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Author: Dan Ginolfi Important WRDA 2020 Provisions The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has scheduled a markup of the Water Resources Development Act for this Wednesday at 10 am [Click here for a link to the webcast]. Last week, the committee released a Discussion Draft of the bill and solicited comments and amendments. Please note… Read More
While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has yet to make definitive plans for the placement of dredged material pulled from Pools 5 and 6 near Winona, it is studying potential land — with a hope that beneficial use will help optimize existing land. Pool 5 is located between Lock and Dam 4 in Alma,… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — After more than a year of planning and nearly three months of work, the dredging-and-sand-spreading portion of the $28.2 million Bogue Banks beach nourishment project that began Feb. 8 is complete. The Ellis Island, the largest-capacity hopper dredge boat in the fleet of contractor Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., as well… Read More
After a break for the winter, dredging on Fountain Lake’s Edgewater Bay started again last week. Shell Rock River Watershed District Administrator Andy Henschel said roughly 20,000 cubic yards of sediment will be removed out of Edgewater Bay before the dredging is slated to begin in June in the main bay of Fountain Lake near… Read More
I write with optimism and concern for the proposed dredging of the Winnapaug Pond in Westerly on behalf of a number of local taxpayers. We applaud the pond project, as it is decades overdue. On another note, an aerial view of the “breachway” (Google Earth) reveals a giant sandbar transversing the waterway adjacent to the… Read More
The hospital ship USNS Comfort departs New York Harbor after treating patients in New York and New Jersey. The ship and its embarked medical task force remain prepared for future tasking. The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed New York City yesterday, April 30, after supporting the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 response efforts to… Read More
Fugro’s vessels Brasilis and Enterprise are set to mobilise for geophysical surveys at New Jersey’s Atlantic Shores offshore wind site on 1 May. The vessels will carry out surveys within the Atlantic Shores lease area and along potential export cable routes, according to the developer’s Notice to Mariners. Fugro secured a contract for geophysical surveys… Read More
MOREHEAD CITY, Carteret County — The beach is looking much different now on parts of Carteret County’s beachfront. Workers say they spent Thursday removing the dredging equipment along the beach; the equipment was used to bring more sand as part of the beach renourishment project. Approximately 2 million cubic yards of sand has been placed… Read More
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would like to update our partners and the public on progress made in our levee rehabilitation program. There are 66 levee systems on target for repairs, some with breeches, some with other surface damage such as grass kill or scour holes. The… Read More
After a season of dredging disrupted repeatedly by high winds and the outbreak of the coronavirus, Barnstable County is using a contracted engineering firm to develop a five-year business plan for the county’s dredge program. Christine Player, an engineer for Marion-based Foth Engineering LLC, will lead the development of the plan, which she expects will… Read More
Essential dredging operations should be done by May 31, says town COBOURG — Dredging operations are starting at the harbour, staff are advising residents. “Dredging operations are completed frequently to maintain the essential operation of our harbour,” says Dean Hustwick, director of the Town of Cobourg’s community services division. “Our staff continue to work hard… Read More
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted unanimously at its April 21 meeting to approve a resolution asking the U.S. Economic Development Administration to grant $3 million to fully find the City of Homer’s Port Expansion General Investigation Study. If funded, the grant would start Homer on planning to build its long sought-after harbor expansion, a… Read More
By Howard Marlowe, President of Warwick Group Consultants, LLC It’s clear that even the $2.2 trillion CARES stimulus and relief package has not provided enough assistance to state and local governments. State coastal programs are already losing money has governors look to make up for significant revenue losses and cost increases directly related to COVID-19. At… Read More
Ørsted’s offshore wind development projects in the US are moving forward at a slower pace than originally expected, the company’s CEO and President Henrik Poulsen said. The delays are due to a combination of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) prolonged analysis of the cumulative impacts from the build-out of US offshore wind projects,… Read More