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San Clemente gets $505,000 to bring more sand to shore

CA, United States

A woman sits atop a sand berm as a surfer enters the water just south of the San Clemente Pier in San Clemente as a king tide moves on shore Friday morning, January 10, 2020. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG) A two-decades-long plan to bring more sand to San Clemente’s depleted shoreline has… Read More

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J.F. Brennan Co. Inc video on utilizing Hitachi backhoes for river dredging

WI, United States

#Hitachi Construction featured Project Manager Sam Crawford and our ZX470LC-6 #Excavators in their latest quarterly BREAKOUT series. We are grateful and excited to share their footage — Stunning work, Hitachi Construction Machinery – Americas, Sam Crawford, and the entire team! >>More Brennan videos here: https://lnkd.in/e-UYyQy Source: linkedin.com

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Read USACE’s “State of the Infrastructure report

United States

One of the Army Corps’ primary missions is flood risk management and reducing risk from flood events. The Bureau of Reclamation’s dams also provide flood control benefits in many cases, but the agency’s mission is focused on water storage to irrigate farms and ranches, supply drinking water, enhance fish and wildlife habitats, and create public… Read More

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MARAD seeks $300 million for NSMV, zero for Small Shipyards or Maritime Highways

United States

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s FY 2021 budget request for the Maritime Administration includes $300 million to “address critical recapitalization issues for state maritime academy school ships under the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) program.” However, some other programs have done less well — notably $0 is requested for the Small Shipyard Grants program. Overall,… Read More

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DHS FY 2021 budget fully funds second USCG Polar Security Cutter

United States

The Department of Homeland Security says that its FY 2021 budget request “sustains the most critical Coast Guard operations and continues the Service’s highest priority recapitalization efforts for cutters, boats, aircraft, systems, and infrastructure.” The FY 2021 funding request continues efforts on the Polar Security Cutter (PSC) program to meet growing demands in the Polar… Read More

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Oregon LNG Terminal, First on West Coast, Up for FERC Decision

OR, United States

Oregon appears on a collision course with federal regulators whose environmental review of what would be the West Coast’s first liquefied natural gas export terminal is replete with factual errors, missing data, and a lax reading of environmental law, according to state agencies. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday will announce whether it will… Read More

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USACE Buffalo District receives additional $91.3 million in FY20 Work Plan

NY, United States

Buffalo, NY— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has received $91,256,500 in the Fiscal Year 2020 Work Plan, to complete projects across the District’s area of responsibility. This is in addition to the $24,562,000 the District has already received in the Fiscal Year 2020 President’s Budget. “This is a critical time for investments… Read More

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Orleans receives funding to dredge Oak Orchard Harbor and Johnson Creek

NY, United States

An excavator and construction truck sit parked on Sandy Pond Beach on Wednesday morning near Watertown. Oak Orchard Harbor and Johnson Creek are among 20 dredging sites announced Wednesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as part of the state’s $300 million effort to build resiliency along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. With the ongoing… Read More

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Dredging plan for Coney Island Creek ferry site raises toxin concerns

NY, United States

Coney Island Creek is the proposed site for a New York City ferry that would link lower Manhattan and Coney Island, but because the location is too shallow, it would require dredging. An environmental impact statement recently completed of the creeks shows high levels of mercury, lead and other toxins. Natural Resources Protective Association Executive… Read More

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Shore Protection Office reports beach nourishment project moving along in Atlantic Beach

NC, United States

atlantic beach — The $28.2 million Bogue Banks beach nourishment project got off to a fast start this week, as sand was piped to and spread from the Circle development district to the 300 block of Ocean Ridge Road as of Friday morning. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, said the… Read More

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Beach Projects Help But Choices Lie Ahead

NC, United States

February is traditionally downtime for beach towns, but each year the shoreline along some stretches of North Carolina’s central and southern coast is anything but quiet as crews work around the clock to pump millions of cubic yards of sand in a never-ending fight against erosion. Early last week, bulldozers and pipe haulers began crawling… Read More

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Avon takes a step forward towards a potential beach nourishment project

NC, United States

A potential beach nourishment project in Avon took a step forward at the February 4 meeting of the Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC), as the Board unanimously selected contractor Coastal Science and Engineering to submit a contract for a feasibility study. County Manager Bobby Outten explained to the Board that the Capital Improvements Planning… Read More

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Mammoet completes final phase of terminal expansion in Veracruz, Mexico

Mexico

Mammoet’s team has successfully completed the second phase of the relocation of several shipping container cranes for Hutchison Ports ICAVE as part of a planned port expansion in Veracruz, Mexico. Mammoet used 56 axle lines of SPMT to transport two ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and ten rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs). The completion of the crane relocations… Read More

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Delayed Fed OK of Big US Offshore Wind Farm Puts Power Start Date at Risk

MA, United States

Operation of America’s first commercial offshore wind power farm now will not happen in 2022, as feared after federal officials said Feb. 11 that they expect a 16-month delay in issuing a final environmental impact statement for the Vineyard Wind project in Massachusetts waters. “While we need to analyze what a longer permitting timeline will… Read More

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BOEM Delays Vineyard Wind Project

MA, United States

The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released a revised permitting timeline for the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project. The timeline indicates the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Vineyard Wind I project will issued in December, over a year later than its previous target of August 2019. BOEM… Read More

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