Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration press release: The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore completed dredging operations this week to create a second, 50-foot deep container berth at its Seagirt Marine Terminal. The project, accomplished as part of the public-private partnership between the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) and… Read More
A stall in anticipated federal funding has up to 45 of 181 flood-mitigation projects in Harris County at a funding deficit, including several projects in the Lake Houston area. At the March 9 Harris County Commissioners Court meeting, the Harris County Budget Management Department said projects from the $2.5 billion flood bond program in 2018… Read More
When developers at HYM Investment Group started planning a major urban redevelopment at the former Suffolk Downs racetrack near Boston Harbor, they knew they had to plan around water. The site is surrounded and even intersected by flood potentials—Sales Creek runs through the middle of the former racetrack, Chelsea Creek runs alongside it, there’s an… Read More
The project aims to restore and sustain eroding wetlands in and around Barataria Bay, an area that stretches roughly from southeastern Lafourche Parish to southwestern Plaquemines. NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and the St. Bernard Parish Council have come out against the proposed $2 billion Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The officials called it a threat to commercial and recreational fishing, bottlenose… Read More
In a fact sheet released following last week’s Leaders’ Summit on Climate, the White House reaffirmed that “in support of global efforts to achieve net-zero GHG emissions no later than 2050, the United States is committing to work with countries in the International Maritime Organization to adopt a goal of achieving zero emissions from international… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — The Emerald Isle beach nourishment project is in the home stretch and could be complete by Monday, several days before the contractual deadline. “We have seen some incredible productivity the past few days and weeks and we could very well be completed on Monday, well before the April 30th regulatory deadline,” Greg… Read More
Rhode Island-based offshore wind crew transfer vessel owner and operator Atlantic Wind Transfers plans to be to be at the forefront in providing crew transfer services up and down the East Coast as the U.S. offshore wind industry expands. As part of its growth plan, the company will use DNV’s seamless Fit for Purpose program… Read More
Galeton Borough Council will make minimal repairs to the Berger Lake dam so the majority of a grant can be used to dredge the lake. At its meeting April 14, council reviewed the dam study by Schnabel Engineering, which detailed repairs needed to the dam before the lake can be dredged. The first option included… Read More
The state will also help a sea level rise study on Longboat Key The House and Senate continue to haggle over environmental protection matters but agreed on more than $2 million for reef restoration. Both chambers have also agreed to an assortment of other environmental expenditures, including a Longboat Key sea level rise program and… Read More
ALBERT LEA, Minnesota – It’s a project aimed to address water quality issues affecting Fountain Lake and its three bays: Bancroft, Dane’s and Edgewater. Phase two of the multi-phase dredging project has officially kicked off, with dredgers cleaning out sediment and heavy phosphoric silt from the lake bed and pumped to an off-site confined disposal… Read More
OAK ISLAND — Slated to make a key decision on assigning sand assessment amounts to residents Thursday, Oak Island Town Council will instead delay the determination for an estimated nine months. At a special meeting set to discuss sand assessments required to pay for a $40 million long-term beach nourishment project, Town Manager David Kelly… Read More
NEWBURYPORT (CBS) – Plum Island homeowners are upset large sand bags are now buried and breaking apart on the beach. “I have videos of bags floating into the ocean,” said Lela Wright. “Where will these remnants end up and how’s that going to impact the resource and the environment?” said Robert Ciampitti. The bags are… Read More
HONOLULU Magazine emerged from predecessor “Paradise of the Pacific,” which began in 1888, fulfilling a commission by King Kalākaua. That makes this the oldest continuously published magazine west of the Mississippi with an enviable archive worth diving into each month. Here’s a look back at April 2001. Mucking Around” takes on the topic of dredging… Read More
A pending commitment by wind energy developers to use only union labor has caught some of the state’s top construction firms off guard. Maine’s largest construction contractors say they fear being shut out of work in the state’s nascent offshore wind industry because of a pending labor agreement between the lead project developer and trade… Read More
A group of Senate Republicans that includes Ohio’s Rob Portman plans to present a broad alternative to President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan later this week. U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican, told reporters Tuesday, April 20, she anticipates GOP lawmakers will provide their own infrastructure proposal “in the… Read More