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Oceanside is working on a first of its kind coastal restoration project. It will be along the coast from Tyson St and Wisconsin Ave. OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Oceanside is planning a first of its kind coastal restoration project. The concept has been successful on Australia’s Gold Coast, but is new to North America. The project… Read More
As part of the Navarre Beach Restoration Project, heavy equipment will begin staging on Thursday, Dec. 5 at Navarre Beach Access 37A. This access will be closed to the public until further notice beginning Tuesday, Dec. 3. The Glenn Edwards hopper dredge is tentatively expected to arrive on site in mid-December, 2024. Dredging is expected to… Read More
In light of many recent storms causing severe river overflows across Vermont, one being just last week, people have been suggesting and asking why not dredge the rivers. “It is very intuitive and seems very logical at first, but there’s actually a lot more to it,” said Shayne Jaquith, a river scientist at Nature Conservancy… Read More
NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey resort community that has lived in fear of being wiped out by the next big storm voted Tuesday to end a decadelong battle with the state over the condition of its beaches and protective sand dunes that involved $42 million worth of fines and litigation. The North Wildwood City… Read More
The worldwide “Hydraulic Dredging Engineering Service Market” 2024 Research Report presents a professional and complete analysis of the Global Hydraulic Dredging Engineering Service Market in the current situation. This report includes development plans and policies along with Hydraulic Dredging Engineering Service manufacturing processes and price structures. the reports 2024 research report offers an analytical view… Read More
HILO, Hawai‘i – The long-awaited completion of the dredging work at Wailoa Small Boat Harbor in Hilo has finally come for Hawaiʻi Island boaters. The dredging contractor wrapped up its operations on November 27 and will be removing its barge from Wailoa Small Boat Harbor on Saturday, December 7. The barge has occupied the harbor… Read More
GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding. But cutting off the natural flow of the river with man made barriers has been slowly killing one of the nation’s largest forested wetlands. The 176 square mile (456 square kilometers) Maurepas Swamp just… Read More
Progress Continues South in Area 3 Since the November 5th update, dredging has continued in Area 3. We are now halfway through this area (see below) but we have also encountered weather and mechanical delays during this period. As we’ve moved further south, additional lengths of pipe had to be added bringing the total length to ~11,300 feet…. Read More
North Wildwood’s legal bout with the state may soon come to an end. On Tuesday morning, the Jersey Shore town’s City Council unanimously approved an order that seeks to globally settle a decade-long disagreement with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection surrounding how severe erosion on the local beach should be handled and who… Read More
MITCHELL — The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department wants to partner with the city to improve Lake Mitchell as a major renovation of the lake is set to begin next year. Additional docks and more fishing locations, along with an improved jetty, and a better lake ecosystem were all discussion points during Monday’s… Read More
Orion Group Holdings, Inc., Houston, announced in November that its marine division has been awarded a contract to support a wharf expansion project at a container terminal in South Carolina’s Port of Charleston. The $88 million contract awarded by South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) will see Orion Marine construct 1,600 linear feet of concrete pile-supported wharf as… Read More
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — This city is finally getting a beach replenishment project that casinos say is essential for visitors who have had precious little space to spread their towels for two sand-starved summers. Work is underway on a project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to widen beaches in Atlantic City and some… Read More
After the Atlantic Ocean breached the dunes and spilled onto Coastal Highway multiple times earlier this year, emergency dredging is finally underway to replenish the severely eroded north side beach in Delaware Seashore State Park. The project will dredge up to 400,000 cubic yards of sand from the Indian River Inlet Flood Shoal, just west… Read More
By Mike Lednovich City beaches will be replenished with new river and ocean bottom sand in 2025 under two federally funded programs. Kings Bay entrance channel dredging and the Nassau County Shore Protection Project are scheduled to begin in early 2025, according to Al Browder, the project manager for the beach renourishment. The NCSPP authorizes… Read More
Will the hatchet finally be buried in the sand? Only time will tell. One Jersey Shore town and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection are expected to soon end a decade-long battle that’s so far meant millions of dollars in fines and litigation, as well as an impromptu sea wall construction, several letters and… Read More