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The Department of Natural Resources and city of Portage started phase two of the canal restoration project this week. DNR contractors are preparing the site at the end of Mullett Street to continue dredging and remediation of the two-and-a-half mile canal next spring, said Portage Public Works Director Aaron Jahncke. Preparation for next year’s work… Read More
Dominion wind farm projected to create 1.1K+ jobs, generate $209M The offshore wind industry could create up to 5,200 jobs in Virginia (with a majority in Hampton Roads) and an estimated $740 million in total economic activity during the next several years, according to an economic impact analysis conducted by Henrico County-based Mangum Economics and… Read More
“Every year you don’t have offshore wind off New England’s shores, the gas industry is selling more gas to keep homes warm,” says the Rhode Island senator. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, has accused the Trump administration of “slow-walking” offshore wind approvals with an eye toward helping natural-gas suppliers. The U.S. offshore wind… Read More
Spotty Tracking, Confusing Language and Limited Public Outreach Hamper Water Contamination Monitoring WASHINGTON – Toxic algae and bacteria forced the closure of at least 116 U.S. beaches and triggered health warnings at 162 more this spring and summer, according to an investigation by the Environmental Working Group. From May 5 to September 10, health officials… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board says the dredge Waymon L. Boyd struck a submerged liquid propane pipeline during dredging operations in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, causing the explosion that killed four people back in August. The details were released in the NTSB’s preliminary report on the incident. According to the NTSB, at about 8:05… Read More
PORT MANSFIELD — With the channel silting up at times to just three feet, there were times offshore fishing boats, commercial trawlers and sailboats here were pretty much trapped in harbor, unable to float over sandbars to reach the Gulf of Mexico. Although Hurricane Harvey passed to the north in 2017, the powerful storm caused… Read More
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND – The Texas General Land Office recently awarded a $4.6 million grant to South Padre Island for beach renourishment. “The last time we had a beach renourishment on South Padre Island was 2016. When I say beach renourishment, I mean when sand was placed on the beach,” South Padre Island Mayor Patrick… Read More
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The Town Council recently approved a controversial plan to allow underwater blasting for a new shipping lane in the waters off Quonset Point. The Quonset Development Corporation’s channel project opens the way for barges to transport sections of nuclear-powered attack submarines between General Dynamics’ Electric Boat facilities in Groton, Conn., and… Read More
MILLER CITY (WSIL) — A legal fight is brewing in Alexander County over farmland near the Mississippi River. Residents in Miller City are fighting actions by the Army Corps of Engineers who are building a rock dyke structure across their property. The work is being done near the Len Small Levee. That levee breached in… Read More
Driving past Beechmont Lake in New Rochelle, you may be amazed to see a guy in a wet suit standing up in the water, as well as some huge, black “dewatering bags” running alongside Pinebrook Boulevard. Although the original completion date for Phase 1 of the project was delayed, it looks like a lot is… Read More
A trio of Jersey Shore towns is set to undergo a new round of beach replenishment work. On Thursday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin adding new sand to beaches in Long Branch, Monmouth Beach and Sea Bright. Barring any weather or equipment delays, the Army Corps expects the work to be done… Read More
Ocracoke Boat Slip Utility Pedestal Replacement (Ocracoke, NC) On October 13, Achuti LLC (Raleigh, NC) will begin a project to install 15 new utility pedestals and utility lines at the Seashore’s Silver Lake boat slips on Ocracoke Island. Electrical systems inside the pedestals were damaged by saltwater flooding due to Hurricane Dorian. The boat docks… Read More
By William Hall A patch of seabed off the coast of Kittery could make it easier to dredge — and ultimately, navigate — southern Maine harbors and channels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Oct. 26 will open a new ocean site for depositing material from federal, state and commercial marine dredging projects. The site… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing to repair the east and west jetties and wing walls of the Kennebunk River Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. The towns are the local sponsors for this project. The proposed work involves needed repair and maintenance of jetties… Read More
FALMOUTH — Wind energy could soon touch down in Falmouth — again. Mayflower Wind recently got approval from the Falmouth Conservation Commission to conduct geotechnical boring investigations at two beach parking lots to eventually install underground cables. The company will appear before the Select Board on Monday to get permission to conduct the tests on… Read More