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PLUM ISLAND, Massachusetts — On hold since the end of January, stakeholders as recently as last week expressed confidence the Salisbury Beach sand replenishment project would resume Monday – assuming a new supply of sand was discovered. But during Friday’s Merrimack River Beach Alliance subcommittee meeting at PITA Hall, state officials announced they were still… Read More
MEXICO BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – The Florida Panhandle took the brunt of Category 5 Hurricane Michael in 2018, including one Bay County town and its beautiful white-sand shores. “Mexico Beach, of course, was greatly impacted. It decimated the whole, entire destination, and part of that was the erosion of our shoreline here,” said Kimberly Shoaf,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Philadelphia District is well underway on a major beach replenishment project for Absecon Island. This large-scale effort aims to combat coastal erosion and bolster storm protection for the communities of Atlantic City, Ventnor City, Margate, and Longport. The $38.2 million contract has been awarded to Great Lakes Dredge… Read More
McGriff Channel has endured years of navigational challenges heading into the Gulf of Mexico in Dixie County. The Big Bend access to the Gulf of Mexico that meets the Suwanee River has long been hampered by shallow and questionably navigable depths at the pass to open waters. U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack, a Republican from Gainesville, said… Read More
Officials put $1.5 million in federal pandemic recovery funds toward a machine that will be used to rebuild sand dunes wiped away by recent storms. York County officials are hopeful that a dredge machine purchased with COVID-19 relief funds will finally be put to work this month. In 2021, York County received $40.3 million in… Read More
The first full-scale beach nourishment of the Mexico Beach shoreline is currently under construction, with an anticipated completion by May 1st, 2025. This is a very important storm protection project for Mexico Beach that has taken years of hard work and planning to make happen! In fact, the Mexico Beach Community Development Council began work… Read More
INDIAN RIVER INLET, Del. – The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is nearing completion of its phase of an emergency dredging and beach nourishment project at the north side of the Indian River Inlet. Launched in late November, the project remains on schedule to finish by mid-February, adding nearly 500,000 cubic yards of sand to the beach… Read More
Almost a year after the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland officials on Tuesday unveiled their designs for its replacement, which will be taller and better protected against ship strikes. Construction of the state’s first cable-stayed bridge could be completed in 2028 and cost upwards of $1.7 billion. With its graceful outline… Read More
Twenty-six miles of Grand Strand beaches are set for a renourishment project this spring, meaning portions of the beach will be closed to the public. Large “hopper dredges” will be seen miles offshore where they will pump material from the ocean floor onboard. Then, sand will be separated from the water using a hopper and… Read More
SANIBEL, Fla. — We all love a good day on the beach, including on the island of Sanibel. But the beaches here took quite a beating, because of the recent storms. “Its been a long haul since Hurricane Ian,” said Holly Milbrandt, Director of Natural Resources with the City of Sanibel. We all remember the… Read More
St. Clairsville Reservoir dredging underway to enhance water capacity Source
Palm Beach needs to make an all-out effort to defend the merits of a dune-nourishment plan so that the project gets underway in time to prevent additional erosion to the town’s fragile southern coastline. With only a short window of opportunity between now and March 1, when turtle nesting season begins, there is no time… Read More
The County Board of Supervisors has taken steps to support residents during the Tijuana River pollution problem with a declaration of a state of emergency, air purifiers for residents, and, more recently, a request for a superfund designation, which the EPA denied. During a special meeting on January 29, Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer reminded the board… Read More
When a 6-mile portion of Honoapiʻilani Highway that hugs the coast in West Maui is moved inland, what should be done with the precious land no longer needed for transportation? The 50 or so people who attended a community meeting on Thursday night had plenty of ideas, from creating parks to growing kalo. With the… Read More
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – The Army Corp of Engineers told WMBF News on Thursday that they expect to start working on the coastline renourishment project in late spring or early summer. “It’s a short-term inconvenience for a long-term benefit,” said Wes Wilson, a project manager with the Army Corp of Engineers based in Charleston…. Read More