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The city may change some aspects of its 5-year-old neighborhood dredging program, which is the first of its kind in Virginia Beach. The program allows waterfront neighborhoods to adopt special tax districts to pay for city-administered dredging projects. On June 21, Public Works staff updated council members about proposed changes. The potential amendments come after… Read More
U.S. Senator Nelson and U.S. Senator Rubio want FEMA on the Treasure Coast, calling it a disaster. But Governor Rick Scott, while declaring a State of Emergency, has yet to ask the federal government for aid. That detail is holding up any chance businesses will get for any financial relief from this pollution. “It’s 1.5… Read More
The City of North Battleford Operations Department must address an urgent situation where sand buildup has been blocking water intake from the North Saskatchewan River. To address the situation council gave its approval for dredging work at Monday’s meeting. A tender was awarded to North Fringe Industrial Technologies in the amount of $124,104.75, taxes included…. Read More
North Myrtle Beach City Council passed the second and final reading of an ordinance Wednesday to move forward with the financing of the Cherry Grove dredging project. City spokesperson Pat Dowling says the city will start taking bids from qualified dredging companies on Friday, July 8th, award a contract on August 1st, and the project… Read More
National Grid’s contractors will return to work next week on the utility’s $30 million Gloucester Harbor cleanup project, providing yet another element to navigate around during the busiest time of the year along the city’s waterfront. The utility’s contractor is scheduled to begin the summer portion of the construction schedule — by far the most… Read More
The City of Unalaska is looking to welcome larger vessels — and ensure smoother passage for ships already cruising through. At a meeting Tuesday night, the City Council approved an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to dredge the entrance channel of Unalaska Bay. Mayor Shirley Marquardt said that’ll stop the recurring… Read More
Terrebonne Parish officials recently met with the local congressional delegation to discuss the importance of maintaining a 15-foot depth in the Houma Navigation Canal. “Local industry can’t survive if the entire channel is not dredged yearly to the federally authorized depth. If a tree fell across an interstate, it would be removed right away, but… Read More
Denise Wells, a Port Royal Plantation resident, navigated a narrow section of eroded beach Monday. The neighborhood saw the most damage from an October storm that washed away about 150,000 cubic yards of sand from Hilton Head Island, said Scott Liggett, the town’s director of public projects and facilities. The eroded state of Port Royal… Read More
Paul Jeffrey smiled, a wide grin of both happiness and relief, as he stood outside the new Ortley South Lifeguard Station in Ortley Beach on Friday afternoon. “It’s all coming together,” said Jeffrey, president of the Ortley Beach Voters and Taxpayers Association. His happiness wasn’t just about the reopened lifeguard building — another sign of… Read More
With the sun shining and warm temperatures, Lake Manawa in?Council Bluffs was a popular destination Tuesday afternoon. Kayakers paddled the perimeter, while tubers, water-skiiers and jet-skiiers had fun at higher speeds. And, of course, anglers tried their luck from the shore and from a boat. One vessel currently on the lake moves slower than the… Read More
Construction is set to begin next month on a $5 million bridge in Donaldsonville considered a critical part of a large-scale project that aims to increase Mississippi River water flow into the bayou. The Bayou Lafourche Freshwater District and the state will split the cost of the bridge for the project, titled the Mississippi River… Read More
THE State Government will spend $1.7 million so that the Port of Karumba can be dredged immediately. Karumba Livestock Exports manager Dean Bradford said the funding announcement was “bloody good”. The dredging will help the company increase the amount of locally sourced cattle it exports to countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam. “We’ve done 50,000… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comment on a permit application from the Port of Garibaldi to perform maintenance dredging in a section of Tillamook Bay to maintain operational depth in the Garibaldi boat basin at Mooring Drive and Biak Avenue. According to the Corps, the project would involve using a hydraulic… Read More
Rushing water stretching hundreds of miles in length is one way you can explain the Ouachita River. For Placid Refining Company they like to transports their oil by barge on this river rather than using trucks to transport by road. “Very cheap, relatively easy, very low on solution, very efficient and reasonable priced way to… Read More
The dredge “Macuti”, owned by the Mozambican Dredging Comoany (Emodraga), on Monday collided with a cargo ship in the access channel to the central Mozambican port of Beira. The cargo ship, a Panama-registered container vessel, was leaving Beira, on its way to the South African port of Durban. The weather was poor, with fog in… Read More