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Federal legislators from the Erie region have already been appealing for funding for 2017 sand work at Presque Isle State Park. “We are writing to request that sand replenishment for Presque Isle State Park is once again made a high-priority project in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) FY2017 budget,” wrote U.S. Sens. Bob… Read More
Crews have begun transferring up to 1 million cubic yards of sand in dredging to fortify a stretch of Southeast Texas beach and reduce erosion. A spokeswoman for the Galveston Park Board of Trustees says the nearly $20 million expansion will widen the beach by about 150 feet. Mary Beth Bassett, in a statement Wednesday,… Read More
A barrier island in Cape May County that links two popular Jersey Shore towns will be getting more sand as part of a massive forthcoming beach fill project. Avalon Mayor Martin Pagliughi announced that the project will repair damage that Seven Mile Island sustained during a winter storm last January and a nor’easter in October… Read More
After the Port of Chehalis’ Regional General Permit lapsed in September of last year, port commissioners received an update last week from the issuing agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The permit to fill wetlands is up for renewal and the process is still underway, said Randy Mueller, chief executive officer of the port…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced the opening of a public comment period on a 134-acre commercial saltwater mitigation bank proposed for a portion of land owned by the State Ports Authority (SPA) on Daniel Island. Under the plan, the property would be preserved and restored to its original condition, stated Sen. Larry… Read More
Port Canaveral commissioners on Wednesday will consider the next step in what could be up to a 10-year process to deepen the port’s channel to handle larger cargo ships. Port staff is recommending commissioners approve spending nearly $1.4 million on two related projects: – $998,687 would go to the firm CH2M and its subcontractors for… Read More
After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) quashed and set aside an exemption from holding a public consultation on the issue of capital dredging by Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), a public hearing has been scheduled on February 21. While the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) will convene the public hearing at 10.30am at the MPT… Read More
Avalon will receive a substantial hydraulic beach-fill project that will begin in the coming weeks to restore the north-end beaches in the borough to their full federal template. Avalon Mayor Martin Pagliughi stated in a release this beach fill will likely not result in a municipal financial contribution and will provide for one of the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it is seeking pre-solicitation bids for a planned dredging of the federal navigation channel at Oceanside Harbor. A dredging project was just completed at Oceanside Harbor after a lengthy delay. CJW Construction reportedly completed the most recent dredging of Oceanside Harbor on Oct. 31, 2016 – more than… Read More
When Greenwich announced in December plans to dredge the silt-clogged pond in Binney Park, residents familiar with the pond’s condition wondered whether the town would also take steps to slow the flow of silt into it so it doesn’t just fill back up again. To that end, they also wondered what had happened to money… Read More
Jammu and Kashmir government has submitted a report for a project worth Rs 34.04 crore to the central government for eco-restoration of wetlands in the state. Replying to a question by Congress member Mohammad Muzaffar Parray in the upper house, Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Lal Singh said that the proposal has been submitted… Read More
Colombian river management authority Cormagdalena said maintenance dredging was successfully completed at kilometer 11 of the access channels of Colombia’s Port of Barranquilla in early December 2016. Jan De Nul’s trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) Pedro Álvarez de Cabral removed between 120,000 and 150,000 cubic meters (about 157,000 and 196,000 cubic yards) of material, but… Read More
A Bam Nuttall and Mott MacDonald (BMMJV) joint venture is to start work on the £14M Dawlish beach management scheme in Devon this month. Last winter’s storms significantly damaged the groynes, which had to have emergency repairs last summer. The overall aim of the scheme is to reduce flood risk. Work starts on site this… Read More
Sarasota County leaders did not want to be “obstructionists” when they chose, without discussion, earlier this week not to appeal state environmental officials’ decision to advance the controversial dredging of Big Pass. An appeal would have injected the county into the hotly disputed project at a time when it really did not have the jurisdiction… Read More
Chief Minister V Narayanasamy today kickstarted the dredging operations at the estuary near the fishing harbour in the neighbouring Vambakeerapalaym coastal village to ensure that the sand that had accumulated was desilted for easy movement of the fishing vessels. The Dredging Corporation of India had been entrusted with the work of desilting the estuary and… Read More