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SeaLevel Construction has started on the second phase of the Houma Navigation Canal Lock Complex, which aims to facilitate ship travel, support wetlands and protect the area from storm surge. Dive Brief: Phase two of the Houma Navigation Canal Lock Complex broke ground on Aug. 7, according to a news release from the Louisiana Coastal Protection and… Read More
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -The relationship between rip currents and beach renourishment has been a hot topic. Bay County Tourist Development Council Executive Director Dan Rowe said beach renourishment plays a key role in maintaining the health of the beach. “Panama City Beach has had an active beach renourishment program going back to the 90s,”… Read More
The Flagler County, FL Coastal Storm Risk Management Project in Flagler Beach is quickly advancing to the north and nearing beach fill operations around the Flagler Beach Pier. Once all areas south of the pier have been completed, the contractor Weeks Marine, Inc. will need to relocate equipment north of the pier for beach fill… Read More
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — If you’re out along Fort Myers Beach, you might see machines and workers out behind Pink Shell Beach Resort. They’re pumping sand from the Gulf onto the beach starting on the north end of the island. The project officially began over the weekend after being delayed when Tropical Storm Debby hit… Read More
NARRAGANSETT – Dredging the Narrow River to unclog the river’s mouth and replenish Narragansett Town Beach with sand could cost between $2.6 million and $7.2 million, according to an engineering firm hired by the town to study the project. Engineers from Foth Infrastructure & Environment LLC presented their findings from a dredging and beach nourishment feasibility study to the… Read More
The state is closing in on a settlement over the future of Louisiana’s biggest ever coastal restoration project, the controversial Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, a state official said Monday, but the secret negotiations have raised questions over the scope of the work and the nearly $3 billion in funding approved for it. The unprecedented project has been… Read More
The ghosts of cars from the 1960s and earlier haunt the confluence of the Pittsburgh’s three rivers. Parts from up to 100 vehicles — many believed to be from a long-defunct Downtown parking lot — are submerged in the Allegheny River, according to Captain Evan Clark of Three Rivers Waterkeeper, an environmental group, that on… Read More
Maryland Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin have announced over $3-million in funding for two water infrastructure projects – in Charles and Wicomico Counties. They also included critical resources for Army Corps of Engineers projects – for maintenance dredging and construction projects. Additional priorities secured by the Senators in the FY25 Energy and Water Development… Read More
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul visited eastern Long Island on Friday to announce a $2.5 million project to protect Ditch Plains Beach from coastal erosion caused by storms. The Town of East Hampton plans to use the money to restore the Montauk beach, which was severely eroded after a spate of storms this winter. The… Read More
Salvage efforts for the LoveBug, the 103-foot yacht that capsized at the mouth of the West River July 27, are set to begin Tuesday. Donjon Marine Co., the New Jersey-based firm that worked to recover the debris from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, has been contracted to salvage the LoveBug and deliver it to… Read More
The U.S. EPA has awarded mid-Atlantic states $2.4 million to support wetlands programs that target water pollution. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 8, 2024, $2.4 million in funding for projects that will help protect, manage and restore wetlands in the mid-Atlantic region. Recipients in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Virginia and… Read More
PASS-A-GRILLE, Fla. – A nourishment project on Pass-a-Grille Beach is on pause after Hurricane Debby, leaving the south end of the beach closed. The summer season is almost over so business owners in the area hope the project will resume soon. The project — which includes taking the sand out of Pass-a-Grille and pumping it throughout the south… Read More
PERDIDO KEY, Fla. — A proposed island restoration project in Perdido Key could make boaters and businesses both happy. Escambia County is looking to use the dredging of the Intracoastal Waterway to restore the sunset islands. Some of the sand will also be used for beach re-nourishment. The small islands in the middle of the… Read More
MOBILE, Ala. — To maintain certain depths in the shipping channel, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredges approximately 4.1 million cubic yards of sediment from the stretch of the channel in Mobile Bay annually. Since 2014, the majority of that material has been put back in the bay using a method called thin layer… Read More
Beach trip! We recently journeyed south to one of Louisiana’s most famous beaches for a project update on the Grand Isle Beach and Dune Restoration. Grand Isle, the state’s only inhabited barrier island, was badly damaged by Hurricane Ida, and this work will restore four miles of beach and dunes. When finished, it will add… Read More