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WASHINGTON – Louisiana’s senior senator, Bill Cassidy, is praising the bipartisan agreement reached Thursday on an infrastructure package. Cassidy, along with nine other senators, met with President Joe Biden before announcing a deal had been reached. “It’s huge,” Cassidy said. “The biggest infrastructure package in the history of the United States of America. More money… Read More
Corpus Christi (Nueces County) — In the 16 months since Phillips 66 and Trafigura Group pte. Ltd. announced the formation of a joint venture to build an offshore deepwater port near Corpus Christi Bay the stakeholders have kept busy meeting the demands of a federal permitting process that includes an extensive inquiry into the environmental… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — The Carteret County Beach Commission will consider endorsing an application for a U.S. Department of Defense grant for nourishment at Radio Island, in connection to a dredging project for east Taylor’s Creek, when it meets Monday in Emerald Isle. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. in the town commission meeting room… Read More
MOREHEAD CITY — Carteret County-area commercials and recreational fishermen are working with Coastal Carolina Riverwatch to tackle threats to water quality. CCRW announced Wednesday it’s launched a new program, Water Quality for Fisheries. The effort is a collaboration between CCRW and commercial and recreational fishermen to build stakeholder and public support for improving North Carolina’s… Read More
Voters approve $1.9M for sewage treatment facility, money to hire two new EMTs WELLFLEET – Town meeting voters on Saturday OK’d a $21.7 million municipal budget and $1.9 million to build a sewage treatment plant for an affordable housing project planned for Lawrence Road. Town meeting also approved Fire Chief Richard Pauley’s request for… Read More
Crews are working along the Vermilion River in Lafayette Parish. It’s the first phase of Lafayette Consolidated Government’s plan to spot dredge the river, preventing future flooding. According to officials with Dredge the Vermilion, a contracted company has cleared two miles of the river within the last two weeks. Brent Logan and Harold Schoeffler tell… Read More
WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow) – It cost $3.5 million to get sand offshore to put on the beach between Kuhio Beach Park and the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in a project completed last month. But some are wondering if the ocean is already reclaiming a lot of that sand. The state retrieved nearly 22,000 cubic yards of sand… Read More
AUGUSTA, GA (WFXG) – The dredging project at Lake Olmstead in Augusta is making progress! The work began earlier this year. Crews are almost done with the upper pond and anticipate moving to the lower pond in just a few weeks. The lake is at the heart of downtown Augusta. It has filled in over time,… Read More
The Ottawa, Canada, headquartered Chamber of Marine Commerce doesn’t like new ballast water regulations released by Transport Canada. In fact, Its president and CEO, Bruce Burrows, calls them “a half-baked solution.” The Chamber says the new regulations “unfairly target Canadian ship operators—who have spent billions of dollars on new fuel-efficient, eco-ships—while giving an extra six… Read More
Beach will be off limits until at least July 1 Starting Monday, Basin Head Provincial Park beach in Souris, P.E.I., will be closed to the public for dredging of the channel. The provincial government said security will be at the beach to tell people it’s closed. The Basin Head Fisheries Museum remains open to the public…. Read More
U.S. offshore wind development is picking up pace, with the Biden administration doing everything open to it to remove kinks from the regulatory pipeline. With multiple Atlantic Coast projects moving along, the White House last month made an announcement that could see the offshore California wind lease sale by mid-2022. As we’ll discuss later, that… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – Sea levels in California are projected to rise up to 55 inches by the end of the century, so climate advocates are calling on Congress to fund coastal restoration projects to mitigate potential flooding. More than 100 groups signed a letter calling on lawmakers to include $10 billion for such projects nationwide… Read More
Current U.S. law requires all revenues generated from offshore wind leases and production beyond state waters be deposited in the U.S. Treasury. Now a bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced legislation that would see a share of that money go to coastal states. Introduced by U.S. senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and Sheldon Whitehouse… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on the September 19, 2019, incident in which 11 barges broke free from a San Jacinto River barge fleeting area near the Interstate 10 (I-10) bridge in Channelview, Texas. Six barges struck pier columns supporting the bridge. No pollution or injuries were reported. Total damages,… Read More
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio — On the heels of last week’s public meeting announcing plans to remove the failing dam at Horseshoe Lake, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District officials have released an additional video to further explain their decision. The proposed $28.3 million project will also include an overhaul of the Lower Lake dam downstream in… Read More