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Workers have dredged and hauled away about 2,000 truckloads of contaminated sediment in the first phase of a long-awaited $50 million cleanup of a portion of Pompton Lake. Equipment at the site is now being removed for the winter, and activity won’t resume until March or April, when the far larger second phase of the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District and the Calhoun Port Authority will host a public scoping meeting on a project to widen and deepen the Matagorda Ship Channel in Calhoun and Matagorda counties. The meeting will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Jan 24 at the Bauer Civic Center, 2300 SH… Read More
Sarasota city officials and Lido Key leaders waded into the deep end of the controversial plan to dredge Big Pass on Saturday morning and issued harsh words against their Siesta Key neighbors. “I have some good news, some bad news and some challenging news,” City Manager Tom Barwin told almost 200 attendees at the annual… Read More
Water routes from Chittagong and Mongla seaports to Rooppur nuclear power plant site on the bank of the River Padma near Pakshi, Pabna, are likely to be dredged to help the heavy cargo movement. Many places of these two important water routes lose navigability to below four metres during the lean period, which will disrupt… Read More
The Borough of Stone Harbor is pleased to announce that a contract has been awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, which will use the dredge “Texas” to perform this nourishment. On Tues. Jan. 10, 2017 a pre-construction conference was held to summarize the project, introduce personnel… Read More
The first phase of the dredging works will commence from the river mouth and extend to 0.55kilometers upstream with a total volume of 300,000 cubic meters excavated. This is expected to be completed by May, 2017. Ministry of Agriculture, Permanent Secretary, Jitendra Singh said that the dredging works will have no significant negative environmental impact… Read More
Ocean City won’t pursue a proposed program to transfer dredged material to the Shelter Road Recycling Center, Mayor Jay Gillian announced Friday afternoon after meeting with representatives of the Ocean Reef Condominium Association. “Throughout my administration, I have always sought public feedback in the very early stages of any major project or new initiative,” Gillian… Read More
Dredging of Searsport Harbor is included in a list of projects expected to take place in the next three years, along with safety and infrastructure improvements at Belfast Municipal Airport, bridge repair in Palermo and paving in more than a dozen Waldo County towns, according to a press release from Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau,… Read More
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