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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
When ice jammed Buffalo Creek in January 2014, about 70 homes in West Seneca’s Lexington Green neighborhood were flooded. Dave Monolopolus remembers losing $25,000 worth of possessions, including a riding lawn mower, hot water tank and 30 cords of firewood to heat his home. “We lost everything that was down in our basement,” he said…. Read More
Besides measures to increase storage capacity to utilise the water of Polavaram Left Main Canal once it is completed, de-silting of Meghadrigedda reservoir (MGR) to increase its capacity is proposed to meet the growing drinking water needs of the city. After a direction by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Collector N. Yuvaraj deliberated with officials… Read More
Once again, the sand on Port Hueneme’s beaches is slowly washing away, a cyclical phenomenon that has plagued the area for more than 70 years. And once again, dredging equipment is on the way. Channel Islands Harbor Director Lyn Krieger said the equipment will be moved into place in October or early November to pump… Read More
The actor Mark Rylance has lent his support to a campaign to stop the dredging of a stretch of sandbanks off the Kent coast. Dover Harbour Board has applied for a licence to dredge Goodwin Sands, which had been proposed as a marine conservation zone, for aggregate to be used in the expansion and development… Read More
The state will do maintenance dredging in several creeks and navigational channels on the lower Manasquan River in a $3.4 million project to start this month. Kevin Israel, a spokesman for the Department of Transportation said the scope of work includes Crabtown Creek, Kings Bridge Channel, Wills Hole Thorofare, and Wills Hole West all located… Read More
Fishermen in West Point are calling on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to help with a long-term solution to keep sandbars from forming in their harbour. The sandbars make it difficult for boats to get in and out of the harbour and boats sometimes get stuck, blocking access for other vessels and creating a… Read More
Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure announced a possible starting time of dredging on the Dnipro River. According to the Minister, dredging may start in autumn 2016. UkrAgroConsult reminds that dredging on Dnipro was scheduled to begin in summer 2015, but due to delays in obtaining permits last year, the works have not started yet. At the… Read More
The Tiruchi Corporation has begun dredging of important storm water and drainage canals in the city ahead of the onset of the monsoon. The Corporation officials pressed into service earthmovers and labourers to clear the silt along the canals. Kottai Vaical on Karur bypass road in 9th ward and Rettai Vaickal at Varaganeri on Thanjavur… Read More
The Buffalo Sewer Authority is taking bids on a dredging project in Forest Lawn Cemetery and the section of the creek between Delaware Avenue and the tunnel which carries the polluted creek around Hoyt Lake in Delaware Park. One noticeable improvement should be the reduction of a foul odor emerging from the creek. “When we… Read More