A mile of levee upgrades will be added to the Feather River West Levee project in Sutter County with the receipt of an $8.5 million grant from the state. The funds, from the Department of Water Resources’ Flood Systems Repair Program, will allow the Sutter Butte Flood Control Agency to improve a section of levee… Read More
Following completion of the current project segment in southern Long Beach Township, beach replenishment work on Long Beach Island could be suspended until next spring, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “This week, our contractor, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., provided information to the Army Corps that they plan to move dredges… Read More
The dredging of Wonder Lake was expected to take a little more than a year to finish. But now, two years in, the project is set to stretch into year three, the lake manager said. The upside is that the contractor is being paid a flat rate to remove about 480,000 cubic yards of sediment… Read More
The work to dredge the Cape Cod Canal and renourish Town Neck Beach in Sandwich is expected to begin in mid-December, according to Sandwich Town Manager Bud Dunham. “It needs to be finished by the end of March because of some environmental windows that the dredging company needs to work in,” Dunham said. Dunham said… Read More
The developers of the new Victoria Marina waterfront in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight have begun preparations for the commencement of the project following the recent completion of the new outer breakwater by Cowes Harbour Commission. Arrangements are now being put in place to secure the developers’ contribution towards the funding of the… Read More
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Elected officials toured the dredging of Flushing Bay on Monday, seeing the tax dollars they voted to allocate hard at work. The work being carried out by the Army Corps of Engineers calls for the removal of sedentary material to keep the navigation channel at 15 feet deep. The project is expected to cost approximately… Read More
Goleta Beach will look a bit different this winter. Officials plan to build a sandy berm along 2,400 feet of the popular beach, hoping to prevent flooding from possibly severe winter storms. The California Coastal Commission approved an emergency permit for the County of Santa Barbara to build the berm, which will run from Goleta… Read More
A federal beach fill project that was set to start this winter for southern Long Beach Island left vulnerable after Hurricane Sandy will be stalled until the spring, officials said. Beach replenishment in Beach Haven and in the Holgate section of Long Beach Township was going to start in January but now may start as… Read More
City Council on Thursday (Dec. 3) unanimously approved two measures that could help restart Ocean City’s long-stalled efforts to dredge bayfront lagoons and channels that are too shallow for boat traffic at low tide. Both measures address the same problem: Ocean City is willing to spend money to dredge the bay, but it has no… Read More
The popular tourist spot in Rarotonga has in recent months seen a rise in nitrogen levels and the spread of a dark seaweed, causing concern about the quality of water and the potential effects on tourism. The Ministry of Environment Services’ director, Joseph Brider, says the government met with the Muri community to outline a… Read More