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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
A proposed buried seawall for the East Shore has gotten final approval, graduating from the feasibility phase and entering into the design phase, making progress toward its completion goal of 2021. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just completed the first of three phases to build the seawall from Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach, and… Read More
A federally required environmental study of the proposed Sunwest channel dredge from Aripeka to the Gulf of Mexico could cost as much as $500,000, but neither Pasco County nor its private partner is ready to cover the cost. Last month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers notified the county that its May 18 application to… Read More
A consortium headed by EnviroWaste Services Limited has been awarded the contract for the removal of dioxin contaminated sediment from a 5.1km section of the Kopeopeo Canal near Whakatane. EnviroWaste will lead the contract and will be supported by a range of technical and specialist companies, with civil works carried out by local company Waiotahi… Read More
Hagerstown City Park might get a Christmas gift in the form of an estimated $1 million contract to dredge the landmark’s lower lake. The project is expected to deepen the waterway to a depth of up to 5 feet and perhaps lead to a greater variety of fish within it, city officials said. But concerns… Read More
Canals in Stroud have been restored after dredging work was completed to allow more boat trips and wildlife to be supported. The work was mainly funded by developers Newland Homes ahead of a show-home opening on January 14. Guildford-based Land & Water dredging company carried out the work to dredge the 350 metre length of… Read More
The Ports of Ilwaco and Chinook reported both good news and bad last week, as Congress acted to ensure permanent funding to maintain dredged access channels to small U.S. ports, and as the Port of Chinook’s dredge sank. The dredge was being moved between the ports last week by Coastal Towing when it floundered in… Read More
Dredging of Gold Coast’s Broadwater has been taking place over the past 18 months but is finally finished – just in time for locals and tourists to hit the water this holiday season. The Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) spent $5.3 million to dredge the various navigational channels in the Broadwater, with the final stages… Read More