The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is slated to survey the Shinnecock Inlet to prepare for another dredging project there, while U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin works to get the project started as soon as possible. According to Jennifer DiSiena, Mr. Zeldin’s communications director, the Army Corps will conduct a survey this spring to estimate how… Read More
Gator Dredging is now at 50% completion of the muck removal from Turkey Creek, located in Palm Bay, FL. Part of the larger Indian River Lagoon cleanup effort in Brevard County, this project involves dredging over 235,000cy of muck using an Ellicott 670 dredge. www.gatordredging.com
The 1,095-km-long National Waterway 4, better known as Buckingham Canal, is in for a major makeover to bring it back to its past glory ferrying people and cargo. The waterway, which runs from Kakinada in East Godavari district to Puducherry, where it merges into the Bay of Bengal, cutting through Chennai, has the potential to… Read More
With oil prices down, Louisiana has lost about 12,000 jobs in oil and gas since last year. Some of those oil and gas workers are finding new jobs in coastal restoration. That includes helping rebuild a chain of barrier islands to protect the coast. One of those state-funded projects is in Plaquemines Parish. Way down… Read More
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Collier County beaches are set to get more sand this fall by way of a truck haul that some say shortchanges the beach and is not a good buy. The project, expected to cost between $3.5 million and $4 million, is the first beach renourishment since 2014 and the third truck haul from an inland… Read More
A move is underway to raise the cost of capital dredging of 24 inland river routes by Tk 590 million citing the reason of increase in labour cost and dredging area, officials said. The project has also sought one-year extension as an adequate number of dredgers are not available for completion of the task, they… Read More
Sen. Barbara Mikulski on Monday announced she’s proposing more than $100 million in federal funding for projects at the Port of Baltimore. The funding is part of the fiscal year 2017 Energy and Water Development funding bill, which moves to the Senate floor this week. “This public investment in the Port of Baltimore is about… Read More
City Council wants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to find alternatives when it comes to dredging the Black River. At a regular meeting Monday, Council voted unanimously to draft a resolution encouraging the corps to find solutions in which the sediment dredged from the bottom of the river is disposed of on land instead… Read More
Bournemouth Beach replenishment works will eventually leave a top layer of the finest sand, council chiefs have confirmed. Concerns have been raised that the ongoing £3.6m replenishment scheme, which is part of a wider £50m project, has left sections of the beach at Southbourne full of gravel. Resident Chris Wragg took before and after footage… Read More
To identify and reduce the increasing amounts of waste and pollution in the Indian River Lagoon, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Brevard County Commission have agreed to fund an additional $800,000 for a new project. The additional $800,000 will add to the $20 million previously awarded for the Brevard County muck-dredging project… Read More
The dredging of the port of Maputo will begin in May at a cost of US$115 million in order to allow ships with capacity of over 80,000 tons to access the Mozambican capital’s port, Mozambican daily newspaper Noticias reported. The contract was signed on Monday by the Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC) and Jan de… Read More
Scottish Borders Council has decided not to dredge gravel from Hawick’s rivers despite residents calling for the work to help tackle flooding. A report to the local authority described the move as “ineffective, uneconomic and unsustainable”. Council leader David Parker said he was aware of the calls for dredging but said scientific advice was against… Read More