It's on us. Share your news here.
It's on us. Share your news here.
After more than two decades, the Shark River dredging project is moving forward and bids are likely to be received this fall. We have funding, drying sites, and will be dredging the entirety of the Shark River’s state navigational channels. There are many moving parts to this effort as many federal, county, state and local… Read More
JaxPort officials have quietly crafted a scaled-back option to dredge the St. Johns River that comes with a smaller price tag but would also fall short of delivering a deeper channel to the TraPac terminal, Jacksonville’s best window to Asian trade and the mega ships it will bring. The trimmed option — according to public… Read More
Two dredges move along the remnants of a historic channel at the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge spewing sand, silt, mud and water onto an adjacent marsh. The plan: to restore natural water flow and make the marsh and adjacent beaches more resilient in coastal storms. Federal officials know there will still be times when… Read More
In the past 10 years, HCM City has invested about VND24.3 trillion (more than $1.14 billion) in flood prevention projects. However, just 1.2% of the total workload of these plans have been completed so their effectiveness is beyond expectation. As reported by the HCM City People’s Committee, the amount, including VND9 trillion from the budget,… Read More
The world’s largest dredging project is close to an end as only 24 days left for inaugurating the New Suez Canal project. A total of 251 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand have so far been lifted at the New Suez Canal, a report by the project’s executive administration said. The figure represents 95.61 per… Read More
Dare County commissioners have agreed to dedicate $1 million to dredge Oregon Inlet so that it can stay open for boats. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Virginia, reported that commissioner Beverly Boswell says the money for the Army Corps of Engineers all but assures that the inlet will remain open. She says that’s because a dredge… Read More
Residents of Muanivatu settlement have requested the Government to dredge the Vatuwaqa River to avoid the flooding of houses in the settlement during high tide. Chairman for the settlement Tevita Seru, 67, said this was one of the issues raised during a national development public consultation yesterday at the settlement. Government teams are holding consultations… Read More
Beach replenishment in Ocean City’s south end will resume in about two weeks, a spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers said Monday, July 6. “Yes, the contractor (Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.) currently estimates that the dredge, Liberty Island, will be back on the job July 20,” said spokesman Ed Voigt of the… Read More
The Environment Agency in the UK has started work to repair the flood defences along the Thames Estuary at Harrison’s Wharf in Purfleet. The defences, which are a sheet piled flood wall, reduce the risk of flooding to people and 4305 properties in Purfleet. Damaged sections of concrete blocks, which protect the coast from erosion,… Read More
About four-tenths of a mile of the Esopus Creek, starting at the point where it meets the Hudson River, will be deepened by 3 to 5 feet starting in September. Village Board member Patrick Landewe said the work, to be overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will be done around the clock. “They’re… Read More
The South Korean port of Gwangyang is planning to deepen and widen its Fairway 3 to better cater to bigger ships. Currently, Fairway 3 is 22 m deep and 380 m wide. It is one of Gwangyang port’s seven fairways. Yeosu Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Office, which oversees Gwangyang and Yeosu ports, said in… Read More
The Dunkirk Common Council is poised to approve a contract to dredge the city’s harbor but stopped short of taking action at Tuesday’s meeting. Only one bid has been received for the work, $136,500 from Dean Marine of Michigan, and it came in one day after the advertised deadline. Dunkirk’s approval would be contingent on… Read More
Jersey Shore communities will have to bear another hurricane season and winter without proper protection from coastal storms, with a federal beach replenishment project pushed back again – this time until at least spring 2016, a local official said. Toms River Councilman George Wittmann said he and other local officials have been in contact with… Read More
The City of Cape Town said on Thursday it had started with dredging operations at the Zandvleiestuary nature reserve near Muizenberg The city council said maintenance teams from its Environmental Resource Management and Transport division had commenced with the dredging operation of the sand bar at the mouth of Zandvlei as part of the necessary… Read More
“I assumed that it was a typo, that a zero was missing,” County Administrator Sel Hemingway said. State legislators say it was no mistake that caused funds for dredging the Georgetown port to go from $2.5 million to $250,000 in this year’s budget. The sales tax in Georgetown County went up by a penny this… Read More