total amount of sand pumped in Rehoboth… Read More
AT THE turn of last year 50 acres of Donal Hynes’ land in Lisnagry was underwater and he posed the question why hasn’t the Shannon been dredged? “There was nothing done on the river since Ardnacrusha was built – that will tell you the extent of the neglect,” said Mr Hynes, a former chairman of… Read More
Federal engineers will decide whether to allow dredging on part of Gastineau Channel so that barges with deeper drafts can dock south of Salmon Creek. The Juneau Empire reports Salmon Creek Development Co. submitted the request to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers earlier in December. Joseph Smith filed the application on behalf of the… Read More
Ten communities in Maine will receive more than $2 million from the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program to restore natural habitats such as wetlands. The grant program is part of collaboration among the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The state says it will benefit 11… Read More
A panel that oversees state spending has approved the release of $1.3 million for design work and other pre-construction activities involving plans to replace a deteriorated central Ohio dam. The state Controlling Board recently approved the release for the Buckeye Lake dam rehabilitation project. Buckeye Lake’s 4.1-mile earthen dam is nearly 180 years old. Several… Read More
A group of West Harbour business owners and commercial boat operators are calling for action on the heavily silted Carey’s Bay pontoon. Only limited use can be made of the 13-metre Dunedin City Council-owned structure, which extends from the Carey’s Bay foreshore into the sheltered water of the bay. The silt surrounding it means it… Read More
The Harbor Management Commission voted at a special meeting held on Thursday night to submit the second draft of the Harbor Management Plan to town and state officials for approval. The meeting was scheduled to talk over changes made to the plan during the last couple of weeks, said Lile Gibbons, a commissioner who has… Read More
THE Canal & River Trust, has started work on a £1 million project to dredge sections of the 78-mile Kennet & Avon Canal. It will focus on areas where boaters are having difficulty mooring, navigating through bridges or getting stuck on the approach to locks. In total around 21,000 tonnes of silt – which is… Read More
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