It's on us. Share your news here.
It's on us. Share your news here.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is lobbying Congress to fund a reconstruction project at the aging Soo Locks complex in the Upper Peninsula. On Tuesday, July 5, Snyder sent a letter to Michigan’s 14 representatives and two senators advocating full funding for a long-stalled replacement of two smaller locks with a new single lock big enough… Read More
Dredging work to deepen the Uppanar canal leading to the sea mouth began at Vambakeerapalayam on Saturday. The Port Department has awarded the dredging contract to a private firm for dredging 90,000 cubic metres to be completed in three months at a cost of Rs.2 crore. Bolstering the shoreline Welfare Minister M. Kandasamy and AIADMK… Read More
Progress on the navigational dredging project within Oceanside Harbor continued last week with the contractor, CJW Construction, restarting dredging on July 6th and removing about 5,000 cubic yards of material from the harbor’s entrance channels as of July 7th. Since operations began on June 6, CJW has intermittently suspended operations because of adverse ocean conditions…. Read More
Kent city officials have big plans under way to dredge Mill Creek to reduce flooding along James Street, 76th Avenue South and Kennebeck Avenue. “We have sediment buildup that is causing flooding in the Kent Valley,” Matt Knox, city environmental conservation analyst, said in a report last month to the City Council. “We have worked… Read More
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) will begin dredging 18 polluted water and drainage canals located in two of its central districts, with deadline set to be end of next year. The city’s Center for Urban Flood Control is responsible for the task. It was requested to accelerate dredging and to ensure free flow of water… Read More
CentrePort has said its plan to dredge Wellington harbour will result in significantly less wave energy in parts, which has prompted surfers to speak out against the plan. Wellington’s surfing community has banded together to oppose CentrePort’s plan to dredge part of Wellington Harbour, claiming it will destroy some of the most popular breaks. CentrePort… Read More
Crews have been busy cleaning up the Muscatine riverfront as the eastern Iowa city prepares for thousands of people to visit during a popular annual bicycle ride across the state. Workers have been dredging the Mississippi River where riders in the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa will end their 421-mile, seven-day ride, the… Read More
Voters will go to the poll’s on Aug. 2 to decide about a quarter of a cent sales tax to pay for Missouri River levee repairs. The levees protecting St. Joseph and Rosecrans Memorial Airport, as well as Elwood and Wathena, Kansas, have been in need of repairs since the Flood of 1993. That was… Read More
Gov. Larry Hogan chose a cliff overlooking the Conowingo Dam to announce his administration’s sharpened focus on finding out more about the role Susquehanna River sediment plays in the pollution of the Chesapeake Bay. In the Thursday afternoon speech, Hogan said his administration is eyeing potential dredging of the sediment that has reached its storage… Read More
Numerous dredging projects in key tidal waterways will come to a halt Friday night for at least a week as New Jersey looks for money to pay for them. The state Department of Transportation and New Jersey Transit released lists of projects Wednesday that will be suspended at 11:59 p.m. Friday. The dredging suspension includes… Read More
Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa said that the World Bank has agreed to sponsor the dredging of 90-kilometre length River Hadejia to improve irrigation and rice production in the area. Badaru made this known when he received the Emir of Dutse, Nuhu Sunusi, who paid him a Sallah homage on Thursday in Dutse. He explained… Read More
The state of Ohio and the Cuyahoga County Port Authority have asked a federal judge to again force the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fully dredge the Cleveland Harbor and Cuyahoga River shipping channel, arguing that the Corps is still proposing the dumping of harmful sediment into Lake Erie. The motion, filed late Wednesday… Read More
Days after a dredger washed ashore on the Kollam coast, efforts have begun to tow it to the deep sea as the vessel has become a safety concern for the coastal people in the region. The dredger, Hansita, owned by Mumbai-based Megha Dredging Private Limited, had got stuck at Mundakkal beach in Kollam after it… Read More
The next phase of the Shark River dredging project that will allow safe navigation in the state channel has finally got underway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge Currituck moved to the Shark River Inlet, in Belmar (NJ) on July 1st. According to the USCG notice, the vessels will be conducting dredging operations at… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has signed off on a Red River diversion project around the flood-prone cities of Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota. The project partnership agreement with the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Authority clears the way for construction to begin on the 30-mile channel, which is meant to reduce the flood risk for 225,000 people… Read More