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Beach nourishment in three town is on hold for at least a year after bids came in substantially over the amount of money available and none could promise getting started by this spring. Together, Kitty Hawk, Duck and Kill Devil Hills, with help from the Dare County beach nourishment fund, have budgeted $43.5 million for… Read More
A planned $2 billion flood control project for the Fargo-Moorhead area got a $5 million infusion of cash from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week. The Fargo-Moorhead Diversion project has been a point of conflict between Minnesota and North Dakota. The project has been hit with several lawsuits and is on hold until… Read More
The Environment Agency has begun dredging the River Kent in Kendal again after more storms at the end of January washed up to 100 tonnes of gravel back downstream. It’s emergency work that wouldn’t normally happen in the winter and is designed to protect properties from flooding in the town, where around 3,000 homes and… Read More
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The long-awaited project will provide a huge boost to tourism and marine industries in the West Cork town. BAM Civil Ltd wasappointed main contractor for phase one of the the inner harbour development. It involves the creation of a 20-berth marina on quayside pontoons, plus dredging to a depth of 4m, which will allow vessels… Read More
Boaters are satisfied with plans to resume dredging at Gordon Pass Naples, they said Wednesday. Gordon Pass connects Naples Bay to the Gulf of Mexico and boaters said the pass is dangerous. The Army Corps of Engineers approved millions of dollars for the project Tuesday after surveying the sandbar two weeks ago. Boaters said Wednesday… Read More
MORE than 20,000 cubic metres of sand will be pumped onto Maroochydore Beach from Monday in an effort to rejuvenate the eroded coast line. Sunshine Coast Council executive director Infrastructure Services, Andrew Ryan, said dredging works would be finished by March 4, weather permitting. “The key purpose of the dredging is to create and maintain… Read More
Could or should Swampscott Harbor have a breakwater? It is a question the Harbor and Water Advisory Committee have been considering and was the subject of a presentation at the Selectmen’s meeting last week. Jay Borkland, of consulting firm Apex Companies and a Swampscott resident said a breakwater would be a “defining structure in the… Read More
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The project to deepen the Delaware River navigation channel will receive $22 million in the Army Corps of Engineers’ current fiscal year work plan and $33 million in President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2017, which begins Oct. 1, according to Sen. Robert P. Casey (D., Pa.). About 80 percent of the channel is… Read More
The EU has launched a major project involving an international consortium of 14 industry and research organisations aimed at the sustainable harvesting of polymetallic nodules from the deep ocean. Called Blue Nodules, the project will also involve Netherlands-based shipbuilder and offshore innovator Royal IHC and Belgian dredging and offshore giant DEME. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
After more than a year-long delay, a new set of larger locks for the Panama Canal will be complete by the end of June, the waterway’s administrator said on Wednesday, after builders repaired cracks that had formed in the concrete walls. The consortium building a third, bigger set of locks on one of the world’s… Read More