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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is extending the alternate schedule on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke through April 12 due to continued shoaling issues in the ferry channel just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. The schedule through April 12, weather permitting, is as follows: Ocracoke to Cedar Island:… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — The $31.6 million Emerald Isle beach nourishment project continued over the long Easter weekend, and officials are urging beachgoers to stay away from equipment and off the new dunes. There are two dredges working on the project, the large hopper dredge Ellis Island and the smaller hopper Liberty Island, both owned and… Read More
BALD HEAD ISLAND, NC (WWAY) — A dredging project that has been happening since January on Bald Head Island is nearing completion. The Village of Bald Head Island says the Wilmington Harbor Inner Ocean Bar Project is expected to be finished on Friday, April 2. The project was to dredge the federal navigation channel reaches… Read More
MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette has applied for a Michigan Department of Natural Resources waterways grant to help fund the completion of the Presque Isle Marina project. The Marquette City Commission voted 6-0 to approve moving forward with the grant application at last Monday night’s meeting, ahead of the Thursday’s application deadline. Mayor Jenna… Read More
Without restoration efforts in coastal Louisiana, marshes in the state could lose half of their current ability to store carbon in the soil over a period of 50 years, according to a new paper published in American Geophysical Union Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. “This reduction in capacity could significantly alter the global carbon budget,… Read More
The City of Beardstown has given permission for the next phase of dredging to begin for the marina. The current phase of the project involves dredging under the railroad bridge to the navigation channel. The estimated cost of this phase is $200,000. Chair of the Beardstown Harbor Committee Kelly Cagle says a local employer helped… Read More
HONOLULU (KHON2) — There is something in the waters off Waikiki and it is not sitting well with some beachgoers. Always Investigating tries to find the source. Get Hawaii’s latest news sent to your inbox, click here to subscribe to News 2 You, a daily newsletter. A concerned beachgoer brought them to KHON’s attention: black,… Read More
Beach project manager: ‘It’s good for locals, it’s good for sea turtles, and it’s good for tourists’ COCOA BEACH, Fla. – Tens of millions of dollars is being spent to repeatedly rebuild Central Florida beaches as the effects of climate change chew away the sand. One project is currently underway in Cocoa Beach, where the… Read More
CORAL GABLES, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr 2, 2021– A top 10 ranking in Conde Nast Traveler, AAA Four Diamond status and resilience through the pandemic have proven the Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort to be one of the best public/private redevelopment projects in the nation. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210402005248/en/ Best Practice… Read More
STUART — More sand is officially on its way to Bathtub Reef Beach, a local-favorite shoreline known for its swimming and snorkeling. Dredging operations to move about 220,000 cubic yards of sand to designated beach areas began this week, county officials announced Friday. Crews will work around the clock until the project is completed about April 30, ahead of the peak… Read More
OCEANSIDE — A new safety plan has been created for Oceanside’s annual spring harbor dredging and beach replenishment after a homeless woman sleeping on the beach was run over and killed last year. Every morning workers will look for people sleeping on the beach, and a heavy equipment corridor will be established with traffic delineators,… Read More
DredgeWire gave a brief summary last week of the amount the Biden plan would spend on ports: $17 Billion out of over $2 Trillion. Less than 1%. Here’s some useful commentary by an expert at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI.) An excerpt: “…And the balance of spending in this infrastructure proposal should be more heavily… Read More
2021 ASCE Report Card Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Committee on America’s Infrastructure provides a comprehensive assessment of the nation’s 17 major infrastructure categories in ASCE’s Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. Using an A to F school report card format, the Report Card examines current infrastructure conditions and needs, assigning… Read More
Video play time is 1:50 secs Geophysical & Hydrographic Surveying Arc Surveying & Mapping, Inc. provides geophysical and hydrographic surveys throughout North and South America, including the Caribbean. Surveys are performed simultaneously,describing both the bathymetric elevations of the seafloor and the entire subsurface, to thirty feet below existing bottom. Surveys are performed and Quality Controlled… Read More
Emergency dredging will be undertaken, beginning about April 15, to clear Stouts Pass if a dredge is available.Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District Executive Director Raymond “Mac” Wade said the area, located near the Berwick Lock, has been a problematic area. The high water that came with the flood warning issued by the National Weather… Read More