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Crews are hard at work in Fort Myers Beach a month after Tropical Storm Eta damaged Lynn Hall Park. A dune renourishment project is underway at the beach, which is closed from the fishing pier to the north end of the park. Work began Saturday, and Lee County plans to wrap up by Christmas Eve, but… Read More
DredgeWire exclusive DredgeWire has obtained new information about small ($150,000 and under) emergency loans granted to US companies involved in the dredging industry. After Congress in early March deemed the coronavirus outbreak a disaster, that allowed businesses to access to the Economic Injury Disaster Loans program (EIDL) administered by the Small Business Administation. The federal… Read More
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The Midwest isn’t what comes to mind when we think of America’s coastlines, but the total U.S. coastline of the Great Lakes is more in miles than both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The Midwest’s coastline is a magnet for the many people who visit its beaches and coastal towns, and for the lucky few wealthy enough… Read More
New loan program helps communities reduce shoreline erosion risk WASHINGTON — Legislation sponsored by Michigan Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow that would help shoreline communities address rising water levels and erosion passed the Senate this past week. The Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act would allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency to fund… Read More
The Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) reports that the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021 (NDAA), which today passed the Senate with a veto-proof majority, affirms that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) applies to offshore wind and other renewable energy projects constructed on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). OCSLA, which dates… Read More
American maritime and supply chain trade associations and organizations last week sent letters to Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin and Congressional leaders asking for help in coping with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. One letter, signed by a notably broad industry coalition asks for $3.5 billion in aid to the industry. A separate… Read More
Avangrid’s project off Virginia and North Carolina coasts join gigawatts’ worth of offshore wind in the works along the Eastern seaboard. Avangrid Renewables has submitted a plan to federal regulators for the first 800-megawatt phase of its Kitty Hawk offshore wind project, an opening move in a plan to build 2.5 gigawatts of wind power… Read More
A temporary order extending the area where South Carolina’s residual property insurance market provides insurance has been renewed for another two years. An order issued by South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer says the renewal of the 2007 expansion of the South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting Association (SCWHUA) territory is necessary “to address those… Read More
After more than a century of toxic pollution, Brooklyn’s infamous Gowanus Canal is finally being cleaned up. This November, the Environmental Protection Agency kicked off the first phase of its plan to dredge the entire length of this industrial waterway, scooping out the thick layer of “black mayonnaise” which has settled at its bottom. A… Read More
New studies of the Green Brook Flood Control Project and the renewal of a Rahway River flood study are included in a bill recently passed by the House of Representatives. The original Green Brook Flood Control plan called for the construction of detention basins on the Watchung Ridge in Berkeley Heights to slow the flow of… Read More
A project funded by the Department of Defense will make the NC shoreline more resilient against severe weather and protect fragile ecosystems. The Marine Corps is partnering with state and national organizations to form the longest living shoreline rehabilitation project on the North Carolina coast. The U.S. Department of Defense’s Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration,… Read More
MANTEO — After being stuck at home for nearly four years, the state-owned 16th century representative sailing ship Elizabeth II should soon be able to venture out from its dock alongside Roanoke Island Festival Park. Long-delayed dredging was set to begin Monday at the intersection of Roanoke Sound and Shallowbag Bay, but technical and weather… Read More
The Vineyard Wind project, a proposed 800-megawatt offshore wind energy installation, has been stalled as the company – Vineyard Wind LLC – withdrew its construction and operations plan from review by the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM), on 1 December, effectively halting the project’s progress. The withdrawal, announced in a letter to be… Read More