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DredgeWire Per below, most of the proposed spending is not…. And much of the proposed spending on ports and maritime doesn’t fit either. Politico Article April 7 What is infrastructure? That’s a question that will dominate politics for the spring and summer. President JOE BIDEN wants the concept to be defined expansively, using it for priorities that Democrats… Read More
Solution On the Dredge: Trimble Marine Construction software – TMC, Trimble MPS865 GNSS Marine Heading receiver, Trimble Cutter Suction Dredge CAN based sensor kit, Linear sensor for “spud” position data. RTK Base Station: Trimble SPS855 with all GNSS constellations, Trimble TDL450H base radio, Trimble Zephyr 3 Base antenna. Surveying: Trimble TSC7, Trimble SPS986 GNSS rover, Sonarmite BTX single beam Hydrographic Survey system. Overview In an effort… Read More
Apr. 6—The Lake Mitchell dredging project is inching closer to becoming a reality following the Mitchell City Council’s approval on Monday to have a preliminary dredging design completed. The council tabbed Minnesota-based Barr Engineering to complete the preliminary design at a cost of $339,000. According to Mitchell Mayor Bob Everson, the preliminary dredge design —… Read More
MAUMEE – How does one dispose of an annual 1.5 million cubic yards of dredged sediment in an economically and ecologically feasible way, now that dumping it into Lake Erie was officially banned last year? The potential answers were discussed at the March Agribusiness Forum hosted by the Center for Innovative Food Technology and held… Read More
Middlesex County and municipalities join Resilient NJ to initiate resiliency plan to reduce flood risk The Resilient NJ: Raritan River and Bay Communities initiative seeks community input to build an equitable and impactful long-term climate adaptation strategy MIDDLESEX COUNTY – A coalition of local Middlesex County leaders and technical experts today announced the launch of the… Read More
HYDE COUNTY — A virtual meeting is set for 6:30-8:30 p.m. April 15 on the latest efforts associated with the Lake Mattamuskeet Watershed Restoration Plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission representatives will speak on ongoing monitoring efforts during the meeting. Geosyntec Consultants and Coastal Protection Engineering representatives and East… Read More
Plans for legislation to deal with riverine flooding and improve flooding resiliency are moving forward in the North Carolina General Assembly this month, with a major review of policy and funding needs planned for next week. Last week, Sens. Danny Britt, R-Robeson, and Jim Perry, R-Lenoir, co-chairs of a new committee set up to tackle… Read More
About 20 miles southeast of Cocodrie, bulldozers are working on the state’s largest-ever project to restore barrier islands that protect inland communities from Gulf of Mexico storms. Gov. John Bel Edwards and other officials got a first-hand look Monday at the restoration work on Trinity-East Island, part of a $167 million project that will use… Read More
The City of Beardstown has given permission for the next phase of dredging to begin for the marina. The current phase of the project involves dredging under the railroad bridge to the navigation channel. The estimated cost of this phase is $200,000. Chair of the Beardstown Harbor Committee Kelly Cagle says a local employer helped… Read More
The St. Simons Sound Response team reports that cutting operations to separate Section Seven of the wreck of the capsized car carrier Golden Ray resumed over the weekend. Divers successfully placed the new cutting chain into the existing groove on the hull-side of the wreck. Along the deck-side of the wreck, response engineers have established… Read More
ALVA, FL. — The courtesy dock at W.P. Franklin South Recreation Area is closed for repairs until further notice. Boaters may use the shoreline on the west side of the boat ramp to load and offload safely. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will temporarily close the courtesy dock adjacent to the boat… Read More
Now that would be a whopper of an April Fools’ Day joke, but it happened. A dredging crew’s April 1 mix-up resulted in a surprise appearance in Tampa Bay just yards from the Anna Maria shoreline. Their location was in error and what followed, an overnight cold front, led to the April 2 closure of… Read More
On your marks, get set. Soon there will be smooth sailing. The Bradenton Beach dredging and seagrass mitigation project will begin this month with the goal to create a more navigable channel. The mitigation contractor was set to begin staging its equipment April 2, according to city attorney Ricinda Perry. Staging — involving setting up… Read More
Tacoma, WA – On Wednesday, March 31, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) joined Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Bill Posey (FL-08), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Estuary Caucus, and 35 House Members in calling on the Biden Administration to provide $10 billion in the next recovery package for coastal restoration and resilience projects. “Many of our coastal communities… Read More
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued the next phase of technical guidance under its Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO). Though it marks another step forward by the CDC, it gives no date for a restart of cruising from the U.S, and it remains unclear whether it is a sufficient advance… Read More