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House Committee Passes Biennial Bill on Strong Bipartisan Vote WASHINGTON, DC— 6-27-24, U.S. Representative John Garamendi (D-CA08) voted to pass the “Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024” (H.R.8812) in the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure by a bipartisan vote of 61 to 2. The full House of Representatives is expected to take up the… Read More
In grateful appreciation of the many regional partners that aided in extinguishing the Oceanside Pier blaze on April 25, 2024, the City of Oceanside held a special recognition lunch today at the Pier Amphitheater. Due to collective coordinated actions, there were no injuries, and 93 percent of the beloved Pier was successfully saved from destruction…. Read More
As the planet warms, atoll nations like the Maldives seemed doomed to shrink. Scientists have begun to tell a surprising new story. We humans have settled in all sorts of precarious environments: parched deserts, barren tundra, high mountains. None are precarious in quite the same way as atolls, the tiny, low-lying islands that dot the… Read More
TARPON SPRINGS — City commissioners voiced concerns about the $5.25 million asking price, but they voted unanimously to let residents decide whether to purchase a 14.28-acre river dredge spoil site. The vacant property, used by the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge sediment from the Anclote River, is on the east side of L&R Industrial… Read More
LORAIN — The Black River Dredge Material Reuse Facility is nearly complete. City Council visited the site along the Black River during its meeting on Monday. It will be operational by August for the upcoming dredge cycle. The facility is the first in the country, spanning about 70 acres behind U.S. Steel along the riverfront…. Read More
The sound of a three-mile-long pipe pumping 100 dump trucks worth of sand onto the coastline filled the air for two and a half months in the town of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina in early 2024. It was part of a beach nourishment project, meant to replenish and widen beaches lost to erosion or storms. Paid… Read More
Dublin (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “United States Dredging Market By Region, Competition, Forecast and Opportunities, 2019-2029F” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The United States dredging market has experienced a remarkable growth phase, with projections indicating the trend will continue through 2029. Propelled by an array of drivers, including substantial infrastructure development, coastal protection initiatives, and rising… Read More
Arcadis has delivered more than 7,000 EV charging stations around the world HOUSTON – Arcadis, a leading global design and consultancy organization for natural and built assets, today announced the completion of bp’s (NYSE: BP) latest high-speed EV charging site at the company’s North America headquarters in Houston, Texas. The new bp pulse station is the… Read More
The Dredge Potter, owned and operated by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, has begun the dredging season along the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. They started in the Grafton area and will clear out the channel up there before moving on to the Perry Island area, which is also near Grafton…. Read More
Contra Costa County Public Works crews this week began a long-term project to remove accumulated sediment and other material from an area of the Walnut Creek channel in Concord. The project aims to remove about 115,000 cubic yards of silt in the creek channel to restore flow. Project manager Randolf Sanders said the material will… Read More
Crews at Clam Pass Beach are moving hundreds of pounds of sand as part of a dredging project aimed at keeping the inlet open. “Oh, I think it’s fantastic. I used to come here even to fifth grade, middle school. And so we just came down to show the boys a little bit of what… Read More
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) is awarding more than $10.5 million for seven projects in coastal North Carolina for beach and dune renourishment, as well as other projects related to hurricane and storm damage. “The Coastal Storm Damage grants help restore and rebuild communities and support their work to… Read More
FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. — The sun was out, and the waves were powerful. Surfers like Robert Clark are enjoying the great surf this storm system is bringing. “The waves are good because the swells are bigger, but the wind isn’t cooperating,” Clark said. “So in a couple of hours, the wind is going to switch,… Read More
Much of Central Florida’s coast has not recovered from strong storms in the past few years. Crews are working right now to protect vulnerable roads near the beach. A high-tech sea wall is under construction in Flagler County. A buried seawall project along A1A in Flagler County is underway. Crews will eventually move down the… Read More
Although the storm has passed and cleanup efforts have been made, beachgoers should continue to exercise caution while at the beach. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — While Tropical Storm Alberto has passed, some of it’s impacts can still be seen throughout the Coastal Bend in the form of debris. Assistant Director of Corpus Christi Parks and Recreation Sergio… Read More