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The start of the deepening project in the Lower Mississippi River is big news for river commerce. It will bring the working depths of the LMR up to par with depths in the recently deepened and expanded Panama Canal and Suez Canal. By allowing bigger vessels, including those able to transit the expanded Panama Canal,… Read More
The Corps of Engineers New Orleans District launched the first phase of its Lower Mississippi River ship channel deepening project on Sept. 11. The project will deepen the ship channel from 45 feet to 50 feet. The launch of the project follows the July 31 signing of an agreement between the Corps and the state… Read More
PADUCAH — It’s back to the beginning for the city of Paducah as leaders have to come up with a new dredging plan to get rid of the growing landmass by the transient boat dock along the Ohio River. The city applied for a dredging permit earlier in the year, but the Kentucky Division of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District has completed construction for the final phase of the Fort Sheridan Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration (GLFER) project at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve in unincorporated Lake County, Illinois. Phase 2 included the placement of underwater living reef structures near shore along the Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve… Read More
Some residents who live along the river say it doesn’t take a hurricane to cause problems when it comes to flooding. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Could economic growth have an environmental cost? That’s what a new report by a group called Flood Trends says about the St. Johns River dredging project. In Riverside, people are concerned… Read More
Florida’s efforts to bounce back from disaster could get a boost with the launch of a new interdisciplinary program at Florida International University’s Institute of Environment. The institute’s new Environmental Finance and Risk Management program is focused on increasing resilience against the major environmental challenges identified in the state’s mitigation action plan: coastal erosion, ecosystem… Read More
Navarre Beach lost an estimated 100 million cubic yards of sand during Hurricane Sally, and officials are racing to tally the full extent of the damage to secure as much funding as possible to restore the beach. The sand loss is the worst at the easternmost and westernmost points of the beach, officials said. There,… Read More
JUPITER — The Jupiter Inlet’s remarkably shallow depth has not improved since mid-summer. Instead, authorities warn that the center of the waterway is even shallower than it was a few months ago. Depths are as low as three feet over the inlet’s sand trap, down from a previous estimate of eight feet, the U.S. Coast… Read More
Workers use GPS survey gear to check the sand depth as two bulldozers smooth the freshly laid sand Aug. 27 along the beach near 26th Street North in Bradenton Beach. Dunes along the periphery help anchor the sand and prevent erosion. The construction is part of a $17 million renourishment project piping sand from offshore… Read More
BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the designation of a disposal site for dredged material off the coast of southern Maine and New Hampshire to serve the southern Maine, New Hampshire, and northern Massachusetts coastal region. This designation, published in the Federal Register on September 25, 2020, will provide a new,… Read More
The Army Corps will continue propping up Minnesota Point with channel fill, but foes of the practice dispute the meaning. After months of searching, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has unearthed a long-lost legal settlement that sets the rules for what to do with the mud and sand it digs out of the historically… Read More
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Along 78th Street in Virginia Beach, you may have noticed the beach looks different than it normally does – or even different from other parts of the Oceanfront. So, what exactly has happened, and how much of the recent storms played a role? Civil Works Project Manager for the Norfolk District… Read More
After some heavy rainfall and churning tides from Hurricane Beta, South Padre Island became inundated with flood water and severe beach erosion. A Coastal Flood Advisory issued by the National Weather Service lasted until Sept. 24, as high tides swallowed the road leading to county beach accesses and pooled on the sides of Padre Boulevard…. Read More
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