IPSWICH — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced last week that it is awarding over $2 million in funding to restore and monitor salt marshes along the Massachusetts coastline, including in Ipswich, Newbury, and Essex. The grants, which are administered by the Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), will support seven projects to restore and monitor degraded salt… Read More
PRIME HOOK BEACH, Del.– DNREC officials have ordered the removal of a concrete dune crossover at Prime Hook Beach, ruling that the structure was built illegally and poses risks to the area’s fragile coastal environment. In a decision issued by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control on Jan. 16, the agency denied a coastal construction permit… Read More
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC PATTERN The vehicle and pedestrian lanes are shifted to the right. Obey the no-parking sign along the right side of the road. Construction vehicles will travel in both directions on the inside (left) lane to enter and exit the park at 1400 East. Use extra caution in construction zones. The Spoke Road to… Read More
Lido Key beach’s shoreline renourishment project is underway. Hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of sand will be dredged from New Pass and placed on the beach as part of the project, much needed after recent hurricanes and storms have caused shoreline degradation to the popular beach just south of Longboat Key. “Since the last… Read More
More than a year after hurricanes Helene and Milton bore down on Anna Maria Island with a 3-4 foot storm surge and 80 mph winds, Bradenton Beach is still waiting on FEMA reimbursements for repairs, with city officials disputing federal cost estimates far lower than contractor repair estimates. Police Chief John Cosby, who serves as… Read More
Upper Township in Cape May County is taking steps to green light its first-ever cannabis dispensary in order to pay for repairs to its battered beaches. The proposed store would set up shop on Roosevelt Boulevard east of the Garden State Parkway, which would place it on a busy route to the town’s Strathmere section… Read More
The Tampa Harbor Maintenance Dredging Project (Upper Channels) was completed after 270 days of coordinated effort in Hillsborough County, Florida. Working alongside multiple contractors, our team dredged the upper channels to a depth of 34 feet MLLW while managing shared resources, active operations, and strict environmental requirements. From coordinating access with third parties to dredging… Read More
The Pinellas Bayway Bridge Replacement was a major infrastructure project focused on improving safety, capacity, and long-term resilience. As part of this completed work, we replaced two nearly 50-year-old bascule bridges with a new high-level structure providing 65 feet of clearance. The new four-lane bridge spans nearly half a mile along SR 682 and includes… Read More
Boaters at Lake Shelbyville are being advised to use extra caution as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues dredging operations on the lake. The Corps says the project will include the installation of a floating dredge pipeline across parts of the lake. The pipeline was originally planned to be submerged, but officials say current… Read More
The Captiva Erosion Prevention District’s (CEPD) commission provided direction on a proposal to complete the dune restoration following the finished beach renourishment at its recent meeting. On Jan. 12, General Manager Brighton Heard presented staff’s proposed next steps. The proposal outlined the following: determine the final beach access design for Andy Rosse Lane and the… Read More
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has placed nearly 500,000 cubic yards of sand along the Grand Strand coastline as part of a $72 million renourishment project that began in mid-December. Crews have been working day and night, starting dredging operations at a small portion of Cherry Grove from… Read More
Filmed on January 5, this video takes you inside the ongoing dredging project at Pamet Harbor, illustrating both the challenges crews face and the critical role the work plays in protecting coastal infrastructure. The dredging operation has a target volume of approximately 9,000 cubic yards, which under ideal conditions would typically take about 12 dredging… Read More
By Laylan Connelly | lconnelly@scng.com | Orange County Register A restoration project spearheaded by the Surfrider Foundation to repair and care for coastal dunes is underway in northern Seal Beach. The effort seeks to rebuild dunes, a nature-based solution, to help combat flooding, with the sand mounds covered with vegetation acting as a natural barrier… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House and Senate both passed the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2026, securing $5 million in federal funding for the Coastal Texas Project, a historic U.S. Army Corps of Engineers effort aimed at saving lives, protecting communities, and defending nationally significant energy and industrial infrastructure on Texas’s… Read More
DNREC initiated construction of the Broadkill Beach Dune Realignment Project as a targeted effort to reduce ongoing dune losses and improve the effectiveness of storm protection along approximately one mile of shoreline. Work began on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, to realign and reconstruct the existing artificial dune and create a broader, more gently sloping beach…. Read More