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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced the availability of $25 million in funding for the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP), the highest single appropriation ever provided to the program. The AMHP supports the development and expanded use of the nation’s domestic navigable waterways, helping to improve supply chains and the movement… Read More
After days of bidding, six companies emerged as winners last week in a record-breaking auction for the rights to develop offshore wind in federal waters off New York and New Jersey. The total of the winning bids was $4.37 billion for 488,000 acres spread across six lease areas. The process was overseen by the Bureau… Read More
PROVIDENCE — State officials should be investing more in coastal protection and management, according to the legislature’s study commission on reorganizing the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC). Chief of staff Antonio Afonso presented Gov. Dan McKee’s proposed budget to the commission last week. Under the plan, CRMC would receive an additional $367,742 from the general… Read More
New York City’s ambitions to become a leading player in offshore wind development have taken another major step forward. New York City Mayor Eric Adams last week announced an agreement that will transform the city-owned South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) into one of the largest offshore wind port facilities in the U.S. The agreement will… Read More
MANASQUAN — Dredge spoils that have been stored over the winter at the Fisherman’s Cove Conservation Area will be removed over the next few months, following the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s $7.2 million Manasquan River navigation dredging project last year. State contractors are to begin transporting the dredged materials to the Monmouth County Reclamation… Read More
Although one ship is temporarily leaving for fuel and maintenance, the dredging project placing sand along the west side of Oak Island is full-on with roughly 18-percent completed as of press time. Sand is currently coming from Jay Bird Shoals, located at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. The contractor also has the option… Read More
An emergency dredging project is underway that aims to accomplish two goals: rebuild the dunes that border the northern end of Ocracoke along N.C. Highway 12, and create a deeper and safer passage for the ferries that regularly run between the Hatteras and Ocracoke ferry terminals. The clamshell-bucket dredging operation that is currently occurring in… Read More
A public meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. March 24 in Buxton to discuss Hatteras Island beach nourishment projects planned for this year. Dare County is hosting the public informational meeting at the Fessenden Center to review the two beach nourishment projects, which will be about 2.5 miles of shoreline in Avon and approximately 2.9… Read More
An emergency dredging project is underway that aims to accomplish two goals: rebuild the dunes that border the northern end of Ocracoke along N.C. Highway 12, and create a deeper and safer passage for the ferries that regularly run between the Hatteras and Ocracoke ferry terminals. The clamshell-bucket dredging operation that is currently occurring in… Read More
This week, crews began clearing trees from Verburg Park in Kalamazoo, which has been closed in preparation for a major contamination cleanup in the Kalamazoo River. In April, crews will begin digging sediment contaminated with PCBs out of the river near downtown — a cleanup project that, when finished, will bring the waterway that much… Read More
Adjacent to the beach are the Sugar Cove Condominiums, whose fourteen homeowners have funded millions of dollars of sand replenishment. Rich Salem is the President of the Sugar Cove Association of Apartment Owners (AOAO). (KAHULUI) – Sugar Cove is an idyllic location on the north shore of Maui, near Pā’ia. Hidden from view from the… Read More
HALIEWA, Hawaii (KITV) — The bluff collapse on Oahu’s North Shore collapse is now prompting more widespread concern about similar happenings around the state’s shorelines. Experts say in studying the trends of Hawaii’s coastal erosion and sea level rise, the threat to our islands is already critical and is only getting worse. “This morning’s house… Read More
Contractors began driving sheet piling along the edge of Bayou Barataria in the town of Jean Lafitte last week, marking the start of a project aimed at increasing flood protection for that community. Circle Construction of Belle Chasse is building nearly two miles of concrete-capped floodwalls and floodgates along the bayou as part of the Rosethorne Tidal Protection… Read More
It’s time to dredge the St. Lucie Inlet again. The project got underway this week. “The impoundment basin is full,” said Martin County Coastal Engineering Project Manager Jessica Garland. “Material has started creeping into the navigation channel.” The dredging is required by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection under the St. Lucie Inlet Management Plan…. Read More
Dune restoration work resumed last month on the island following a sea turtle-related hiatus. As part of a cost-sharing project with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the town will place about 12,000 cubic yards of sand in the Reach 4 area at Midtown Beach between Brazilian Avenue and El Brillo Way. The project is the continuation of… Read More