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The Trump administration is preparing to try to open the door once again to oil and gas drilling off Florida’s coast, but will wait until after the November election to avoid blowback in the swing state. The Trump administration is again considering a proposal — sought since the early days of the Trump era —… Read More
People walking the beaches on the south end of Beach Haven may notice some large piles of dark sand. It’s all part of a program in which dredge spoils are being used to fortify beaches on the south end of the borough, said Chris Carson, public works director. Beginning in January, the state Department of… Read More
By MADDY VITALE In just a couple of weeks, the north end beaches of Ocean City will be getting a lot more sand. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will pump more than one million cubic yards of new sand to widen the beaches and replace what was lost to coastal storms. A total of… Read More
How bad in Hatteras Inlet? On Monday evening June 8 at around 7 p.m., the Dare County Waterways Commission started its monthly meeting without the commission’s chairman. Chairman Steve “Creature” Coulter was detained. He on his charter fishing boat outside Hatteras Inlet. He was waiting for the tide to turn so he could transit the… Read More
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT used to dredge sediment is parked at the Oman’s Creek boat launch site Thursday. The Department of Natural Resources announced this week it plans to continue to rely on dredging rather than construct a groin as the most cost-effective way of keeping the creek open. LITTLE GIRL’S POINT – It looks like dredging… Read More
Sandwich Town Manager George H. (Bud) Dunham informed selectmen two weeks ago that the US Army Corps of Engineers’ North Atlantic Division has agreed, verbally, that the stone jetties at the mouth of the Cape Cod Canal have diverted sand from Sandwich’s shore and that the Corps should renourish Town Neck Beach with $12.5 million… Read More
By The Associated Press EAST CHICAGO — More sediment will be removed from an Indiana canal to allow barges with full loads to use waterway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to dredge 182,300 cubic yards (139,378.48 cubic meters) of sediment from the Indianan Harbor Ship Canal, The Times of Northwest Indiana reported. The… Read More
Some say it’s made a huge difference. Others say it’s not much. Either way, the dredge is almost finished with the job. Some say it’s better, others not so much. They travel in and out of East Pass most every day, sometimes twice or even three times a day during the spring, summer and fall,… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on its draft Sturgeon Lake Island Erosion Project Environmental Assessment released today, June 15. Corps staff will accept comments until July 15. The proposed project, planned in collaboration with the Prairie Island Indian Community; the Minnesota and Wisconsin Departments of… Read More
Some say it’s better, others not so much. They travel in and out of East Pass most every day, sometimes twice or even three times a day during the spring, summer and fall to get out to the Gulf of Mexico to fish. In late February, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer-led project started its… Read More
Madison City Council unanimously approved new storm water design rules The Madison City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved new storm water design rules. The rules could raise costs for development but help prevent a repeat of the devastating floods of 2018, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. According to city officials, the proposed standards for… Read More
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The Galveston Engineer District will hold the first of four planned virtual scoping meetings June 9 for the forthcoming Port of Corpus Christi Channel Deepening Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Additional meetings will be held June 11, 16 and 18. The Port of Corpus Christi Authority has proposed deepening a portion of its ship channel… Read More
Two of the four Dare County municipalities that are expected to partner on a 2022 beach nourishment project have given the green light for the Coastal Protection Engineering of North Carolina, Inc. to move forward with the critical design and permitting steps needed prior bidding and construction of the project. The Kitty Hawk Town Council… Read More
Dredging and marine construction company J.F. Brennan Co. has finished the dredging of Edgewater Bay and next week plans to prepare for the second phase of the project on Fountain Lake. Shell Rock River Watershed District Administrator Andy Henschel said the company is slated to remove the dredge currently on Edgewater Bay on Monday and… Read More