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Unusual weather patterns that produced sustained high water along inland rivers and severe hurricanes in the Gulf have put extra stress on locks and dams and flood control infrastructure and caused extreme shoaling in many areas of the Mississippi River system. The situation has required the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its private contractors… Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency has given its blessing to the Yazoo Backwater Pumps Project. According to a letter — dated Monday — from EPA Region 4 Director Mary Walker to Col. Robert Hilliard, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District, the EPA has determined the proposed project is not subject to EPA’s… Read More
Officials with Vineyard Wind said they are temporarily withdrawing the group’s application for federal approval to build the first large U.S. offshore wind farm, saying more time is needed to conduct a final technical review after announcing a change in the turbines expected to be used in the project. Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between… Read More
Sand has been brought in to build up the beach at least 12 to 14 feet higher than it was. VILANO BEACH, Fla. — The Army Corps of Engineers has been widening and restoring a three-mile stretch of Vilano Beach in St. Johns County. In the last three months of the project, the landscape of… Read More
“They anticipate starting around Jan. 4 and going through April 30, which, as we all know, is turtle season, so they are going to have to have some special inspections and people watching out for turtle nests,” said Powers. “They’ll identify if there are turtle nests in our area and along the entire beach, and… Read More
TARPON SPRINGS — Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently came to Tarpon Springs to provide an update on the Anclote River Dredge Project, a multimillion-dollar, multiphased project designed to restore the river to its natural depths following years of sediment buildup. During the Nov. 17 Board of Commissioners meeting, Senior Project Manager… Read More
BETHANY BEACH/SOUTH BETHANY, Del. – The U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers Bethany Beach & South Bethany Coastal Storm Risk Management Project is on track to add 334,181 cubic yards of sand to the beach. The USACE Philadelphia District awarded an $11.1 million contract to Weeks Marine, Inc. Work began on October 26th in South Bethany. Leo… Read More
Guilford — The town is expecting the Lake Quonnipaug dam to either need a rebuilding or total replacement in the near future, according to Town Engineer Janice Plaziak, with formal inspection by the state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) this spring likely to result in a mandate for some major work. Plaziak told… Read More
Large ships may soon be able to travel through a deep channel in Nova Scotia’s Sydney harbour that has not been used since it was created eight years ago. The navigational aids that guide ships along an existing channel were thrown out of alignment by the angle of the new, deeper one that was dredged in 2012…. Read More
Porter rehab project progressing; Corps project eyed at Old Fort Niagara Corps project seeks to protect historically significant structures at Fort Niagara Article and photos by Terry Duffy Editor-in-Chief Despite the near-constant disruptions of COVID-19 throughout 2020, erosion rehab work along the Lake Ontario shoreline in Niagara County is slowly beginning to move forward. Recently,… Read More
Every day, boats travel into the San Francisco Bay, carrying with them cargo and other supplies. Some travel up the channel that connects the San Francisco Bay to Stockton. It’s the primary route for tankers carrying oil products to and from several oil refineries. This channel is naturally pretty shallow, about 35 feet. But a… Read More
Occupying part of the beach in Marina for decades, the last coastal sand mine in the United States has ceased operations, according to officials at the California Coastal Commission. Cemex, a multinational company based in Mexico, notified the commission in mid-October that it had stopped mining sand at its Marina dredge pond, fulfilling the central… Read More
The Westchester Bay Homeowners and Seagate Lagoon Associations sought a permit for structural repairs to an existing bulkhead in order to protect the residential development. SAN DIEGO—The California Coastal Commission at its Nov. 5 meeting approved a coastal development permit sought by the Westchester Bay Homeowners and Seagate Lagoon Associations to make structural repairs to… Read More
A four-year battle over a plan to dredge 13 miles of waterways to clear San Francisco Bay for larger oil tankers ended Monday. BAY AREA, CA — A four-year battle over a plan to dredge 13 miles of waterways to clear San Francisco Bay for larger oil tankers ended Monday, with the U.S. Army Corp… Read More
DredgeWire exclusive Dec 8, 2020 – The US Small Business Administration (SBA) has just released detailed data on loans to small companies, including to the US dredging industry, as part of its PPP program, a stimulus program to counter the economic impact of Covid-19. The companies included both dredging contractors and dredging equipment suppliers as well… Read More