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Reprinted from the Carteret County News-Times Work is under way on a $1.7 million shoreline restoration project at Carteret Community College. “TA Loving has begun staging and removing the old rubble from the shoreline,” College Vice President of Operations and Facilities Steve Sparks said during the Oct. 13 meeting of the college’s board of trustees…. Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. scoops material from the bottom of the St. Johns River and dumps it onto a barge that will take it out to an off-shore ocean site. Great Lakes Dredge won a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract that will bring 47-foot depth to the Blount Island terminal by the… Read More
Despite the intrusion of recent storms and never-ending challanges from a Siesta Key organization, the beach building on south Lido Key is nearly complete and soon two groins will be constructed on the south end of the island to help retain the sand. Due to high seas followed by mechanical repairs, Rockbridge, the Lido Beach… Read More
Brevard County’s environmental officials are proposing a $2.26 million project to shore up the south beaches dunes area, parts of which were damaged by high winds and waves in September. The money would come from reserves in the Space Coast Office of Tourism’s beach improvement fund, which is funded by the county’s 5% tourist development… Read More
SLAUGHTER BEACH — As cleanup to a widespread oil spill continued Monday, officials urged the public not to handle any affected material or try to assist wildlife along the Delaware coastline. The Delaware Department of Environmental Control said about 55 tons of oiled debris had been removed from beaches as of Sunday afternoon in a… Read More
TONEY RIVER, N.S. — Fisheries and Oceans Canada wants to use a Toney River property to dispose of dredge material and is looking for public input as part of the approval process. The Toney River property is located along the Sunrise Trail in Pictou County (PID #65210932). The plan would include construction of an access… Read More
MOREHEAD CITY — Work is under way on a $1.7 million shoreline restoration project at Carteret Community College. “TA Loving has begun staging and removing the old rubble from the shoreline,” CCC Vice President of Operations and Facilities Steve Sparks said during the Oct. 13 meeting of the college’s board of trustees. “The seal locations… Read More
Water could once again flow down the Arroyo Colorado like it’s supposed to following the approval of an aggressive flood control dredging project. The International Boundary and Water Commission has decided to move forward with a long-awaited plan to dredge a 9-mile section of the arroyo through Harlingen and to significantly cut back the vegetation… Read More
JAMESTOWN, R.I. — An exclusive summer enclave is struggling with growth. The small, rocky cove known as The Dumplings is across Narragansett Bay from downtown Newport on Conanicut Island. The idyllic harbor community gets its name from the glacial dumpling-like rocks protruding close to shore. The iconic Clingstone mansion stands atop one of the larger… Read More
PALMYRA TWP. – Palmyra Township supervisors may consider dredging Lake Wallenpaupack in the area of the public beach next fall. In 2021, Brookfield Renewable is scheduled to lower the lake level substantially, as the power company does every five years for dam maintenance. Joseph Regenski has property next to the beach and wants to dredge… Read More
Norwegian energy major Equinor has submitted bids into New York’s second offshore wind solicitation. Equinor submitted its proposals to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in response to the state’s most recent solicitation requesting proposals for up to 2.5 GW of offshore wind and a multi-port infrastructure investment plan. The bids… Read More
Suffolk County completed a dredging of Accabonac Harbor near Louse Point in Springs early this week, removing a spit of beach that had narrowed a channel and made it difficult for boats to navigate through the water, according to Francis Bock and Susan McGraw Keber, members of the East Hampton Town Trustees. The dredging was… Read More
Waterfront residents living on the west side of South Green Street in Tuckerton Beach and those in Paradise Cove have received letters from the borough with information on their special dredging assessments and have also been invited to attend a remote Q and A session on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. The letters ask these… Read More
By DONALD WITTKOWSKI Ocean City’s next round of dredging will get underway soon following the award of a nearly $1 million contract to clear out some of the sediment-clogged lagoons lining the back bays. The city has been spending millions of dollars in the past few years for an ambitious dredging program to deepen the… Read More
For the past week, crews have been busy dredging a number of channels in Toms River on both sides of Barnegat Bay. The new project is in addition to a separate, ongoing effort to dredge to Lavallette Channel, which runs from Seaside Heights and Ortley Beach to Normandy Beach, according to Stephen Schapiro, spokesman for… Read More