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City harbor officials in Norwalk — and their counterparts along the coastline — are worried about being left behind when the new Connecticut Port Authority begins its mission to restore the state’s deep water ports. “The (port authority) legislation has given rise to more questions than answers,” said John Pinto, a member of the Norwalk… Read More
It’s a significant step forward in reaching flood protection for the Mouse River Valley. That’s how Governor Jack Dalrymple describes the signing of these documents today. The Corps of Engineers district commander and the head of the Souris River Joint Board signed papers saying the Corps would share the cost of a federal study of… Read More
When we think of Southwest Michigan’s ties to Lake Michigan, we often think first of sandy beaches, tourism and marinas filled with sailboats. But its history is deeply connected to the commercial shipping industry that relies heavily on Southwest Michigan’s only commercial port – the St. Joseph/Benton Harbor harbor. In the 19th century, commercial shipping… Read More
Thanks to a grant form the King County Flood Control District, the city of Renton is planning to do some dredging on the lower Cedar River this summer that officials say is not only overdue but should reduce the risk of seasonal flooding. The plan is to remove 120,000 cubic yards of gravel that has… Read More
With the 2016 rainy season creeping in earlier than expected, regional corporations throughout the country are still struggling to clear waterways, including tributaries and drains. However, they claim that despite a major delay by the drainage division at the Ministry of Works and Transport to clear major rivers of all debris, de-silted and dredged, they… Read More
The dangerous shoaling off the entrance to Humboldt Bay, which the Journal reported on in April, remains of great concern to the sheriff’s office, which sent out a press release reminding boaters of the shallow waters and hazardous new breaks the sediment has caused. Army Corps of Engineers dredging is scheduled to start in two… Read More
Criticized by a local construction group for his government’s decision to go with a Barbadian company to carry out a major infrastructural project although there was enough local expertise for the job, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has defended the move and insisted that much of the money would remain in Dominica. NSG Management and Technical… Read More
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Beach replenishment on Long Beach Island has resumed, five months after the contractor pulled out of the work to handle jobs in other parts of the country. The return of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. pleased state environmental protection officials who were incensed that the company’s juggling of several projects put the Ocean County… Read More
The Pulicat Lake, which is located both in Nellore district, AP, and Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, has dried up totally on its northern side in AP, depriving many thousand people of a livelihood. About 40,000 people, living in 34 villages on the banks of the lake on the Tamil Nadu side, and 25,000 people, living… Read More
While the elevator shafts and steel framing of Columbia County’s under-construction administration building start to redefine the Portage skyline, another change, just as far-reaching, is scheduled to take place in Portage Canal. Starting in about 2½ weeks, a dredge will pull from the canal’s murky waters more than a century of accumulated, contaminated sediment. Columbia… Read More
Starting May 16, the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) will hold public hearings in Astoria, Tillamook, Newport, Coos Bay and Bandon to seek comments on two sets of administrative rules governing the state-owned waterway management and leasing program and the establishment of a new General Permit for Navigational Access Maintenance Dredging. The waterway rulemaking… Read More
Just as loggerhead sea turtle and the least tern nesting season begins, truckloads of pipe have began rolling onto Hideaway Beach for a two-and-a-half month dredging project to move 40,000 cubic yards of sand from the end of Sand Dollar Island as part of the 2016 Hideaway erosion project. Under the plan, Hideaway Beach will… Read More
Preparations have begun at the former Catalyst Paper sewage lagoon in order to get it ready for city usage. “We’ve started dredging the lagoon to prepare for the switch,” said City of Port Alberni major projects advisor Ken Watson. The city purchased Catalyst Paper’s former lagoon in 2011 at a cost of $5.7 million and… Read More
About RUB 1 billion will be invested in dredging of Volga-Caspian Shipping Canal and clearing of the canal bed in 2016. Last year 638 million rubles were invested in the VCSC dredging. As part of maintenance dredging 17 million cbm of materials have been excavated on the canal, the press office of Astrakhan Region Governor… Read More