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Residents of Burnt Store Isles appear to agree that areas of the rim canal in the community need dredging, but the matter of paying for the project continues to ignite debate. The BSI Canal Advisory Committee decided last year to proceed with a dredging project that could ultimately cost upwards of $700,000. To finance the… Read More
So you thought Ports of Auckland wasn’t extending its wharves? The port company is close to completing a 10 hectare expansion of its Fergusson container wharf, giving the terminal a much-needed third berth. Ports of Auckland ran into trouble last year when legal action brought by a lobby group forced it to down tools on… Read More
As opposition to a mitigation bank on Sarasota Bay grows, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection is acknowledging its regulatory oversight is limited to “within the bank.” Long Bar Pointe LLLP, including Sarasota developers Larry Lieberman and Carlos Beruff — who announced his U.S. Senate bid in February — control the proposed 260-acre bank, including… Read More
A ROW has broken out after it emerged Canvey lake has still not been dredged- seven years after the idea was first put forward. Plans to dredge the lake, create a children’s play area, and add bridges were first discussed by Canvey Town Council back in 2009, with then-chairman Nick Harvey claiming his vision would… Read More
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The Port of Jacksonville will begin deepening its shipping channel in early 2017, port CEO Brian Taylor said Tuesday. The money to start the first phase of dredging isn’t in place yet. But it’s close. The Florida Department of Transportation’s five-year work program calls for the port to receive $35.5 million of the $40 million… Read More
On behalf of the Port of Rotterdam Authority and the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Van Oord began work on the widening of the Breeddiep waterway from 75 m to 300 m on February 15. During the work – which is scheduled for completion in late 2016 – inland vessels will still be… Read More
About three dozen people gathered in the community room of the Parklands at Cecilton complex Friday morning to hear the latest developments on the remediation of the Dredge Material Containment Area (DMCA) and building of a public water service line to the Pearce Creek communities. It was a different mood than the first meetings with… Read More
Due to a major mechanical failure of the dredge barge, Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has begun dredging Little Lagoon Pass just north of Lee Callaway Bridge by mechanical excavation. A long reach track hoe has been mobilized and has begun cutting the channel and stockpiling the excavated sand. Starting Monday, February 22 single axle… Read More
The process of getting regulatory permission to enlarge a Fort Collins reservoir is going to take more time and money. City officials say additional water-quality studies required by federal and state agencies are likely to delay release of a draft Environmental Impact Statement, or EIS, for the proposed Halligan Reservoir expansion until 2017. The document… Read More
Garden City Beach will share in $16 million from the federal government to rebuild dunes in an area stretching from Myrtle Beach State Park south to about a mile into the Georgetown County section of Garden City Beach. The project in the area, known as Reach 3, is part of $40 million the U.S. Army… Read More
The Dare County Board of Commissioners will meet on Thursday, March 17, at 8:30 a.m. in the Dare County Administration Building in Manteo to review and approve bids received from dredge contractors for the beach nourishment project in the towns of Duck, Kitty Hawk, and Kill Devil Hills. Four bids were opened on March 8… Read More
A $2.4 million dollar dredging project is starting on sections of Onslow County’s New River. The two-phase project will improve commercial and recreational boat navigation and add sand to North Topsail Beach. Leaders from North Topsail Beach, Onslow County and the state have partnered together to improve commercial and recreational boat navigation in the New… Read More
Warkworth Harbour Commissioners has applied to the Marine Management Organisation for a licence to remove sand from a deposit on the north side of the harbour, adjacent to the north jetty opposite Broomhill Quay. The accumulated sand has formed a large bank which is encroaching into the navigation channel. The sand bank is making it… Read More
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