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“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
The mayors of Fargo and Moorhead, and the Army Corps say the diversion is full steam ahead, despite the Minnesota DNR denying a permit for construction. The group showed a united front at a press conference today, complete with props. The Minnesota DNR denied the required permit for the F-M diversion project Monday. But, the… Read More
U.S. chemical manufacturer Occidental Chemical Corp. is set to shell out at least $165 million to design a remediation plan for New Jersey’s lower Passaic River Superfund site. The Environmental Protection Agency struck a Sept. 30 agreement with Occidental to fund a study of the remediation design, which will include assessments of sampling and capping… Read More
Bangladesh Inland Water and Transport Authority (BIWTA) has reopened the crucial 31 kilometers long Mongla-Ghasiakhali channel, according to BSS. “We have reopened this crucial channel three days ago for vessels with draft as high as 14 feet which were previously required to use rivers and canals inside the Sundarbans,” BIWTA’s superintendent engineer Sayedur Rahman. He… Read More
The federal agency that maintains shipping channels along Lake Erie will keep open Cleveland’s harbor this year after reaching an agreement with Ohio’s environmental regulators in a long-running dispute over costs. The deal calls for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the Cleveland shipping channel, where cargo ships have been forced to lighten… Read More
With Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. equipment still working locally on beach replenishment projects, Harvey Cedars is taking advantage of the situation by introducing an ordinance allocating $631,000 for repairing beaches damaged by Winter Storm Jonas in January. “Around the center of town, we suffered from some major erosion and had some big drop-offs… Read More
The final stage of the state Canal Corp.’s quest to dredge the PCB-contaminated canal will start within a month — and if all goes well, the agency could get permission to dredge next year. It’s been eight months since the Canal Corp. applied for permission to dredge the Champlain Canal in the Hudson River, from… Read More
Dredging operations are getting underway in the Green Bay Shipping Channel. Crews could spend the next two months clearing the way for freighters using the Port of Green Bay. The operations are taking place near the Cat Island Causeway, a restoration project near the mouth of the Fox River, and that dredge material is being… Read More
The scope of dredging works at water areas of Russia in 2017 will remain at the level of 2016, IAA PortNews cites Andrei Lavrishchev, Executive Director of FSUE Rosmorport. “The scope of maintenance dredging in 2017 is preliminary expected at some 10-12 mln cbm. This year we have done the bulk of works at port… Read More