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The United States Army Corps of Engineers and Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) have announced that Phase II of the Boston Harbor Dredging Project is complete and ahead of schedule by nearly one full year. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, partnering with Cashman Dredging Inc. and Dutra Group, have worked 365 days a year, 24… Read More
VILANO BEACH, Fla. — The U.S. 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 the beach is vastly different. The project to restore this part of Vilano Beach that was destroyed by Hurricane… Read More
Delawareans — along with government agencies and non-profit organizations throughout the state — can help support Delaware’s continuing quest for clean water by taking advantage of an annual grant opportunity administered by the Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control and funded through the federal Clean Water Act. Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source… Read More
The funding will support research and development related to offshore oil, natural gas, wind and marine hydrokinetic energy production, with a focus on safety, environmental monitoring and operational improvements Funding worth up to $40 million (£30m) has been announced to support additional improvements in safety and environmental sustainability in offshore energy exploration and production in… Read More
An Ellicott custom 360SL swinging ladder dredge is being used in multiple small port and marina projects in Oregon. The dredging projects, being conducted by the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay, will improve navigation in the Charleston Marina Complex. The dredging is being conducted near the Point Adams Facility and the Russell Marine fuel… Read More
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