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The FY 2021 budget for the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) was not adopted by the Legislature before the end of the fiscal year last week, meaning it is operating temporarily on advanced federal funds the Governor’s office has utilized to maintain its mission until lawmakers reach agreement and send it forward to Gov…. Read More
EASTHAM — Still waters run deep, but the Nauset Estuary isn’t deep enough anymore. Eastham and Orleans are back at work, figuring out how, when and where to dredge the vital access route to the Atlantic. The Nauset Estuary Stakeholder’s Group was organized last winter to tackle a dredge design plan, but before it could… Read More
Residents of six coastal and river parishes will no longer have to rely on old barges to block flood waters from the Atchafalaya River. State and local levee managers have begun work on an $80 million floodgate at Bayou Chene near Morgan City that will provide longer-lasting protection for the portions of St. Mary, Terrebonne,… Read More
It’s been nearly 38 years since Beardstown has had direct access to the Illinois River. That situation may be changing within the next two years, as an engineering agreement with Hutchison Engineering was approved at last Tuesday’s city council meeting. The Beardstown marina hasn’t been open since around 1982. Silt deposits from the Sangamon and… Read More
Proponents for the $100 million bond argue that Key Biscayne needs to invest in resiliency initiatives to safeguard our barrier island from sea level rise, flooding; to protect the village’s beaches and shorelines, harden and protect infrastructure from hurricanes. Most Key Biscayners would agree with that argument considering the island is surrounded on all sides… Read More
The city plans to request a permit to dredge 1.93 acres of the extended turning basin. It’s less than the city wanted, but more than they thought they would get. After months of back and forth with the Department of Environmental Protection, the Tarpon Springs City Commission hopes they’ve finally found a permit everyone can… Read More
The city of Naples is seeking input from the public about proposed water quality improvements to three stormwater lakes within the city. One of the lakes lies along 15th Avenue North near Fleischmann Park. The other two lakes, Spring Lake and East Lake, are south of Fifth Avenue South and west of Cambier Park. Public… Read More
The estimated cost of the work is $15,000 Repairs are underway at the Town of the Blue Mountains’ (TBM) Little River Beach Park. Little River Beach Park has been closed since the on-set of the COVID-19 pandemic and will remain closed until shoreline repairs have been completed. Construction crews were on-site on Monday morning, working… Read More
By Melissa Foster, Tim Taylor, Cherise Gaffney and Chad Marriott, Stoel Rives LLP like their terrestrial counterparts, wind turbines floating miles offshore trigger the need for various federal, state and local approvals. While most of the industry’s focus is on securing a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) lease, locating the turbines and subsea transmission… Read More
The town marina project continues to move ahead of schedule, even with new health guidelines to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. Deputy Town Manager Jay Boodheshwar gave an update for the project at a virtual meeting Friday, saying the project is moving quickly. Because some parts of the project are underway at the same time,… Read More
Morgan & Eklund, Inc (M&E), a Florida-based land and hydrographic survey firm, today released details of critical pre-and post-construction surveys for Eastman Aggregate Enterprises LLC, a contractor working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, together with the City of Miami Beach and Miami-Dade County, of the completed Miami Beach Hotspots Beach Renourishment Project. Despite… Read More
At its Tuesday night meeting, the Campbell County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a request to rezone property on Timberlake Drive from residential single family to business general commercial to allow for the use of a sediment storage site. The approval is part of the ongoing efforts by the Timberlake Homeowners Association to dredge Timber… Read More
COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Toward the end of 2019, a boat capsized in the Charleston Marina in Coos Bay. The accident happened because of a sandbar, and now officials are working to get this dangerous location dredged. During a town hall in January held by senator Jeff Merkley, a citizen brought to his attention there… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, on July 21 sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging the preparation of emergency contingency plans at the Port of Gold Beach, which has been threatened by severe shoaling. “Shoaling in the navigation channel (at the… Read More
OGDENSBURG, N.Y. (WWNY) – It’s heavy lifting at the Port of Ogdensburg, but worth it as a $1 million project for the port continues on. Parts of the Roaring Brook Wind Farm in Lewis County shipped in Thursday. We could see shipping containers being unloaded at the Port of Ogdensburg. The containers have electronic components… Read More