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BLUE HILL, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine are collecting public comments about the potential impact to the fishing industry of a proposed federal dredging project in the Blue Hill area. The Army Corp of Engineers and town of Blue Hill want to create a federal navigation channel in Blue Hill Harbor. It would be… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers this week began a $10.4 million project to dredge the Port of Hueneme’s main channel, deepening it from 35 feet to 40 feet to allow cargo ships to deliver larger, heavier loads. At the channel’s current 35-foot depth, cargo ships in general would not be able to carry their maximum… Read More
The State Of The Industry In The Post-COVID-19 Era. By Mark S. Kuhar and Josephine Patterson The year 2020 will be remembered – and not exactly in a good way – for COVID-19, a crazy presidential election and economic turmoil not seen in decades. The aggregates and construction industries, fortunately, were not decimated by the… Read More
Coastal States Organization (CSO) and American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) have issued a call for policies, funding, and science to address the unprecedented challenges facing our nation’s coasts. In an era of rising sea, changing Great Lake levels, increasing storm intensity, coastal erosion and flooding, and lack of available coastal sediment, Congress and… Read More
The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department released guidance that offers an extension of a safe harbor for developers of renewable energy projects located either offshore or on federal land. In Notice 2021-5, issued last week, the IRS and the Treasury said they will extend the safe harbor period for up to 10 calendar… Read More
The American Waterways Operators has applauded the recent passage of H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, noting that “for AWO and the domestic maritime industry as a whole, H.R. 6395 is one of the most significant laws to be enacted by Congress in many years.”… Read More
Vermilion City Council voted during a Jan. 4 meeting to support the Main Street Beach revitalization project, which aims to make the city’s lakefront more accessible with a comfort station, more parking and improved greenery space. All Council members, except Ward 4 Councilwoman Barb Brady, voted to suspend the rules and pass the resolution on… Read More
Grant money awarded to the city of Lorain to study port dredging will pay for the start of a similar project in Fairport Harbor. On Jan. 4, Lorain City Council approved an agreement between the city and the Lake County Ohio Port and Economic Development Authority. The city of Lorain will grant $750,000 for the… Read More
New council member supports separating lake dredging effort from dam change and pedestrian project. The number of Rochester City Council members seeking to split proposed changes to the Silver Lake Dam from planned dredging doubled Monday. “I happen to wholeheartedly agree with council member (Shaun) Palmer that there are really two different projects here,” Ward… Read More
The $20-million waterway dredging and improvement project touches three Camden County communities and isn’t expected to conclude until 2022. Environmentalists and county officials say it’s going well so far. By Katrina Janco | January 5, 2021 Newton Lake Park dredging project, September 2020. Credit: Matt Skoufalos. The initial phase of the $20-million, three-phase Newton Creek… Read More
MUNISING, Mich. (WLUC) – Sand Point, a prominent coastal feature and beach destination located near the westernmost boundary of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, was modified in the early 1990s with the placement of a large rock rubble-mound revetment measuring approximately 650 linear feet by 32 feet wide. The purpose of the revetment installation was to… Read More
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The nation’s largest estuary is still getting a D-plus grade for its overall health, according to a report released Tuesday by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. While the grade for the bay’s health remained the same, the score dropped one point from the foundation’s last report two years ago — largely due… Read More
MANCHESTER — Town officials are looking at a new annual mooring fee to help cover dredging costs. Officials are preparing for phase two of the Manchester Harbor project — a full dredge of the waters around Proctor’s Cove and its channel leading out of the harbor. Three years ago, the town fully dredged Area C of Manchester Harbor, which includes the coast off Masconomo… Read More
Sandwiched between the Mississippi River and Bayou Lafourche, the Barataria Bay in Louisiana is a latticework of shrinking marsh, swamp, and islands. Few other coastlines in the Mississippi River Delta—or anywhere in the United States—have changed as much in recent decades. According to one estimate, the bay lost 430 square miles (1120 square kilometers) of… Read More
Public Works finished the right-of-way mowing that the department is responsible for. There are several areas around Town that is mowed that is not part of the mowing contract. The dredging project in the section of Anchor Way Canal has been completed. Public Works removed the old day markers in this canal, and new ones are being… Read More