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Veit & Company, Inc. is a company that specializes in earthwork, utilities, foundations, demolition, dredging and industrial cleaning and is located in Rogers, Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was facilitating a multi-year, $18-million Kingsbury Bay – Grassy Point Habitat remediation and restoration, a site located in St. Louis County, Minnesota.The goal of… Read More
A new report released by the American Clean Power Association (ACP) indicates that expanded offshore wind leasing in the United States could generate up to $4.5 billion in new federal revenue, create up to 128,000 jobs during construction of the projects, and spark $120 billion in clean energy investments. ACP conducted its analysis following the… Read More
A new study from the American Clean Power Association suggests that the Biden administration’s plans for another round of offshore lease auctions could lead to $120 billion in investment and up to 128,000 jobs during construction. These new areas could support another 23-40 GW of offshore wind capacity – in addition to the 25 GW… Read More
Millions of dollars in federal grants and matching funds were awarded Monday for improving the Long Island Sound watershed, with projects slated for Connecticut to reduce pollution, build green infrastructure and restore habitats for birds, fish and other wildlife. State and federal officials announced federal grants totaling $5.4 million to state and local government, nonprofit… Read More
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