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With tourism numbers across the state exceeding predictions, Indian River County is looking at capitalizing on this surge to raise more money for beach replenishment. On Tuesday, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners was scheduled to discuss a one-cent increase to the county’s tourist tax – up from the current 4 percent to… Read More
Earth Tech Enterprises, a division of Seagate Development Group, is working to complete its current beach berm restoration project along Barefoot Beach, Vanderbilt Beach, Pelican Bay Beach and the beaches at South Marco Island. Those areas were destroyed by hurricane Ian last year when it smashed into the SWFL coastline as a category 4 storm… Read More
A defining moment for Lake Mitchell is on the horizon. On June 20, the Mitchell City Council will consider approving a 30-year state loan for the primary source to fund a $25 million lake dredging project. After spending more than $1 million in studies and dredging designs over the past three years, the eight-person council… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District (USACE) is currently utilizing 24-hour dredging in Grand Haven, Michigan during favorable weather to remove shoaling blocking Grand Haven Harbor from commercial traffic. The project is expected to be completed in mid-July. Severe weather and minimal ice cover during the winter led to increased shoaling in several… Read More
Market Insights Reports is one of the world’s leading market research firms, is pleased to announce its new Environmental Remedial Dredging Market report 2023-2029, covering all aspects of the market and providing up-to-date data on current trends. The Environmental Remedial Dredging Market report can help customers make business decisions and understand the strategies of major players in the industry. It… Read More
There is not one more universally recognized spot by those who have visited Fort Myers Beach than the Fort Myers Beach Pier. Perhaps nothing will signify that the island is back from the thrashing of Hurricane Ian than the reopening of the Fort Myers Beach Pier. Yet the pier, which was ripped apart by Ian,… Read More
Sarasota County is making progress on its Turtle Beach repair project and expects to finish it by the end of the month. As of Saturday, June 3, about 67,200 of an expected 92,000 cubic yards of sand had been placed along South Siesta Key’s beaches. The project, which began in late April, is meant to repair damage from… Read More
Would paying an 1% hotel tax stop vacationers from coming here? County commissioners debated that question Tuesday as they considered a proposal by commission Chairman Joe Earman to hike the county bed 25%, from the current 4% to 5%. According to Earman, increasing the bed tax by 1% could generate approximately an additional $1 million… Read More
Rather than run the risk of a big rain and a high tide hitting at once and causing possible flooding, an urgent project is underway to clear silt out of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh. The project is well underway, and the work already done shows how risky the buildup of runoff of mountain material can… Read More
NEW ORLEANS, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Maritime Partners, LLC (“Maritime Partners”), a leading provider of maritime financing solutions primarily focused on Jones Act vessels, has announced the successful completion of the inaugural capital markets issuance of vessel asset-backed securities (“ABS”) by MP 2023 LLC, its controlled affiliate. This transaction was the first ABS issuance composed entirely… Read More
Efforts to widen and deepen the Matagorda Ship Channel hit a wall in December when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers withdrew its design plans, saying they needed to redo their environmental assessment for the project. Then this month, the corps announced it was prepared to draft a new environmental study. The corps will host… Read More
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District identifies Little Lake Harbor, located near Newberry, Michigan, as a critical need for dredging due to significant shoaling and shoreline flooding. “Little Lake Harbor is a shallow draft harbor that serves as an important Harbor of Refuge and supports Tribal fishing,” LeighAnn… Read More
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting government protection of certain wetlands could have a significant effect on what can and cannot be removed, filled in or built upon in Galveston County. With low-lying land masses and large, circulating bodies of water, much of the landscape of Galveston County falls under federal jurisdiction protecting wetlands,… Read More
Early one March morning in Rincón, Puerto Rico, a bulldozer equipped with a jackhammer rumbled across Los Almendros beach toward a half-built cement wall sticking out of the sand in front of a condominium complex called Sol y Playa. The words “propiedad del pueblo,” or “property of the people,” had been spray-painted on the wall, as… Read More
Hotels and condos along Maui’s famous Kaanapali Beach are divided over whether to move forward with a controversial $10 million beach restoration project nearly three months after the board that oversees the state Department of Land and Natural Resources pulled its support for shouldering half its costs. While the resort properties haven’t given up on… Read More