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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
The Western Governors’ Association (WGA) has approved and enacted offshore wind energy development as a policy priority and called for a collaborative, regional approach to developing the emerging industry off the Pacific Coast. The WGA added offshore wind development in its Energy in the West Policy Resolution and noted the industry’s potential to spark economic… Read More
A new wetland ecosystem is on the table for Buffalo’s Outer Harbor. The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) Board of Directors has approved the initiative, which entails a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District. The $14.8 million project will create a wetland ecosystem for fish and wildlife… Read More
DredgeWire Exclusive By Judith Powers “So my message to the American people is this: America is moving again, and your life is going to change for the better,” President Joe Biden said as he signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) on November 15th . His energetic advocacy for this bill followed up on his campaign promise to “rebuild the backbone” of the country.” The $1.2… Read More
A recent WSJ article by Paul Berger, excerpted below, shows how the logistics pileup is continuing unabated, as bottlenecks can’t cope with a 21% increase in imports. And ocean transit times have doubled under “slow-teaming.” Excerpt begins Under the new system, ships are placed on a wait list once they leave their last port of… Read More
Northam calls roadmap a ‘milestone’ for how state will deal with sea level rise linked to climate change Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration released Virginia’s inaugural Coastal Resilience Master Plan Tuesday, meeting a pledge earlier this year to complete the initiative before his term ends. Developed over the past year with what the governor’s office said… Read More
The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has awarded $12.6 million in grants to nine highway projects across the nation. The grants come under America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP) and aims to help address supply chain disruptions, enhance the movement of goods along navigable waterways, and expand existing waterborne freight services in Delaware, Hawaii,… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today awarded $12.6 million in grants to nine marine highway projects under the America’s Marine Highway Program (AMHP). The funding will help address supply chain disruptions, enhance the movement of goods along navigable waterways, and expand existing waterborne freight services in Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. “These investments through the America’s Marine Highway Program will… Read More
As frustration with port delays and supply chain disruption grows, so does dissatisfaction with the nine carriers and three alliances that dominate the global container shipping market. Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted to pass the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (H.R.4996) by a bipartisan vote of 364-60. It now heads to the Senate for consideration…. Read More
Projects Located in Capital Region, Central, Finger Lakes, Long Island, Mid-Hudson, Mohawk Valley, North Country, Southern Tier and Western New York Regions Over $33 Million Allocated to Drinking Water Projects that Address Emerging Contaminants Governor Kathy Hochul announced more than $115 million for critical clean and drinking water infrastructure projects across the state that protect or improve water quality…. Read More