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Here is some footage how dredging is done on the Danube in Romania. Credit: MotorschipVitesse Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=be8_1465118367#gHu0VbChryeigGcU.99
Work on the long overdue project to activate Goa’s two inland waterways to ferry people and tourists will begin from October post monsoon this year, according to union minister Nithin Gadkari. The entire project, which includes dredging, building terminal points along the two inland streams and construction of jetties to ferry passengers, is estimated to… Read More
Residents with private access to Chapoquoit Beach would have to pay their portion of the $1.7 million to $2 million price tag to renourish the eroding beach, according to preliminary plans unveiled at a community meeting Wednesday night, June 1. Leslie Fields, a coastal geologist with the Woods Hole Group, presented to an audience at… Read More
More evidence that things have changed in Buffalo: Not only are important goals being accomplished instead of talked to death and then forgotten, but even ancient problems are being addressed. That’s what is happening as plans are laid to clean up the long-polluted Scajaquada Creek. The work is as welcome as it is necessary. With… Read More
Motorists will have to wait until early 2017 for the new Gallants Channel bridge to open, several months later than the last estimate given, but still ahead of schedule. Gov. Pat McCrory delivered that update Friday during a media tour at the construction site. He toured various points in the county, including the N.C. Port… Read More
Following extensive U.S. Army Corps of Engineers review, the Northwestern Division Commander, Brigadier General Scott A. Spellmon, determined the Salmon River is navigable for 259 miles, from the Snake River confluence west of White Bird upstream to Salmon. The Corps previewed this decision in meetings with county governments in April, and the decision is consistent… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommends restoring 7.3 acres of ecosystem on Pittsburgh’s North Shore along the Ohio River. Officials with the corps and its nonprofit partner Riverlife began a study of the area last year in hopes of restoring degraded riverbanks and improving the depleted aquatic and floodplain habitat. President and CEO of… Read More
The study identified 117 private properties that would need to be acquired for the Army Corps’ plan to revitalize 11 miles of the L.A. River. Seehttp://documents.latimes.com/us-army-corps-engineers-feasibility-study-l-river/ for the full study. Source: Los Angeles Times
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today it is seeking comments on its proposal to renew and revise 50 nationwide permits for work in wetlands and other waters that are regulated by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. In addition, USACE… Read More
Shell Rock River Watershed District officials said they are drawing closer to dredging Fountain Lake. “We’re moving full steam ahead,” said Administrator Brett Behnke. Director of Field Operations Andy Henschel said last week the Watershed District closed on a purchase agreement with Richard Stadheim for 101 acres last month and a purchase agreement was close… Read More
Silt is choking the Belize City harbor mouth – and as the situation gets progressively worse, no one seems to be doing anything about it! City Hall, Central Government, the Port Authority and the Fort Street Tourism Village management all seem to be looking over their shoulder at the other to see who’s going to… Read More
Only 30 per cent of work has been done dredging the Odaw drain and Korle Lagoon, one year after the twin fire and flood disaster claimed over 150 lives. It would take at least two years to complete the dredging, Communications Manager for Zoomlion, Robert Coleman told Joy News Editor Dzifa Bampoh. Mr Coleman was… Read More
Chennai Port has emerged as the deepest among the major ports in the country with a capacity to handle vessels with a draft of 15.5 metres. Addressing the media, Cyril C. George, chairman of Chennai Port Trust (CPT) said the draft, indicative of the depth to which a loaded ship can sink, at Ambedkar dock… Read More
Environmental groups are banding in opposition to an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in south Florida. They say the expansion of Fort Lauderdale’s Port Everglades could harm federally protected coral. The Army Corps of Engineers is planning to dredge the entrance to Port Everglades to allow larger ships entry. But Miami Waterkeeper Rachel Silverstein… Read More
Pending federal approval, the Port of Alsea wants to remove at least 30,000 cubic yards of sediment from its marina, add a new recreational dock and repair a protective debris boom during the 2016-17 in-water work period. The ambitious proposal, which could have a total price tag of nearly $740,000, is now in the hands… Read More