The Government of the Collectivité of French Saint-Martin has launched an international tender for qualified developers interested in entering into an economic investment partnership for a sustainable tourism project that will benefit nationals and visitors alike – the development of Marigot Bay Harbour in the island’s capital. The project includes the development of some 21… Read More
It’s easy to tell that Petersburg is a fishing town if you look at the harbors. With just 3,000 residents the town’s harbors hold 577 stalls. And over 90 percent of the fleet is commercial. Of the three main harbors, there’s a growing problem with the south one that holds many of the larger boats…. Read More
The Port of Ogdensburg needs to be deepened to allow additional and larger ships to dock. But that can’t happen until the Army Corps of Engineers releases a feasibility study and grants final approval. Senator Charles Schumer was in Ogdensburg Tuesday pushing for the federal agency to expedite the process. After five years of review,… Read More
The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District’s board of directors approved a staff recommendation to return a dredge that has been used for most of the summer to remove sediment from Jeffrey Lake and to solicit bids for a larger dredge on a lease/purchase basis. Gothenburg Division Manager Kevin Boyd told the board that… Read More
Longboat Key is getting even more sand this month, but don’t expect to see a caravan of dump trucks rumbling down Gulf of Mexico Drive. Starting next week, Norfolk Dredging Co. will begin mobilizing equipment including a pipe on the beach ahead of its dredge arriving to start work Aug. 15, according to an update… Read More
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has received a Multi-Agency Application for Permits to Mine in Alaska- APMA application for Suction Dredging in the Nome Mining District near the town of Nome. The mining related activity is located within Township 11 S, Range 33 W, Kateel River Meridian. The USGS 1:250,000 Quadrangle is Nome…. Read More
Residents of East Quogue and East Hampton both held discussions this week on how to appeal to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to increase the amount of sand they plan to deposit on South Fork beaches in the coming years as part of a broad effort to improve Long Island’s ability to weather strong… Read More
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working to extend a permit of the annual sand dredging project in Oceanside. The routine operation to remove sand from the mouth of Oceanside Harbor and use it to replenish city beaches has run into numerous delays. City officials have called operations “a disaster” as high ocean swells… Read More
The cleaning and dredging of waterbodies taken up during summer seem to have paid off as most of them have filled up following the recent rain. The Vilaspur tank near Blackbuck Jungle Lodges and Resorts in Khanapur forests, for example, is flowing beyond the upper columns. Large portions of Malkapur tank and Naubad tank beds… Read More
Plans to dredge a section of the River Freshney have been announced by the Environment Agency after research revealed new information about the amount of silt in the channel. The dredging will help reduce flood risk and will be carried out on the stretch of river between Cromwell Road and New Haven Terrace, including a… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Saturday updated Fire Islanders on its anti-flood plans, which have encountered delays and hitches. The agency, now building dunes on one-third of the barrier island, already has done emergency repairs to the new dunes it had built at Robbins Rest and Smith Point County Park, Fire Islanders said…. Read More
Under the sun-drenched, unassuming waters just past Cedar Island, time has spread the sands from low-lying bodies and nesting islands into the sea, clogging the arteries of cardinal waterways traversed by the quiet fishing communities of Down East. Now, longtime Commissioner Jonathan Robinson helms the charge for county-led maintenance of the channel at Wainwright Slough,… Read More
New York State plans to take legal action if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalizes a proposal to dump what critics have called potentially harmful sludge in the eastern Long Island Sound, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s chief legal counsel said Saturday. The attorney, Alphonso David, said Cuomo’s office would ask a federal judge to stop… Read More