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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
The Biden administration is fighting climate change in part by pushing for cars and trucks to be more fuel efficient and reduce emissions, but so far, that talk hasn’t landed in another mode of transportation: barges. In light of increased pressure to advance the cause of green energy, the future of the barge industry is… Read More
Ten orphaned oil and gas wells and an associated groundwater well at Padre Island National Seashore were recently plugged as part of Restore the Gulf, a program that uses Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill funding to clean up the Gulf of Mexico shoreline from South Texas to Eastern Florida. The money is administered by the Railroad… Read More
CAPE CARTERET — The in-water portion of the Old Ferry Channel/Deer Creek dredging project ended Thursday, which was the deadline. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, said in an email the remaining work is on land. “We have to conduct some final grading of the upland disposal sites, which we anticipate… Read More
From University of Southern Mississippi University Communications HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) _ The University of Southern Mississippi was recently awarded $7 million in state funding to support infrastructure associated with the Roger F. Wicker Center for Ocean Enterprise. The appropriated money from both capital expense funds and the Mississippi Development Authority’s Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, brings… Read More
After a break for the winter, dredging began again Monday on Fountain Lake. Shell Rock River Watershed District Administrator Andy Henschel said work started with the small dredge in Dane Bay on Monday and was slated to start up Tuesday in the main bay. Dredging and marine construction company J.F. Brennan is expected to remove… Read More
Road work and canal dredging will impact traffic for some motorists traveling through the city of Port Huron. Construction on McMorran Boulevard from Huron Avenue to Merchant Street is scheduled to begin Monday, weather permitting. Work slated for the stretch of roadway includes water main replacement, sanitary sewer installation and street reconstruction. The project, which… Read More
A couple of projects get underway in the city of Port Huron this week. Construction began Monday on McMorran Boulevard between Huron Avenue and Merchant Street. The project includes water main replacement, sanitary sewer installation and street reconstruction, and is expected to be completed by November. As a result, McMorran Boulevard will be closed from… Read More
Plaquemines Parish will get almost $1.3 million from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Gulf Coast Restoration to fund planning, engineering and design for the Bay Adams Headland Restoration and Marsh Creation project, U.S. Sen. John Kennedy announced Friday. The restoration project is meant to restore coastline by creating roughly 35,000 feet of elevated barrier… Read More
Manatee County commissioners approved a $9.35 million contract Tuesday for construction of a deep injection well to dispose of wastewater from the closed Piney Point fertilizer plant. The commission selected Youngquist Brothers LLC to construct the Class 1 injection well on county-owned land near the Piney Point property. The contract specifies a 330-day completion time for the well, which has been criticized by those who worry… Read More
One of the largest projects in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan is currently under construction and on schedule for completion by the end of 2023. The 170,000-acre-ft West Basin Storage Reservoir is taking form on the south bank of the Caloosahatchee River in Hendry County, about five miles southwest of LaBelle, Fla. At completion, its… Read More