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BATON ROUGE – Heavy machinery has been digging out dirt and sediment from the University Lake System for months. Now a year into the project, two lakes are nearing completion and it’s time to move the barges into University Lake. It’s a project that’s drawn some criticism and continues to as the project takes shape. LSU Foundation President… Read More
On a random morning in Grand Isle, charter boat captain Mike Guidry watches the surf pound against a series of segmented rocks that guard camps near the beach. “People always associate hurricanes with destruction,” said Guidry as he surveyed the rocks from his boat. “Well, we have stronger cold fronts.” Guidry credits the rocks, which… Read More
Since the July 2023 floods devastated large swathes of the state, including cities in the Winooski River watershed such as Montpelier, many Vermonters have been calling for river dredging. Digging sediment and debris out of riverbeds and deepening the channel, they argue, will prevent rivers from overtopping their banks and saturating homes and businesses during… Read More
Hurricane Beryl roared ashore near the Texas city of Matagorda as a powerful Category 1 hurricane early Monday morning and pummeled the region with wind gusts higher than 90 mph, a life-threatening storm surge and torrential rain. HOUSTON – The ferocious winds have died down, and the floodwaters have started to recede in East Texas two days after historic Hurricane Beryl made landfall. However,… Read More
HOUSTON — Following waterway assessments and coordination with federal, state, and local partners, the Captain of the Port (COTP) Houston-Galveston has set Port Condition Recovery, Tuesday, for the ports of Houston, Texas City, Galveston, and Freeport, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from the Colorado Locks east to High Island Bridge. Specific navigation conditions are summarized… Read More
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — The town of Fort Myers Beach announced a major project has begun along its shores. The Estero Island Beach Nourishment and Hurricane Recovery Project began on Monday and will dredge approximately 950,000 cubic yards of sand onto Fort Myers Beach. According to the town’s news release, the sand is coming from… Read More
(HILO, HAWAI‘I) – A $3.1 million dredging operation at the Wailoa Small Boat Harbor started yesterday and is expected to be complete by the end of the year, if not sooner. Depending on the location, sediment build up and available funding, the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) attempts to conduct dredging operations… Read More
HONOLULU – A long-anticipated dredging operation began Monday at the Wailoa Small Boat Harbor on Hawaii Island. Following the 2018 Kilauea eruption, lava sediments surrounding the Pohoiki ramp have remained a critical concern for Hawaii Island boaters. Gov. Green appropriated a $3.1 million construction fund to improve the harbor. “I’d like to thank Gov. Green for releasing… Read More
An effort to reduce the flood risk along the Vermilion River in Lafayette is underway. Crews spent Monday, July 8, moving equipment into place to begin digging out shallow sections of the Bayou Vermilion near Rotary Point. Officials with Lafayette Consolidated Government are now making efforts to clean waterways in the city for safer boating… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District, has begun dredging the Manistee Harbor federal navigational channel. The objective is to remove shoaling that prevents deep-draught commercial vessel traffic. On April 23 of this year, a commercial vessel attempted to enter Manistee Harbor with a draught of 19 feet (5.8 metres) but was halted… Read More
A Maryland board led by Gov. Wes Moore approved a $50.3 million emergency contract on Wednesday to pay a Swedish construction company that removed debris from the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. While the work to remove debris from the federal channel in the Patapsco River was done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,… Read More
A local company’s request to dredge an area of the West Ocean City harbor channel received the support of the Worcester County Commissioners this week. The Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a request from staff to authorize a local sponsor statement of no objection for a proposed dredging project at Atlantic Tackle. The company… Read More
Ponte Vedra Beach renourishment finished quickly, other project in St. Augustine Beach expected to be complete in the fall. A major Northeast Florida beach restoration project has wrapped up just as Summer is hitting its stride and way ahead of schedule. The shoreline renourishment project that cost about $40 million along the northern shore of the Atlantic… Read More
The NJDOT emergency beach nourishment dredge project pumped over 750,000 cubic yards of sand across the beach, according to the mayor. Source
The long-awaited dredging of two channels connecting Fenwick Island’s canals with the Little Assawoman Bay has taken a large step forward with the approval of a contract for the project. The Fenwick Island Town Council approved the contract for the project, 7-0, with J.F. Brennan Co. of LaCross, Wisc. At $2.08 million, Brennan was the… Read More