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The effort includes a new state trust for guaranteed project funding. A high-profile pair of bills dealing with effects of climate change are sitting on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk, awaiting his signature. The two bills, which address sea level rise mitigation and funding for it, were sent to the Governor Monday, the same day DeSantis… Read More
Tozer family company Greenfield Construction awarded $15.8M contract Any day now, Kevin Sampson expects heavy machinery to roll up to picturesque North Head Harbour for a wharf improvement project that could disrupt the fishing community until the fall of 2022. Last month, the federal government awarded a $15.8 million contract to Greenfield Construction to dredge… Read More
Monitoring suggests tugboats, ferries and cargo ships are major sources of cancer-causing diesel pollution in portside neighborhoods such as Barrio Logan Massive cranes mounted on a Dole Food Co. cargo ship hoisted containers at the Port of San Diego on Thursday, powered not by the ocean-going vessel’s hulking diesel engines but electricity. Before the port’s… Read More
Nine years ago, Superstorm Sandy left the city of Hoboken under water. Hurricane-force winds and a 14-foot storm surge submerged roughly 80% of the bowl-shaped city, causing an estimated $100 million worth of damage. Now, the city is breaking ground on a multimillion-dollar resiliency project aimed at preparing for the next storm. “We know that,… Read More
CASTLE ROCK — Silver Lake, a popular bass fishing spot, is on track to become unsuitable for any fish populations of recreational or economic value, according to the Silver Lake Watershed Advisory Council. “Put simply, the lake is dying,” said Silver Lake resident and Advisory Council member Del Gilkerson during a presentation to Cowlitz County… Read More
US firm Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co (GLDD) has contracted ship builder Ulstein to move onto the integration engineering phase for the Jones-compliant rock dumping vessel earmarked for the nascent American offshore wind market. The workscope includes the selection of vessel main equipment and the start of detail design prior to an order being… Read More
DORCHESTER, N.J. – In his three decades servicing oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, boat captain Keith Piper rode out all manner of storms and gales. Still, he had never faced the elements that tested him last winter at a wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island. Subzero temperatures. Snow. A nor’easter blowing… Read More
OGDENSBURG — The Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority Board of Directors took no action Thursday on the city’s proposal to open a beach on authority land this summer, but is expected to send City Council a counter proposal in time for its Monday night meeting. City Council, during its March 24 meeting, passed a resolution… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Crews from EarthBalance, a Florida-based company, began hand-planting the first of about 500,000 pieces of vegetation Thursday on new dunes created in the recently completed $31.6 million Emerald Isle beach nourishment project. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, said in an email Thursday the effort is expected to take… Read More
CAPE CARTERET — The Old Ferry Channel/Deer Creek dredging project is complete now that a contractor has finished paving streets damaged by heavy equipment hauling dredge spoils to disposal sites. Thomas Simpson Construction Co. of Beaufort, a subcontractor for dredge firm T.D. Eure, also of Beaufort, did the street work on Live Oak Street, Bayshore… Read More
MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette has come a long way in the restoration of Lakeshore Boulevard. Phase one, which involved raising the road and moving it 300 feet inland, adding a multiuse path and accessible parking areas, and initial shoreline and beach stabilization work, was completed last October. The total cost of phase one… Read More
MUSKEGON, MI – Though Lake Michigan water levels have dropped, parking threatened by erosion at Pere Marquette beach’s far south end will remain closed off perhaps for several years. Severe erosion has caused a hazardous steep drop-off in front of the parking spots that the city of Muskegon blocked off about a year ago. While… Read More
SALISBURY — The town manager will be asking Town Meeting votes May 17 to OK borrowing up to $5.1 million to pay for work to control beach erosion and flooding. The annual spring Town Meeting will take place in the Salisbury Elementary School gymnasium on Monday, May 17 at 7 p.m. Town Manager Neil Harrington said the… Read More
NORTHWEST INDIANA – Congressman Frank Mrvan (D-1) is seeking more than $42 million for northwest Indiana community projects. Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report the funding would be used for several projects focused on improving the Lake Michigan shoreline. The Times reports Mrvan requested $18.4 million to expand the capacity of the confined… Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Governor Ron DeSantis announced that more than $111 million has been awarded to 22 communities through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s Rebuild Florida General Infrastructure Repair Program for communities impacted by Hurricane Michael. The program is designed to provide funding for local governments to strategically rebuild and harden infrastructure in… Read More