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If you’ve been to South Padre Island, you may have noticed a lot of work going on. All the activity is because of a restoration project is set to begin. “We get to widen our beaches with fresh sand, new sand, and it looks a lot prettier, it’s wider, and it’s a win-win for everybody,”… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Memphis District maintains a safe and dependable navigation channel for 355 miles of the Mississippi River. It delivers on this charge by constructing dikes and other river training structures, performing revetment and dredging operations, and executing several other navigation and flood risk management projects. The Memphis District completes… Read More
The City of Dallas has finished the first phase to rehabilitate Bachman Lake with the completion of dredging the lake in late April. Dredging means to remove sediment and debris from the lake, and the city said this dredging has restored the lake to recreational depths, as well as removing “sediment islands” and debris. The lake is… Read More
(Release from the Wallowa Whitman National Forest The La Grande Ranger District (the District) would like to return areas impacted by mining operations in the upper Grande Ronde River to pre-mining conditions. Nearly two miles of waste rock from dredge mining (mine tailings) located within a historic mining area would be redistributed throughout the upper… Read More
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $116.5 billion state budget on Thursday, sparing the veto pen for projects that will benefit Key Biscayne’s beaches, flooded streets and special needs residents – as well its library patrons.. DeSantis did veto nearly $510 million from the budget sent to him by the Florida Legislature – which in a session marked by culture… Read More
A plan to dredge Utah’s largest freshwater lake and build islands with the spoils appears officially scrapped. Lake Restoration Solutions LLC, a politically connected company that would have made a real estate project out of Utah Lake, voluntarily withdrew a lawsuit Tuesday it had filed challenging a Department of Natural Resources decision that blocked the… Read More
Shoreline Director Kristina Boburka provided information regarding beach renourishment at the most recent meeting of the South Padre Island City Council, on Wednesday, June 7. According to Boburka, the Army Corps of Engineers have contracted Weeks Marine, a marine construction and dredging organization, to preform maintenance dredging of the Brazos Santiago Pass. Boburka says this… Read More
Dredging Cedar Lake The dredging of Cedar Lake began at the start of June and will continue this summer and next. A dredge is used to scour the bottom of the lake. Cedar Lake Police Chief Bill Fisher (right) listens as Cedar Lake Town Manager Chris Salatas explains the dredging process of the lake. Source
Portions of Louisiana sit along the Gulf of Mexico and that expansive body of water is seen as a major resource for offshore renewable energy which involves the generation of electricity from sea or ocean-based resources. Clean energy efforts are what brought Deputy U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Don Graves to the New Orleans area on… Read More
Delayed for nearly a year, the long-anticipated cleanup of the Weeki Wachee River began again last month and this week water district managers decided to show off how to do house cleaning in a spring-fed river. Imagine a giant, underwater vacuum cleaner, a diver in a wetsuit sucking muck off the river bottom using a… Read More
California State Parks, in partnership with County of Orange and the city of Dana Point, announced today a major sand replenishment project for the south day-use area of Doheny State Beach (SB) and neighboring Capistrano Beach Park. Large storm events coupled with shrinking inputs of sand from local creeks and bluffs have led to narrower, mostly cobble beaches…. Read More
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $20,955,770 firm-fixed-price contract for Oakland harbor maintenance dredging. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Oakland, California, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2023. Fiscal 2023 civil construction funds in the amount of $20,955,770 were obligated at the… Read More
WALLA WALLA – The Walla Walla City Council unanimously approved Wednesday to ratify an emergency declaration for dredging at the city’s surface water intake located behind the intake dam on Mill Creek in Oregon. The screens that surround the intake pipe are currently 40 percent blocked by sediment and are not allowing sufficient water to pass… Read More
Conrad Shipyard LLC,* Morgan City, Louisiana, is awarded a $18,293,952 firm-fixed-price modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-22-C-2253 for the detail design and construction of one additional Yard, Repair, Berthing, and Messing craft. Work will be performed in Amelia, Louisiana, and is expected to be completed by March 2025. Fiscal 2023 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — With Gov. Ron DeSantis putting pen to paper in signing the state’s budget for the fiscal year Thursday, St. Johns County received $59 million — the largest amount of state appropriations the county has ever received and far more than the $12.4 million it got last year. Among the projects funded in the budget… Read More