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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate additional funding to dredge Eastern North Carolina’s Oregon and Hatteras Inlets. In a letter sent today, Congressman Jones reminded Army Corps of Engineers leadership of the chronically poor navigation conditions at both inlets. He also pointed out that the… Read More
Residents around Lake Altoona vote to move forward with a $1.4 million project to dredge several parts of the lake. Only two people voted “no” to the plan to remove more than 12,000 truckloads of sand from several areas of the lake. The Lake District says by removing the sediment now, Lake district tax payers… Read More
There’s more sandy material in Milford Harbor’s navigation channel than first thought, limiting safe navigation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says. The Corps had already planned to dredge portions of the 10-foot entrance channel, but it is now revising its plans because of a higher than expected amount of sandy material in the harbor…. Read More
The rebuilding of the first 57 metre section of Cashin Quay 2 at the Port of Christchurch has finished and by the end of April the new wharf should reach 101 metres. The entire 230 metre long wharf will be completed by the end of the year. “The new Cashin Quay 2 wharf will be… Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency has paved the way for work to start on the construction of a new multi-million euro harbour for small craft at Ros a’ Mhíl. Extensive dredging work is set to take place this year to allow for the new 92-berth harbour and the deepening of the marina area. The EPA has… Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is awarding $2.3 million to restore habitats on islands southwest of Detroit in the lower Detroit River. U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters have announced the grant for the Stony Island Habitat Restoration. The funding will go to the Friends of the Detroit River. The restoration project seeks… Read More
To break loose a log jam of inaction on the planned Lake Zumbro sediment dredging project, Olmsted County could be asked to put forward upwards of $2 million in project funding, to be paid back by other project partners later. Olmsted County planned to partner with Rochester Public Utilities, Wabasha County, the Lake Improvement District… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District is urging boaters to use caution near its project in the St. Johns River in the Chicopit Bay and Helen Cooper Floyd Park area near Mayport Naval Station. The Corps Mile Point Training Wall Reconfiguration Project will continue through November where the St. Johns River meets the… Read More
The Broads Authority project involves creating new reed islands and restoring badly eroded reed beds, while also dredging 3,500 cubic metres from the channel that traverses the broad. Much of the material dredged from the bottom will be used in the construction of islands and in restoring banks. The dredging work is intended to help… Read More
SEVERAL tonnes of mud and silt have been dredged from the bed of the River Dart to prevent the Dartmouth Higher Ferry running aground on very low spring tides. A dredging tug has been used to scoop out the material and deposit it in the main channel of the river from where it will disperse… Read More
Plans to dredge the Penryn River were presented to Penryn Town Council at a meeting last night. David Pollard, a maritime consultant, gave a presentation on ‘The Jigsaw Project’ which wants to see a channel dredged at the Penryn River around Penryn Harbour. The two metre wide dredging channel would be part of a larger… Read More
Waurika Lake Master Conservancy District Director Dave Taylor received some good news at the District’s regular monthly meeting Tuesday. Progress on dredging, gate replacement and a pipeline extension project at Waurika Lake is on time and on budget. In the last 30 days, silt removal dredging has progressed 2,000 linear feet into the lake and… Read More
A major project to dredge Menemsha channel has hit a snag, missing its Jan. 31 deadline for completion and raising ire among Aquinnah officials over damage at the West Basin. The unfinished dredging project will not resume until next fall, Aquinnah and Chilmark selectmen learned this week. Bret Stearns, director of the Wampanoag tribe’s natural… Read More
Governor N.N Vohra has directed the Irrigation & Flood Control Department to ensure high speed work and completion of all dredging which is required to be carried out on river Jhelum. He was reviewing the progress in this regard at the Raj Bhavan here today. Under the Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Programme 2015, “Priority… Read More
The latest information on bidding processes for dredging contracts has been published on the IAA PortNews website’s Dredging page (in Russian). The page was updated with several invitations to bid issued by several Russian companies in December 2015. The IAA PortNews’ “Dredging” page contains helpful information on tenders of the month, winners in previous bidding… Read More