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By Ari Odzer Two major dredging projects in Broward County are now on hold. Last spring, federal agencies paused a huge effort to make Port Everglades deeper to accommodate the latest, massive cargo ships. Now another project, just north of the port entrance in Fort Lauderdale, is also in a holding pattern. The project is creating an underwater… Read More
By Chris Gray It’s just two government agencies agreeing to work together, but symbolically, a freshly signed accord between the Texas General Land Office and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers marks a major procedural milestone for the Coastal Texas Project, the epic storm-surge mitigation plan that includes the Ike Dike. However, the project, abbreviated CTX, is so massive that this week’s… Read More
When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that South Jersey would receive $99 million in federal funding to replenish beaches in Ocean City, Strathmere, Sea Isle City, Avalon and Stone Harbor, Rep. Jeff Van Drew was quick to claim credit. But now that beachgoers are complaining the work has disrupted their summer vacations, the… Read More
Metro Vancouver’s ongoing labour dispute with the Greater Vancouver Regional District Employees’ Union could delay the planned September dredging of Burrard Inlet, a project intended to deepen the waterway beneath the Second Narrows Ironworkers Memorial Bridge to accommodate larger oil tankers. Unionized outside workers have established picket lines at two critical water main projects in Vancouver and… Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, announced today, Aug. 19, the completion of the Georgetown Harbor maintenance dredging project, restoring safe and reliable depth to the area’s vital federal navigation channels in Georgetown, South Carolina. The $3.5 million infrastructure investment successfully cleared critical shoaling that had reduced channel depths to less… Read More
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority was awarded more than $34 million for a project to help restore the Maumee River. The project focuses on removing contaminated sediment from an area near downtown Toledo. It will also help improve water quality and restore aquatic habitat, and advance the revitalization of Toledo’s most valuable asset:… Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, completed its Grand Strand Renourishment project along the South Carolina coast Aug. 15. This $72 million project strengthens coastal storm protection for the region and helps preserve the infrastructure and $12.5 billion tourism-driven economy. The district restored the federally authorized storm damage reduction project along… Read More
By:Joy Crist Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company has announced that the second dredge scheduled to assist with the Buxton beach nourishment project, the Amelia Island, is now expected to arrive in Dare County on Friday, Aug. 21. The dredge Liberty Island, which has been pumping sand since the Buxton project got underway on Friday, July 31,… Read More
By Ruben Vives A series of powerful hurricane-driven swells have surfaced forgotten remnants of Newport Beach’s infrastructure that lay buried beneath sand and water for many decades. Videos and photos circulating on social media show piles of rocks, chunks of concrete and rusted metal rods after waves removed layers of sand along the shoreline. Much of… Read More
By Keith Demko During his recent visit to Ocean City for the Maryland Association of Counties Summer Conference, Sen. Chris Van Hollen joined U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District Commander Colonel Francis B. Pera and Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan to mark the delivery of the federal portion of funding for the resort’s big beach replenishment… Read More
By:Pat O’Keefe The Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) for the Buxton Naval Facility Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) property held its latest quarterly public meeting on Thursday, August 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club in Buxton. Though the meeting was short, some changes have been made to future RAB projects…. Read More
By: Holly Kirkpatrick BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — If you’ve been to Wilkeson Point at Buffalo’s outer harbor lately, you may have noticed brown, murky water in one of the slips. The temporary discoloration is part of a multimillion-dollar restoration project that will transform slip three into a coastal wetland. Gallons of sediment are being pumped into… Read More
By Mike Arnold Chronicle Reporter If you live along the Gulf Coast, you probably don’t need a flood map to know where the water goes. You have seen it. The ditch that fills after a hard afternoon rain. The road that becomes a shallow pond. In Crystal River, those scenes are becoming a familiar part… Read More
By Jim Jota Dredging is often described simply as the removal of material from the seabed or riverbed to create or maintain the necessary depth, yet the true engineering challenge is far more complex. Before any material is removed, it is essential to accurately define the underwater environment. Throughout the dredging process, operations must remain… Read More
A new dredge is drawing attention along the Gulf Coast because of its enormous capacity and its potential role in moving sediment for coastal projects. The Frederick Paup can hold up to 15,150 cubic yards of material, making it the largest self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge built in the United States. The vessel was built in Brownsville, Texas,… Read More