Work has restarted on North Topsail Beach’s PTC #8 dune restoration. Crews will use the Jeffries Beach Access to begin repairs on the southern third of the project area, south of the pier, with sand hauling starting Wednesday. Expect some parking lot closures on weekdays at Jeffries Access, but those spaces will reopen on weekends…. Read More
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Residents in Cherry Grove told ABC 15 that a section of beach on the northern end of Horry County is being left out of a major renourishment project, and now residents are worried about what will happen when the tide’s high or a storm comes. “I’m a permanent resident, my… Read More
New agreement front-loads $18.7 million for dredging studies. Eastern Shore counties abandon challenge about one month after filing it Maryland’s $340 million settlement with the owner of the Conowingo Dam can now move forward, after a group of Eastern Shore counties dropped their challenge of the deal. The withdrawal came less than a month after… Read More
Every few years, Sebastian Inlet District must dredge to maintain its channel and nearby beach. Sebastian Inlet District Source
Lawrenceburg’s Board of Works, Utility Board and City Council met on Jan. 5 and approved routine minutes and a set of administrative actions while taking up several items with community impact. The Board of Works approved an agreement allowing dredged material from the Tanners Creek boat docks to be placed on a private landowner’s property,… Read More
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — There are new efforts to repair coastal damage in Old Orchard Beach caused by record high tides and strong storms two years ago. It will cost more than $1 million to undo what tides destroyed in minutes, mostly paid for with federal and state disaster funds. Local families whose homes flooded… Read More
All along Mississippi’s shoreline, engineers determined to protect coastal cities from nature’s forces are confronting an urgent problem: The beaches are shrinking. Years ago, swimmers and sunbathers sprawled across white sand that stretched far beyond the bustling beach highway. But so much of it has disappeared over the decades that now, in some spots, waves… Read More
Louisiana regulators are considering a revision to an existing coastal use permit that would allow LNG export terminal operator Venture Global to expand dredging along the Calcasieu Ship Channel near the mouth of the Gulf of America, an area commercial fishermen and shrimpers contend is vulnerable to adverse impacts on water quality, according to a recent… Read More
Key Points The Naples and Fort Myers Beach fishing piers have been repeatedly damaged by hurricanes over the last century. Following extensive damage from Hurricane Ian in 2022, both piers are on a long road to recovery and reconstruction. The piers are cherished landmarks that residents see as central to community identity and resilience. Rebuilding… Read More
The Port of Virginia® is nearing the completion of its $1.4 billion Gateway Investment Program with a critical piece of the strategic capital investment program being delivered in early 2026. In February, the port is scheduled to take delivery of the deepest shipping channels on the US East Coast, as the deepening and widening effort… Read More
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District shared an update regarding upcoming maintenance dredging of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway. In mid-January, the Army Corps’ contractor Barnegat Bay Dredging Company of Harvey Cedars, N.J. will begin dredging the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway federal channel between markers 152 to 163 (west of Brigantine,… Read More
HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. — Another multi-million-dollar project beginning in St. Lucie County. Starting Monday, parts of about 3.3 miles of popular shoreline on Hutchinson Island will face intermittent closures as part of the ‘South St. Lucie County Coastal Storm Risk Management Project.’ It’s a project that first came to fruition in 2018 and was completed in 2022. After… Read More
Panama’s president, José Raúl Mulino, said on Friday that the crisis with the United States is over, after Donald Trump threatened in 2025 to take back the interoceanic canal because it was supposedly controlled by China. Since taking office a year ago, Trump launched a diplomatic pressure campaign against Panama, arguing that Beijing controls the… Read More
Like clockwork after major flooding, a seemingly logical call arises from impacted residents in Whatcom County: manage the water by removing gravel from the Nooksack River. But scientists and other experts say it’s not the silver bullet people hope it is. The topic has been debated and studied, in a cycle that repeats itself with… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers and the state Department of Environmental Protection plan to meet with the Wildwood municipalities on Tuesday, Jan. 6, on identifying sources of sand for shore protection. Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. was asked about the now-canceled Hereford Inlet to Cape May Inlet dune and beach berm project, known as the… Read More