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The way is being paved for dredging to begin as the Port Modernization Project enters another phase and negotiations between government and Canadian contractors AECON draw nearer to an end. “It seems as though we are coming to a conclusion,” Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said on WE FM last Sunday. Negotiations had been ongoing… Read More
An influential coalition that advocates for coastal restoration is seeking to show candidates in this year’s election for Louisiana governor that the public broadly supports large-scale sediment diversions, pointing to results from a poll conducted on its behalf to help make its case. Results released Tuesday from the poll conducted for the Restore the Mississippi River… Read More
Officials say negotiations with a local developer are ongoing as the town identifies a placement site for its dredging project. Late last month, Councilman Bill Rymer presented members of the Fenwick Island Town Council with an update on the long-awaited dredging project of the Little Assawoman Bay. As permitting work continues, he said officials were… Read More
Residents near the Marina should expect more noise in May when the silt is sucked and hauled away. The Cold Lake Marina is getting de-mucked and de-sludged. City council has approved additional funds to go ahead with dredging the Marina in May, which means the accumulating silt will be sucked out. At last Tuesday’s regular… Read More
The second and final season of dredging on Black Hawk Lake in Lake View has gotten underway this week, and is scheduled to wrap up in early June. Two or three weeks of additional site cleanup and contractor demobilization will follow the dredging work. The DNR urges boaters and other users of Black Hawk Lake… Read More
The Miss Katie, the shallow draft hopper dredge, has completed its promised work in Hatteras Inlet and returned to Oregon Inlet. At the March meeting of the Dare County Waterways Commission, it was reported the Miss Katie was due to spend a solid week of dredging in Hatters Inlet. Miss Katie arrived in Hatteras Inlet… Read More
A coalition of lower Fraser River communities has called on the federal government to help create a long-term dredging strategy for the river and its channels. The coalition comprises the City of Richmond, the City of Delta, the Tsawwassen First Nation and the Musqueam Indian Band. According to the group, the benefits of a $10-million… Read More
C&M Dredging, a Florida based dredging and dewatering contractor, is pleased to announce the addition of ROV dredging services and leasing in North America. C&M has invested in a modern ROV dredge capable of tunnel and tank dredging with a wireless radio remote control. This new addition allows C&M to handle confined space dredging in… Read More
Waters have been getting deeper, improving navigation, safety and vessel access along the 1,100-plus-mile Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway since Congress began investing in the waterway as a continuous system across state boundaries and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Districts. Before the waterway was recognized as Marine Highway 95 by the U.S. Department of Transportation, severe shoaling… Read More
A forthcoming Supreme Court decision will decide if wetlands are entitled to federal protections under the 1972 Clean Water Act, a ruling with implications for relatively unmitigated development industries and the progression of climate change and its consequent disasters. Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) positions construction against the needs of the environment, and like other… Read More
A multi-million Port Arthur project that aims to reduce the risk of damage created by storm surge from hurricanes and tropical storms to coastal hazard zones in Jefferson County could be completed in less than four years. The project is a component of the Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Program, which is… Read More
The Horizon 2020 REST-COAST project focusing on coastal management and large-scale restoration, hosted its first Summer School workshop from 13 to 15 March 2023 at the Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE) in Maldonado, Uruguay. This significant project event brought together experts from the USA, Uruguay, Brazil, and REST-COAST pilot areas in Spain, Poland and… Read More
The much-discussed but never approved plan to create a beach on a mining lake in the Weekiwachee Preserve has once again been rejected by the Southwest Florida Water Management District. In a letter to Hernando County officials this week, the agency, which owns the preserve, told Hernando County Administrator Jeff Rogers that it is willing… Read More
The Calvert County Department of Parks & Recreation has announced the closure of both short-term and seasonal camping at Breezy Point Beach & Campground for the 2023 season. The closure is due to the completion of an extensive shoreline restoration project on the camping beach area. The project will involve erosion mitigation and beach revitalization…. Read More
The Carteret County Beach Commission voted unanimously Monday to authorize county shore protection officer Ryan Davenport to set up a sedimentation analysis to ensure that sand dredged from a channel in Bogue Sound will be suitable for use as beach nourishment material at an erosion hot spot near the county beach access facility in Indian… Read More