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Short-term pain, long-term gain. That’s what St Johns County is facing in beach restoration from last year’s storms, particularly hurricanes Ian and Nicole. Emergency Management Director Jim Giammanco on Tuesday presented county commissioners with an update on what the effort will cost, how long it will take and what it will look like. There will… Read More
About $74 million in taxpayer dollars aims to slow down the impact of erosion at Illinois Beach State Park. The project is the largest capital project in the Department of Natural Resources history. The park in Lake County at the state’s northern border is Illinois’ last beach-ridge shoreline along Lake Michigan. Swales sustain marshlands where… Read More
While North Wildwood looks to recoup $21 million in beach replenishment costs from the state as part of ongoing litigation, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has fined the city for work it has already done over the years, officials confirmed Thursday. The $12.8 million in fines stem from past unauthorized beach replenishment work, pier renovations,… Read More
As sea levels rise and temperatures soar, New York City is facing increasingly difficult choices about how to address the effects of climate change. Along the waterfront, billions of dollars’ worth of sea walls, jetties and breakwaters are now being built to protect against future floods and storms, with much larger projects looming on the horizon. In… Read More
San Clemente is ramping up efforts to find sand solutions for its quickly eroding beaches, an ongoing problem threatening the coastal town’s valuable resource and recreation space. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a project 20 years in the planning gearing up in San Clemente, with work expected to start this fall to add… Read More
The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has informed Delaware coastal towns that beach replenishment projects will begin in mid-March, starting in Rehoboth Beach and eventually making it’s way to Fenwick Island. Source
The South Siesta Key Beach Repair Project is still targeting a March start, and many of the logistics were shared during a Sarasota County-hosted webinar on Jan. 24 that featured a question-and-answer session. One detail that is particularly noteworthy is the fact that only a small part of Turtle Beach’s public area will be off-limits… Read More
By the City of Santa Barbara Waterfront Department Dredging began at 8:00pm on [Sunday, February 26]. The dredge is expected to move 120,000 cubic yards of sand in about 15 days. Mariners will be able to transit the area during dredging. All concerned traffic can contact the dredge “Sandpiper” on VHF Channel 63 or Harbor… Read More
The sand and gravel reserves sitting at the bottom of lakes, rivers and other bodies of water are the lifeblood of any dredging operation. These raw materials are limited, so operators want to make the most out what they have available. Many times, however, doing so is easier said than done. Just as stone quarries… Read More
The shipping crisis on the Mississippi River might finally be ending. Since last July, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the river 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ease shipping backups. With improved snowpack in areas such as Montana and precipitation through the midsection of the country late last… Read More
As spring break approaches and tourist season hits full swing in Miami Beach, segments of the beach will be closed to the public during an ongoing effort to fight erosion by hauling in massive amounts of sand. Visitors will see mountains of sand piled up between 46th and 49th streets in the coming weeks, affecting… Read More
Tradepoint Atlantic, a 3,300-acre global multimodal logistics hub and industrial center, today announced that the Port Tampa Bay’s Board of Commissioners approved a lease agreement with Tradepoint Tampa for 35 acres of land to build a new trans-load warehouse distribution facility. Under the terms of a 40-year lease agreement, Tradepoint Tampa will design, construct and… Read More
The 1,200-acre Upper Barataria Marsh Creation project is NOAA’s largest habitat construction effort to date, building on decades of previous work in coastal Louisiana. The effort is restoring habitat damaged by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
The contractor working to clear sediment in the Snake and Clearwater rivers near Lewiston and Clarkston is on pace to finish the work by the end of this month. As of Thursday, American Construction Co. of Tacoma and a subcontractor had removed 89 percent of the estimated 400,000 cubic yards of sediment clogging the navigation… Read More
A dredging project for Lake Logan that has been in the works for more than a year appears to be closer to reality, but is still not underway or scheduled. When The Logan Daily News contacted the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in December 2021 to inquire about dredging plans for the lake, an agency… Read More