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‘You can go and do studies all you want,’ says Happy Valley-Goose Bay Mayor Wally Andersen Some residents of Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Mud Lake Road want the Churchill River dredged to reduce the risk of flooding. “We need this river dredged to take the sandbars because the sandbars are built up,” said John Chiasson,… Read More
Results are preliminary, final report due in August Required testing of a system to mitigate oxygen loss from the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) is complete, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday. SHEP will deepen the Savannah River from 42 to 47 feet to accommodate larger, fully loaded ships and allow for fewer… Read More
A study commissioned by King Ranch Inc. claims that projects like the one proposed by a Switzerland-based international commodities company off the Padre Island National Seashore are “safe and effective.” The study examined the single point mooring systems, which is what Trafigura’s Texas Gulf Terminals project plans to implement, in terms of their use to… Read More
Work to restore two barrier islands and one barrier headland in the Terrebonne Basin is expected to begin in 2020. The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management signed an agreement Monday to use sand from federal waters to restore about 1,400 acres of habitat on Trinity-East Island,… Read More
ASPN’s full DC Team | WaterLog and Capitol Beach On this special joint podcast from The Capitol Beach and Water Log, hosts Derek Brockbank, Howard Marlowe and Dan Ginolfi have a discussion with the leadership of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning and Policy. Eric Bush, Acting Director, and Joe Redican, Deputy Director, bring district… Read More
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were in Wachapreague on Tuesday to answer questions and solicit comments from the public about a proposal to use dredge spoils to build up nearby marshland. The Army Corps and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission recently announced the release of a draft program related to proposed future… Read More
Little Egg Harbor Township — The shoreline restoration project on Iowa Court in Little Egg Harbor Township seems to be on track for completion this summer. The bulkhead is almost finished; then the rocks and backfill will commence. David Fuller, a member of the dredge committee of the Osborn Island Residents Association, said the amount… Read More
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The Port Clinton Lakeshore Preserve has a lot of moving parts and the wetlands restoration project will take time, but the five-year project in the muck and mire of the marsh on the Lake Erie shoreline in downtown Port Clinton finally began this week. Noxious phragmites, an invasive parasitic plant that had taken over the… Read More
June 6, 2019 – Orange Beach, AL – (OBA®) – Orange Beach has been asked to administer $475,000 of a $3 million Restore Act project studying hydrology and sediment in Perdido Bay from the U.S. 98 bridge in Lillian to the Gulf. “It’s a three-part study for beneficial use of dredged sediment,” Coastal Resources Director… Read More
Most of the erosion at Haleiwa Beach Park is behind the seawall fronting the Waimea-side of the comfort station. City parks officials say repairs to a seawall damaged by severe erosion at Haleiwa Beach Park are finally beginning and are expected to be completed this fall before the winter swells arrive on Oahu’s North Shore…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District, Col. Andrew Kelly and the executive director for Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PRPA), Anthony O. Maceira Zayas signed a partnership agreement on May 24 to move forward to the design phase of the San Juan Harbor Navigation Improvements project. The $54 million project will improve the harbor… Read More
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) recognized the Duval County Shore Protection Project as one of the nation’s best restored beaches for 2019. The project includes four county beaches: Atlantic, Neptune and Jacksonville beaches, and Hannah Park. The area had back to back sand renourishments over more than eight miles of shoreline following… Read More
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has been named a national winner for Best Restored Beaches from the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA). CPRA’s Caminada Headland Beach and Dune Restoration project restored more than 13 miles of beach and dune. The project restored more than 1,059 acres of beach, dune and… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTGS FOX 28) — The US Army Corps of Engineers have been testing a dissolved oxygen injection system on Hutchinson Island for the past two months. The dredging from the Savannah Harbor Expansion project decreases the oxygen content in the water. That’s a problem for species living in the Savannah River that need… Read More
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — The eagerly anticipated Anclote River dredging project is once again expected to move forward after $3 million in federal funding set aside for the effort was diverted last year. The office of Rep. Gus Bilirakis announced last month that the funding was reinstated. “I think it’s a valuable asset for the… Read More