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OGDENSBURG — The Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority Board of Directors is calling on the state and federal governments to contribute more toward a project to dredge the city’s harbor and expand the port. OBPA Director Steven J. Lawrence told the board the total project price tag, because of contingencies the Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it has completed its environmental review of potential impacts from offshore wind energy leasing activities in the New York Bight, a portion of the Atlantic Ocean located offshore New York and New Jersey. The final Environmental Assessment (EA) assesses potential impacts from the issuance of leases… Read More
On Oct. 29, the waters of the Suisun Bay breached the levee along the northern shoreline of Martinez and flowed into the Pacheco Marsh. The breach was the culmination of a process that took 18 years, $24 million, and dirt. Lots of dirt. Paul Detjens, the project manager of the Pacheco Marsh restoration project, said:… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to begin dredging operations on the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) Palm Valley North Reaches next week. Dredging will begin at the Duval-St. Johns County line and move southward to the Palm Valley Bridge. The work area will operate with 7.5 miles of pipe… Read More
It’s a chilly December morning as South Portland’s economic development director sets off from South Port Marine at 7:30, just before the peak of low tide in Portland Harbor. William Mann asks the boat captain to get as close to the South Portland shoreline as possible without bottoming out. He takes a long white pole,… Read More
Veit & Company, Inc. is a company that specializes in earthwork, utilities, foundations, demolition, dredging and industrial cleaning and is located in Rogers, Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was facilitating a multi-year, $18-million Kingsbury Bay – Grassy Point Habitat remediation and restoration, a site located in St. Louis County, Minnesota.The goal of… Read More
A new report released by the American Clean Power Association (ACP) indicates that expanded offshore wind leasing in the United States could generate up to $4.5 billion in new federal revenue, create up to 128,000 jobs during construction of the projects, and spark $120 billion in clean energy investments. ACP conducted its analysis following the… Read More
A new study from the American Clean Power Association suggests that the Biden administration’s plans for another round of offshore lease auctions could lead to $120 billion in investment and up to 128,000 jobs during construction. These new areas could support another 23-40 GW of offshore wind capacity – in addition to the 25 GW… Read More
Millions of dollars in federal grants and matching funds were awarded Monday for improving the Long Island Sound watershed, with projects slated for Connecticut to reduce pollution, build green infrastructure and restore habitats for birds, fish and other wildlife. State and federal officials announced federal grants totaling $5.4 million to state and local government, nonprofit… Read More
Eastham’s Select Board voted 5-0 on Dec. 13 to withdraw from the Memorandum of Understanding with Orleans on the Nauset Estuary dredging project. The boards met jointly at the Eastham Library Monday. Orleans had been footing the bills through the design, study and preliminary permitting phase, $670,000 thus far with no permits secured. But the… Read More
(Miami Beach, FL) Dec 8, 2021 – The City of Miami Beach has been recommended to receive state funds for two critical projects as part of Florida’s Statewide Flooding Resilience Plan. The recommended funds total $28,524,119 and would be used to complete the First Street Flood Mitigation and Sea Level Rise Adaptation project and the… Read More
The notion that beachfront towns would need to pay big money for sand in Florida may seem as far-fetched as buying snow during a Rocky Mountain winter, but buying sand is becoming more common in Southwest Florida where the offshore piles of easy-to-reach white powder with the pitch-perfect squeak have been all but mined out…. Read More
Beginning in January, the University of South Florida St. Petersburg will feature a center of excellence dedicated to mitigating flood risks by bringing together the brightest minds in the field from across the state and country. The creation of the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation arose from Senate Bill 1954, which the… Read More
Less than a month ago, the Lower Colorado River Authority Board of Directors approved a new Highland Lakes Dredge and Fill Ordinance. That ordinance might be amended during the board’s next regular meeting, which is 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, at the LCRA General Office Complex Board Room-Hancock Building, 3700 Lake Austin Blvd. in Austin…. Read More
With rising sea levels potentially wreaking havoc on California coastlines in the decades ahead, San Clemente officials this week approved a Coastal Resiliency Plan to address shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and other consequences of potential rising sea levels. The plan is part of the city’s Local Coastal Program, which is partly funded by the California… Read More