The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designated Green Harbor’s east jetty as one of four local projects it will fund in its New England District work plan in 2016. The jetty breached during Winter Storm Juno in January 2015, about five months after a $1.3 million jetty repair project. During the storm Feb. 8, the… Read More
The paperwork is complete and in another four months or so the Port of Port St. Joe will have reached another key milestone. With licensing agreements from the St. Joe Company in hand, engineers Hatch Mott MacDonald has moved ahead with the first phase of work to design the infrastructure needed to handle spoil from… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is tentatively recommending shoreline renourishment for part of Vilano Beach and South Ponte Vedra Beach, but those plans could change. The corps recently released a nearly 200-page report on its website, outlining a “tentatively selected plan” for the part of the coastline that’s been studied. The vulnerability of State… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will spend more than $60 million this summer dredging the main shipping channel on the Columbia River, along with $2.7 million deepening the lower Skipanon Channel. Gov. Kate Brown’s office announced last week the state had received $85.2 million worth of work in the Corps’ 2016 work plan. The… Read More
The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr Aminu Dikko has urged the Federal Government to dredge the Warri/Escravos water channels. Dikko made the plea on Thursday in Warri after he led a team from the ICRC on an inspection tour of facilities at the concessioned terminals in Warri Port. He said that… Read More
The urgent need to dredge Port Hacking has seen the State Government offer only $687,00 for a partial job, with Shire ratepayers asked to stump up a matching amount. And that’s only for Fisherman’s Channel near Maianbar. It is believed that if the badly needed job is done properly in the Hacking estuary, it could… Read More
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Thursday told parliament that the government has undertaken measures for dredging 53 rivers for the development river routes across the country. The minister said the country’s river routes stand at 6,000 kilometres in the rainy season and 3,865 kilometres in the dry season. Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan made the assertions… Read More
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Friday, the City of North Myrtle Beach announced it was prepared for people who live along the canal in Cherry Grove to take legal action against its dredging project. The project was supposed to start last fall, but hit several road blocks. People who live along the canal were put in a special tax district… Read More
The dredging of the Cohasset Harbor channel continues on borrowed time. The project, originally scheduled for completion sometime in November 2015 and with an ultimate deadline of Jan. 31st, could not be completed in time due to poor weather and equipment complications. Thankfully, the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife granted an extension, as requested by… Read More
A dredging project in Maguindanao has been put on hold as Moro rebels have been harassing government forces securing workers in Datu Salibo town. Capt. Joann Petinglay, spokesperson of the Philippine Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) harassed Sunday the 22nd Mechanized Company detachment in Barangay Butalo where… Read More
The United States Army Corps of Engineers has issued a federally-required Department of Army permit to the New England Clean Power Link, allowing it to be placed in the waters of the United States along its proposed route. Developer TDI New England announced the decision today. The Army Corps permit authorizes TDI New England to… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will spend $14 million on repairs to the damaged San Pedro and Long Beach breakwaters, U.S. Rep. Janice Hahn’s office announced Tuesday. Hahn, whose district is based in the harbor area, called for the funding in December after a survey of the 2.1-mile-long breakwater from Cabrillo Beach to the… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to spend an additional $2.5 million for dredging built-up sand at Ventura Harbor, Rep. Julia Brownley announced Tuesday. The Westlake Village Democrat has been working with stakeholders to coordinate the response to an unusual buildup of sand that raised safety concerns and led to the closure of the… Read More
A dredge from Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company continued to pump sand onto Strathmere’s north end over the weekend before moving out of the area in anticipation of a costal storm this week. The work marks the third time the company has replenished beaches in Strathmere as part of a federally-funded U.S. Army Corps… Read More