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Over $100 million from a federal revenue-sharing initiative will help upgrade infrastructure and restoration efforts along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) of 2006 created a revenue-sharing model for oil- and gas-producing gulf states. Under the act, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas receive a portion of the revenue generated… Read More
Rock-N-Road Construction has spent the last week scooping mud from Middle Harbor as part of the ongoing dredge project. The Middle Harbor dredge project is separate from the dredge project being completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Western Marine, which is on hold for the summer. The Middle Harbor project aims to… Read More
The dredging of the pond within Watercrest Park at the Lake Highlands Town Center is expected to finish in November after the city’s construction services contract for the project was increased. Dallas City Council voted to increase its contract with Energy Resources Inc., the company dredging the pond, during its April 12 meeting. The council initially… Read More
The City Council unanimously opposed actively participating in the City of Oceanside’s sand nourishment pilot project during its April 11 meeting, remaining opposed to any plans that may obstruct the natural flow of sand down the San Diego County coastline. However, the Carlsbad City Council agreed to request a city staffer be present during the… Read More
Just about as fast as it arrived, the 400-foot dredger Delaware has left the area with an expansive and pristine beach in its wake. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers worked with Norfolk Dredging Company to complete the final stages of a $9 million project to dredge 226,000 cubic yards of sand from the Salisbury… Read More
Dredging has begun again on the east side of Tuckerton Beach, and “while we’re not involved with the private residents dredging in front of their bulkheads, I will say they’re starting with that first,” Councilman Brian Martin explained during the March 20 Tuckerton Borough Council meeting. Once the privately contracted work is completed, the dredge… Read More
OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this year outlined its intention to increase the beneficial use of dredge material. Water injection dredging, a technique commonly used in Europe, offers one way to meet these new goals. HDR Senior Dredging Engineer Joe Wagner helped the only U.S. port to use this method so… Read More
At the Port of Oakland, California, on a recent weekday, trucks, cranes and container-laden ships moved goods across the sprawling 1,300-acre complex with the precarious precision of a Rube Goldberg machine. Mere blocks from downtown Oakland, the port operates essentially as a city within a city. It’s the ninth biggest port in the country and… Read More
Changes in air patterns as the world warms will likely push more and nastier hurricanes up against the United States’ east and Gulf coasts, especially in Florida, a new study said. While other studies have projected how human-caused climate change will probably alter the frequency, strength and moisture of tropical storms, the study in Friday’s… Read More
The funding, provided in the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law, will go toward 83 projects in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, California, North Dakota and Washington. The law provided $8.3 billion for water infrastructure projects over five years. Six projects in New Mexico will receive money from the Interior Department’s Bureau… Read More
Jefferson County is among seven counties included in a study of the impacts of major storms on erosion along the Texas Gulf Coast. The Texas General Land Office’s Coastal Management Program is funding the study. The University of Houston is performing the study “using Lidar, UAV-based-photogrammetry and other remote sensing data,” according to information from… Read More
The clock is ticking until its sea turtle time along Brevard County beaches. Nesting season is highly anticipated by researchers and ecotourists alike, but it also means the time when restoration work can continue is coming to a close. Nearly five months after Hurricane Nicole swept across the Space Coast, causing extensive coastal erosion, the… Read More
Permit applications for two sand and gravel plant operations are pending possible approval following a public commenting period over the next three weeks. Collier Materials has submitted two applications considered “administratively complete” by the Lower Colorado River Authority for planned dredging work to extract excess sand deposits on Lake LBJ and on the arm of… Read More
Legislation intended to reduce impacts to corals and other marine life in deepwater dredging cleared its second Senate committee after members added an exemption for shipping channel maintenance. SB 1072, which unanimously passed the Senate Committee on Community Affairs this week without debate, requires an independent contractor to determine any adverse impacts from dredging on the natural… Read More
Councilman Brian Martin gave an update on Lanyard Lagoon at the March 6 borough council meeting. Martin said the borough engineer submitted for the grant extension on Dec. 1, 2022. “We just have not received that official extension back from the DEP.” Martin said the state Department of Environmental Protection reassured council that Tuckerton’s application… Read More