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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is postponing a planned maintenance dredging of the Lake Worth Inlet until 2021, and instead will do an “emergency dredging” to address shoaling. The Corps had initially scheduled a return to the inlet for late 2020 to perform a maintenance dredging that would include the settling basins, an area… Read More
Six months after being replenished with offshore sand and despite recent storms, Midtown Beach and the surrounding coastline is “performing very well,” according to a report by Coastal Project Manager Rob Weber. Weber presented the current shoreline conditions report to the Shore Protection Board Thursday, with several before-and-after photos of replenished beaches. ” src=”https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2020/10/02/NPBD/d35940ce-e887-4ca3-bad7-83fa6fb6eeae-040220_PB_Renourish_4.JPG?width=660&height=475&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp” ]… Read More
2010-00750-45 Expiration date: 11/6/2020 The applicant proposes to perform hydraulic maintenance dredging to provide for the safe mooring and navigation of private vessels drafting 1.5 to 4 feet of water, within the All Seasons Marina, located at 551 Roosevelt Boulevard in Marmora, Upper Township, Cape May County, New Jersey. The dredged material (sediment) would be… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from allowing the dredging and filling of salt ponds near San Francisco without going through a permitting process that could stall redevelopment of the area. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled that the vast Redwood City ponds are “waters of… Read More
JENNINGS RANDOLPH LAKE, W.Va. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has installed a year-round early warning system at Jennings Randolph Lake intended to notify downstream public users of impending rapid increases in water levels, and to evacuate the river immediately to higher ground for their safety. “Public safety is the Army Corps’… Read More
There should be no offshore oil drilling along the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina. Not ever. Period. The potential for harm far outweighs the benefits, which are questionable at best. That matter should be settled for good, so everyone concerned can move ahead. Coastal communities should know that while they must prepare for pressures… Read More
PINE KNOLL SHORES — Bogue Banks’ economically crucial beaches are in good shape, thanks to millions of dollars spent on ongoing beach nourishment efforts, according to a report presented Monday to the Carteret County Beach Commission. Nicole VanderBeke with the county’s beach engineering firm, Moffatt & Nichol, presented the annual State of the Beach report… Read More
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District announced an upcoming periodic inspection at Tuttle Creek Lake, to include dewatering of the stilling basin below the dam. Preparations for the inspection begin October 9, 2020 with the closure of lake releases and subsequent lowering of River Pond for approximately three weeks…. Read More
Dredging began at Indiana Harbor yesterday and will continue through the fall of 2020, a continuation of the dredging that stopped in 2019 for the winter season. The contractors, a joint venture with Kokosing Construction Company, Ohio, and O’Brien and Gere, Illinois, will dredge approximately 150,000 to 200,000 cubic yards in 2020. The navigation project… Read More
“With respect to the August 21, 2020 incident, although certain news articles and other sources of information have reported that the Dredge Waymon L. Boyd struck a pipeline resulting in an explosion, Orion would like to emphasize that the actual cause of the pipeline explosion is yet to be determined and an investigation remains ongoing,… Read More
An erosion control project led by two universities and a climate adaptation group has won a “Restored Shore” award from a coastal protection organization. The project — called the Stratford Point Living Shoreline — is “an outstanding example of how to work with multiple partners and nature to solve some of our most difficult human-caused… Read More
The city’s historic bridge will close through mid October for a river dredging project that is expected to bring more tourism to the city. PETALUMA, CA — Petaluma’s historic D Street Bridge closed to all traffic at noon Sunday and will remain shut until Oct. 13. The bridge is closed for an ongoing a river… Read More
The Sabine Pass and Cameron LNG natural gas liquefaction and export terminals located in Louisiana were both affected by Hurricane Laura, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in late August. Although both liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities survived the storm with minimal damage, damage to the electrical and marine infrastructure around the Cameron… Read More
ASHTABULA — The Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, is planning a ceremony to mark the signing of a project partnership agreement with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The ceremony will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Ashtabula Port Authority public docks, 498-400 Morton Drive, across the street from Briquettes Smokehouse in the Ashtabula Harbor…. Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers’ Wilmington District is requesting the state drop its environmental window for hopper dredging within the federally maintained channels at North Carolina’s ports. Eliminating the hopper dredging window would allow the Corps more flexibility to maintain the deep-draft channels and save millions of dollars, according to an environmental assessment, or EA,… Read More