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Projects to ease the flooding situation along the river Shannon may require the Government to breach EU habitats directives on wildlife, a Government Minister has said. Taoiseach Enda Kenny will convene a meeting next Tuesday of all the State agencies with responsibility for the Shannon, along its length. The meeting in Government Buildings will seek… Read More
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced recently that his office has filed for a public hearing over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposition to take dredged material from Cleveland Harbor and put it directly into Lake Erie. DeWine’s office has concerns over the environmental impact of such a decision. Dredging, which ensures that water… Read More
The long-awaited dredging of the Cape Cod Canal and restoration of Town Neck Beach will have to wait a bit longer, officials said. Equipment has been moved into place and the metal piping that will pump sand onto Town Neck Beach is at the ready, but the dredge owned by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock… Read More
Daily News Staff Writer Workers are on standby, waiting for the sea to calm, before they can begin pumping sand onto South End beaches. The equipment is ready, but strong winds and dangerous rip currents have delayed the Phipps Ocean Park beach nourishment project. Contractor Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. was scheduled to begin dredging… Read More
The eroded stretch of the seashore near Kursura Submarine Museum is again abuzz with visitors after the Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) launched the beach nourishment programme here. The Dredging Corporation of India (DCI), after getting the contract from the VPT, started dumping sand extracted from the ‘sand trap’ created between the Dolphin’s Nose and South… Read More
Once again, the tender process for the manual dredging at Azhikkal port in Kerala is mired in controversy. The small cooperative societies involved in the work at the port have made allegations that the authorities are deliberately prolonging the tendering process, to help the benami companies. According to them, though the law says that the… Read More
State Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin sharply criticized a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor for plans to remove dredging equipment from an ongoing beach and dune construction project on Long Beach Island to perform a dredging project in another part the country. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. started work in May… Read More
Fifty-three important river routes, including the Mongla-Ghashikhali channel, under the capital dredging project are on the verge of closure due to shortage of manpower to run dredgers, sources in the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) said. The BIWTA is implementing the project at a cost of Tk 1,873.64 crore. The project deadline was fixed… Read More
Cape May County beaches are in the best shape they’ve been in years, thanks in part to a flood of federal money after Hurricane Sandy, adding fresh sand throughout the county. But the oceans are rising, and shore communities will face tough decisions in decades to come. Restoring eroded beaches was a billion-dollar problem in… Read More
The agency overseeing Bayou Lafourche could receive additional dollars to extend a $20 million dredging project aimed at increasing the flow of the bayou. Last week, the Assumption Parish Police Jury voted to give back approximately $4 million in Coastal Impact Assistance Program dollars back to the state, with the intent of that money getting… Read More
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This week’s signing of the PreConstruction Engineering and Design Agreement and passage of the omnibus appropriations bill with construction funding for Charleston marked significant milestones for the 52-foot Charleston Harbor Deepening Project. Wednesday evening South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District (USACE) signed the Design Agreement, an important step… Read More
Most of the $53 million Ware’s Creek federal flood control project concluded this week within city limits, but Bradenton taxpayers will pay an additional $50,000 for mistakes made by a contractor hired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees the project. The city awarded a contract to Gator Dredging of Clearwater, which began… Read More
The town of Mashpee is seeking a permit to dredge two of its bays and use the spoils as beach nourishment, according to a statement from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mashpee is proposing to dredge a total of 31,150 cubic yards of material from Waquoit Bay and three sections of Popponesset Bay and… Read More
Councillors are grappling with a huge “blowout” in the projected cost of dredging part of the Pirie River. When the New Year begins, the first strategic planning meeting of council is expected to look at the rise in cost to $2 million. Several councillors are shocked at the pricetag which is about double the original… Read More