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Dredging is being considered as a short-term measure to reduce the risk of flooding in Cockermouth. Six months ago the town’s defences were overtopped during the floods of Storm Desmond. Last night, 150 people packed into Christ Church in the town for a public meeting to discuss a Flood Investigation Report put together by the… Read More
The annual dredging of the Oceanside harbor was set to get under way this weekend, about two months later than usual — a delay that some say has led to dangerous conditions. Each year around April, the Army Corps of Engineers removes about 180,000 cubic yards of sand from the mouth of the harbor, where… Read More
The Saginaw River will receive more than $3 million in dredging his year, according to Saginaw County officials. A technicality nearly stalled the project, important to keep the shipping channel open for freighters, but the Saginaw County Board of Commissioners made the decision that was needed to move it forward Monday, June 6. The situation… Read More
Kansas owns water storage in 14 federal reservoirs managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. But the storage capacity of those lakes is gradually diminishing, as topsoil from waterways and farms upstream washes into the reservoirs and settles to the bottom. As Heartland Health Monitor’s Bryan Thompson explains, state officials recently began trying to… Read More
CentrePort has confirmed the possibility of material from its proposed harbour dredge being used for the Wellington Airport runway extension. The port company is applying for consent to dredge a seven-kilometre channel to allow bigger ships through the harbour entrance, and to deepen the area around the Thorndon container wharf. The dredged material, enough to… Read More
Work on the cruise berthing facility is forging ahead as Government is expected to appoint a civil engineering firm by mid-month to produce the new design and a costing for the contentious cruise berthing facility. Deputy Premier and Tourism Minister Hon Moses Kirkconnell made the announcement while speaking during the budget debate on Government’s $862.4million… Read More
“Diversity is a good thing,” project manager Tom Novak of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) St Paul District said, when talking about the natural diversity resulting from a dredging and construction campaign at Harpers Slough on the Mississippi River in Iowa. The project is creating river islands that protect other islands, all of… Read More
U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is awarding the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality $3,795,056 to help continue the cleanup of contaminated sediment from industrial waste in the Manistique River. This support will help MDEQ develop and implement measures to remediate poly-chlorinated biphenyls (PCB)… Read More
Long-awaited dredging of the harbour at Hay River, N.W.T., could begin in 2017. Members of the community have spent years urging the territorial government to take action on dredging, claiming the build-up of debris in the harbour not only disrupts transport and fishing but also poses a flood risk during spring breakup. However, progress has… Read More
Here is some footage how dredging is done on the Danube in Romania. Credit: MotorschipVitesse Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=be8_1465118367#gHu0VbChryeigGcU.99
Work on the long overdue project to activate Goa’s two inland waterways to ferry people and tourists will begin from October post monsoon this year, according to union minister Nithin Gadkari. The entire project, which includes dredging, building terminal points along the two inland streams and construction of jetties to ferry passengers, is estimated to… Read More
Residents with private access to Chapoquoit Beach would have to pay their portion of the $1.7 million to $2 million price tag to renourish the eroding beach, according to preliminary plans unveiled at a community meeting Wednesday night, June 1. Leslie Fields, a coastal geologist with the Woods Hole Group, presented to an audience at… Read More
More evidence that things have changed in Buffalo: Not only are important goals being accomplished instead of talked to death and then forgotten, but even ancient problems are being addressed. That’s what is happening as plans are laid to clean up the long-polluted Scajaquada Creek. The work is as welcome as it is necessary. With… Read More
Motorists will have to wait until early 2017 for the new Gallants Channel bridge to open, several months later than the last estimate given, but still ahead of schedule. Gov. Pat McCrory delivered that update Friday during a media tour at the construction site. He toured various points in the county, including the N.C. Port… Read More
Following extensive U.S. Army Corps of Engineers review, the Northwestern Division Commander, Brigadier General Scott A. Spellmon, determined the Salmon River is navigable for 259 miles, from the Snake River confluence west of White Bird upstream to Salmon. The Corps previewed this decision in meetings with county governments in April, and the decision is consistent… Read More