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The Andrews Labor Government is securing the future of Gippsland Lakesby investing in a new dredge which will deliver safe and reliable ocean access to commercial fishing and shipping operators, tourism operators and recreational boaters and fishers. Minister for Ports Luke Donnellan announced the funding at Jemmys Point Lookout today with Gippsland Ports’ Chair Geoff… Read More
Britain’s Royal Navy is revamping part of its Portsmouth Naval Base so it can accommodate the country’s newest aircraft carriers. The 18-month project involves the 90-year-old Middle Ship Jetty. The base’s Victory Jetty will be improved later so that both HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales can be in port simultaneously. READ FULL… Read More
Sunglasses will not be optional soon, when more bright sand is brought onto Longboat’s beaches during the town’s renourishment project. In a July 15 memo, Town Manager Dave Bullock informed commissioners that the town has received the state permits needed from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to renourish Longboat’s beaches. Now all that’s… Read More
Major improvements are coming to Tignish Harbour, including dredging and realigning the channel, installing shore protection, replacing a wharf and constructing a new marginal wharf. Tignish harbour is home port to 82 vessels, which primarily land herring, lobster, snow crab, oyster and tuna. Landings in 2013 were valued at more than $17 million. “The Tignish… Read More
Township officials are seeking to dredge the Woodbridge River to rid it of pollutants and curtail flooding issues plaguing property owners. Mayor John McCormac said the township is moving forward with the dredging project after the council passed a resolution authorizing a permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that would enable the… Read More
After going approximately two decades without maintenance, the Scappoose Bay Marine Park will soon get the maintenance it needs with a two-phase dredging project that was approved by the Port of St. Helens Board of Commissioners last week. According to the port’s property and operations manager, Craig Allison, the original concept was to dredge the… Read More
A beach replenishment project for the south end of Ocean City was getting started back up this week when fresh mechanical problems shut it right back down. According to Richard Pearsall, a spokesman for the US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District, the dredge Liberty Island will be returned to Norfolk, Va. for repairs. He… Read More
Heavy equipment will begin to roll at Little Lagoon Pass in Gulf Shores this week with an ongoing dredging project ramping up additional sand-digging efforts. The area has seen a steady stream of construction equipment since December 2013 when a $12.1 million Alabama Department of Transportation project began to replace the Lee Callaway Bridge. While… Read More
A dredging project to improve the Dunkirk recreational harbor was approved by members of the Common Council Tuesday. The contact for the work is with Dean Marine of Michigan. A motion for the work had been tabled during a previous meeting, pending research and details. But on Tuesday, a revised motion with more details about the… Read More
Now that the town has state permits for all three beach projects that total more than $17 million, Town Manager Dave Bullock has a directive for Public Works Director Juan Florensa: “I’ve been directed to put the projects out to bid with the understanding we won’t do the work yet until we get final approval,”… Read More
There’s a new home for some of the sand dredged up from the Columbia River Channel Deepening Project. An 86-acre site on Puget Island in Wahkiakum County will be used as a site to dispose of dredge spoils. Three Columbia River ports are pitching in up to a total of $750,000 for an easement to… Read More
The deadline has been set. Army Corps of Engineers officials say a group of Sandwich property owners must sign paperwork by July 31 granting permanent easements on their land or the 150,000 cubic yards of sand that the Army Corps is dredging from the Cape Cod Canal will be dumped in Cape Cod Bay instead… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, will perform emergency maintenance dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) at Caney Creek and the Brazos River Floodgates in Brazoria and Matagorda counties, Texas, beginning July 21, 2015. A contract was awarded to Orion Marine Construction in the amount of $1,612,000 to remove a combined total… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now accepting proposals from local and regional stakeholders for completed feasibility reports, proposed feasibility studies, and proposed modifications to authorized projects or studies to be conducted in partnership with the Corps. Section 7001 of Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA 2014) requires that the Secretary of the… Read More
After more than a year of delays, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with a plan to dredge Menemsha Creek. The announcement came after the Corps awarded the Menemsha Creek Federal Navigation Project a $2.1 million contract in late June, Corps of Engineers spokesman Tim Dugan said. The funding for the maintenance… Read More