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The town marina project continues to move ahead of schedule, even with new health guidelines to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. Deputy Town Manager Jay Boodheshwar gave an update for the project at a virtual meeting Friday, saying the project is moving quickly. Because some parts of the project are underway at the same time,… Read More
Morgan & Eklund, Inc (M&E), a Florida-based land and hydrographic survey firm, today released details of critical pre-and post-construction surveys for Eastman Aggregate Enterprises LLC, a contractor working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, together with the City of Miami Beach and Miami-Dade County, of the completed Miami Beach Hotspots Beach Renourishment Project. Despite… Read More
At its Tuesday night meeting, the Campbell County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a request to rezone property on Timberlake Drive from residential single family to business general commercial to allow for the use of a sediment storage site. The approval is part of the ongoing efforts by the Timberlake Homeowners Association to dredge Timber… Read More
COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Toward the end of 2019, a boat capsized in the Charleston Marina in Coos Bay. The accident happened because of a sandbar, and now officials are working to get this dangerous location dredged. During a town hall in January held by senator Jeff Merkley, a citizen brought to his attention there… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, on July 21 sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging the preparation of emergency contingency plans at the Port of Gold Beach, which has been threatened by severe shoaling. “Shoaling in the navigation channel (at the… Read More
OGDENSBURG, N.Y. (WWNY) – It’s heavy lifting at the Port of Ogdensburg, but worth it as a $1 million project for the port continues on. Parts of the Roaring Brook Wind Farm in Lewis County shipped in Thursday. We could see shipping containers being unloaded at the Port of Ogdensburg. The containers have electronic components… Read More
The Tuckerton Borough Council approved a plan Monday allowing the community to solicit funds to act a a down payment for a Tuckerton Beach dredging project. The “hybrid” meeting of the council Monday night, July 20, in which the council and mayor met in town hall and others met virtually had some glitches – it… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed a deal to purchase land that will serve as permanent storage for dredge material taken from Pool 5 for 80 to 100 years. KELLOGG — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has found a home for up to 100 years of dredge material it will likely carve off… Read More
Washington County and Hagerstown officials were at odds again this week over another financial matter — the city’s request for the county landfill to accept dredging material from the Pangborn Park lake for free. Waiving the landfill fee for the material would cost the county about $110,000 to $139,000 in revenue if the county charged… Read More
Tropical Storm Cristobal ate away the beach of Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island to the huge sand-filled tube at the core of a protective levee, and the Army Corps of Engineers says permits and studies keep it or anyone else from repairing much of the beach until well after hurricane season. State and local officials… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers plans to expand its East Side disposal site for contaminated sediment as it nears capacity — crushing neighbors’ hopes for public park space along the river. EAST SIDE — The Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with plans to expand a lakefront dump site so the agency can continue… Read More
Augusta and others suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over plans for New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam will get a chance to inspect it themselves. The deepening of the Savannah harbor is about 70 percent complete, but upstream, a major mitigation effort continues to hits snags. It’s the New Savannah Bluff Lock and… Read More
LIDO BEACH, Fla. (WWSB) – 700,000 cubic yards of sand is now being pumped from Big Pass to Lido Beach as part of a major renourishment project. Sarasota city officials are calling this the Lido Shoreline Stabilization and Hurricane Protection Plan. They tell ABC 7, this will help with the erosion issues that continues to… Read More
FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. — Flagler Beach is among the most fragile beaches on the east coast and for years the pounding surf has punished the dunes. In 2016, Hurricane Matthew took out a portion of A1A, but a new federal beautification project could provide some relief. Flagler County leaders are enthusiastic about the Army Corp… Read More
In a decision that Connecticut Attorney General William Tong called “a major victory for Connecticut’s maritime economy,” the U.S. District Court in New York has upheld the state’s choice of a new dredge disposal site in eastern Connecticut. The 1.3-mile underwater site, between the mouth of the Thames River and Fishers Island, was designated by… Read More