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TARPON SPRINGS — When the city learned in March that $3 million in federal funding for the Anclote River dredging project had been diverted to hurricane relief efforts in the Panhandle, Mayor Chris Alahouzos was upset, but he vowed the project would continue moving forward. “I am very, very unhappy with what’s going on, losing… Read More
The state budget passed by the Hawaii Legislature includes funding for repairs at Waikiki Beach, officials said. The legislature approved about $13 million for improvements to the crumbling Royal Hawaiian seawall and other man-made structures at the state’s most visited beach, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Sunday. “This is the largest appropriation for beach improvements on… Read More
The Dredge Ellis Island is now working off a landing point located just south of Outer Banks Pier, according to the Town of Nags Head. Over the next five to six days, the construction associated with this dredge will progress about 500 feet south to tie into the beach that has already been nourished near… Read More
U.S. Forest Forest Service crews have restarted work on the Bonanza Stream Restoration Project. The project, which is located near the historic Bonanza town site in the Yankee Fork drainage, will restore nearly a mile of the Yankee Fork that was impacted by dredge mining. It will will substantially improve the ability of the Yankee… Read More
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will put $13.5 million in Waterway Improvement Fund grants towards projects that support boating all over the Bay. Some of the 58 projects being funded are statewide, like $2 million that will go towards replacing the state’s ice breaker, J. Millard Tawes, and $1.241 million for storm damage… Read More
On Monday, June 3, Dare County Board of Commissioners approved a beach nourishment project for Buxton. The $19.8 million project scheduled for 2021 will put one million cubic yards in the same nourished project area completed on February 27, 2018. The project combines $5.8 million through Federal Emergency Management Agency for 300,000 cubic-yard sand loss… Read More
Two dredges are working again off the Nags Head beach as pumping continues not far from fishing piers on the north and south ends of town. The Ellis Island is delivering sand just south of Outer Banks Fishing Pier in South Nags Head. Over the next five to six days, construction will progress about 500… Read More
ORLEANS — Plans to dredge the Nauset Estuary seem to be stuck in the sand as town officials try to convince Eastham to go along with the project. Fishermen and boaters have come to the town of Orleans pleading that something be done to open up the channel from Town Cove through Nauset Harbor and… Read More
Washington – A fierce court battle between Connecticut and New York over the state’s dumping of sediment in the eastern portion of Long Island Sound will come to a head this summer. Connecticut says the new underwater dump site is needed to maintain the state’s economic development effort – including its lucrative submarine construction business… Read More
BOSTON — The Baker-Polito administration announced its fiscal year 2020 Capital Investment Plan Thursday, with funding for two major projects in the city. The plan includes $10 million for the city’s harbor dredging project and $115 million for South Coast Rail. The funding for dredging is “part of the Administration’s continuing commitment to economic development… Read More
The federal government is taking a new look at curing North Jacksonville’s dying Fort George River inlet, which is choking on an enormous amount of trapped sand that could one day dam the tidal river from the Atlantic Ocean. The inlet’s troubles are well-documented, as are the associated threats of erosion to Little Talbot Island,… Read More
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) – The Georgia and South Carolina coasts have taken a beating from tropical systems over the past few hurricane seasons. Tropical Storms Bonnie, Colin, Hermine and Hurricanes Matthew, Irma and Michael all contributed to significant beach erosion along the coast. Hurricanes Matthew and Irma’s storm surge and wave run-up contributed the… Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – A multimillion dollar dredging project is underway on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway from Georgetown to Charleston. The Army Corps of Engineer aims to remove 50,000 dump trucks worth of silt material from the Breach Inlet area of the waterway during this current dredge project. The project manager overseeing this said removing… Read More
SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — Boat season is seemingly year-round in the Lowcountry, but it takes a lot of work to keep it that way. A major dredging project is underway along the Atlantic Intracoastal Water Way. The Army Corps of Engineers is working to remove sand and sediment sitting on the bottom. Build-up occurs… Read More
Hartford — Backed by Connecticut lawmakers and hundreds of maritime businesses that bank on periodic dredging of area channels and harbors, state Attorney General William Tong recently filed a brief in U.S. District Court responding to New York’s effort to block a 30-year silt disposal site in Connecticut waters between the mouth of the Thames… Read More