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ENGLEWOOD — Finishing up beach restoration at the southern tip of Manasota Key, dredging crews will now begin restoration of the Gulf shoreline on Knight Island south of Stump Pass. Charlotte County’s Beaches and Shores Advisory Committee is set to be updated on the dredging project 9 a.m. Thursday. The committee meets in Room B-106… Read More
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has reached a settlement agreement with Wan Hai Lines (USA) Ltd. for $680,750 in respect of violations of California’s Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth Regulation that aims to reduce diesel particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen from ocean-going vessels’ auxiliary engines while they are docked at California ports. The violations were… Read More
Solana Beach and Del Mar have joined Carlsbad in opposing Oceanside’s plan to install rock groins as beach sand-retention devices. Coastal erosion has eaten more than two-thirds of Oceanside’s beaches down to bare rocks, and for years the city has been looking for ways to restore the sand. Last year, tired of waiting for the… Read More
FRANKLIN – After a handful of tough years, when the Atchafalaya River often ran high and federal dredge funding came in trickles, the Port of Morgan City has found something to build on. Along with funding through the Army Corps of Engineers and the work of various dredging companies, the port has managed to turn… Read More
Data: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis via FRED, Marine Exchange of Southern California. (Total vessels of all types within 25 miles of port, plus those waiting outside specially designated Safety and Air Quality Areas.) Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios Data: Harpex, IHS Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index. Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios
Feb 23 (Reuters) – The largest ever U.S. sale of offshore wind development rights – for areas off the coasts of New York and New Jersey – attracted a record $1.5 billion in bids on Wednesday, supporting President Joe Biden’s plan to create a new domestic industry. The auction, which will continue on Thursday, is… Read More
The Lake Houston dam spillway improvement project will be scaled back in scope after officials determined the estimated cost of the project exceeded its approximately $48 million budget, city of Houston officials said Jan. 20. The city has been working to add gates to the Lake Houston dam since Hurricane Harvey hit in August 2017…. Read More
Hatteras Inlet is clogged. It was reported the 47-footer at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet cannot transit the inlet. The last day the 47-footer went out was around Jan. 24. The situation has been going on for almost four weeks. U.S. Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet Chief John Matuska said to Dare County… Read More
WEYMOUTH – Mayor Robert Hedlund said his administration is taking a “holistic approach” to improve Weymouth’s shoreline with projects to improve coastal resiliency, reduce flooding, upgrade boat ramps and open up more of the coastline to residents. Fort Point Road sea wall upgrade The planned projects include completing a final design for a sea wall upgrade near Fort… Read More
Speaking Wednesday before a congressional panel, Gov. John Bel Edwards praised a bill that could pave the way for coastal restoration and storm surge protection projects in Louisiana and other states. Edwards spoke at a U.S. Senate field hearing in Delaware held to collect comments on the proposed Shoreline Health Oversight, Restoration, Resilience and Enhancement… Read More
A privately funded beach restoration effort has brought in nearly 20,000 tons of sand at Sugar Cove in Spreckelsville over the course of nearly three decades. Sugar Cove Condominiums, a complex of 14 homeowners who live adjacent to the beach, has funneled millions of dollars into sand replenishment for the beach. “The community originally wanted… Read More
SLAUGHTER BEACH, Del. – United States Senator, Tom Carper, will visit Delaware coastal communities Tuesday and Wednesday as part of his Costal Protection Week campaign to highlight the need for shoreline restoration and protection in the face of climate change. Coastal Protection Week comes on the tails of Carper’s Shoreline Health Oversight, Restoration, Resilience, and Enhancement… Read More
Sen. Tom Carper visited Slaughter Beach to discuss beach replenishment and coastal restoration Tuesday. His visit came just days after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projected the United States will experience as much sea level rise in the next 30 years as it saw in the past 100 years. DNREC says that’s a major… Read More
Since July 2019, the city of Whitewater has been draining the Whitewater lakes, Tripp and Cravath, in hopes of eradicating invasive species by freezing out the unwanted pests, bringing back navigation channels and improving the health of the lake’s ecosystem. Now they have begun the dredging process after many weeks of preparation through controlled burning,… Read More
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine and U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria took an aerial tour via Coast Guard helicopter Monday of Port of Virginia infrastructure and the wind turbine project off the Virginia Beach coast with an eye toward how those and other infrastructure projects in the region could benefit from legislation passed earlier this year. The… Read More