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Sometimes the beach needs a boost. The first of two phases of beach renourishment, approved by the Manatee County (FL) board of commissioners in October 2019, got under way July 2 to restore sand lost through erosion. A contractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is restocking a 5.5-mi. stretch of beach in… Read More
Two boats capsized and three others needed assistance over the July Fourth weekend OCEANSIDE — City and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials say the entrance to the Oceanside harbor will have to be dredged again this fall, the second time this year, to keep it open and safe for navigation through the winter. Sand… Read More
The U.S. Department of Energy announced this week it will allow firms to export liquefied natural gas to international markets from the proposed Jordan Cove terminal on the southern coast of Oregon. The move brings natural gas producers in landlocked states like Wyoming closer to tapping into demand for the commodity overseas, proponents said. U.S…. Read More
RYE — Congressman Chris Pappas toured coastal infrastructure last Thursday and learned about an initiative to guard against future flood events. The Democratic representative for the 1st District learned about the Rockingham Planning Commission’s High Water Mark Initiative to identify flood adaptation and resilience actions. Pappas spoke with representatives of the state Department of Environmental… Read More
#ThrowbackThursday The 13-mile Caminada Headlands restored a vital barrier between Port Fourchon and the Gulf of Mexico, providing storm surge protection for the nation’s leading energy port that services 90 percent of the offshore rigs and platforms in the Gulf. This was the largest CPRA restoration project to date, restoring 1,060 acres using 8.84 million… Read More
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, in partnership with the Virginia Resources Authority, has closed a loan with Hampton Roads Sanitation District to finance $100 million of their Capital Improvement Plan and Sustainable Water Infrastructure for Tomorrow (SWIFT) Program. The first and largest of its kind for Virginia’s Clean Water Revolving Loan Fund program, the… Read More
The Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), and the Chair of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) yesterday introduced The Maritime Transportation System Emergency Relief Act (MTSERA). The legislation is designed to provide relief to those in the maritime industry during a… Read More
LOWELLVILLE — A company from Hilliard filtered steel mill sediment from the Mahoning River on Friday so dredging can begin soon. The preliminary work is in anticpation of a dam removal project headed by the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments. The plan, developed several years ago, is to remove nine dams from Lowellville to Leavittsburg,… Read More
NEW YORK — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, announces the signing of Report of the Chief of Engineers for the Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point (FIMP), New York Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. “This Chief’s report and lessons learned from Sandy plot a path of resilience and mitigation we must… Read More
An $863,500 proposal to dredge Town Pond led to a heated discussion about budget priorities at last Thursday’s virtual meeting of the East Hampton Village Board. According to Becky Molinaro Hansen, the village administrator, the village plans to borrow money for the dredging by issuing a bond next spring. The interest payments would not be… Read More
Topsail Beach will be reimbursed more than $2.5 million to cover the replacement of more than 312,000 cubic yards of beach sand following a damaging storm surge caused by the 2019 Hurricane Dorian. Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA’s, total share for this project is more than $1.9 million and the state’s share is more… Read More
TARPON SPRINGS — The multiphased, multimillion-dollar Anclote River Dredge Project has been touted as a bipartisan collaboration between local, county, state and federal governments. Unfortunately, Tarpon Springs officials recently learned the state’s contribution of more than $800,000 for work on the Extended Turning Basin portion of the project was vetoed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The… Read More
Several leaders of local governments and organizations in Pinellas County had been patiently waiting with fingers crossed on Gov. Ron DeSantis to make his final decisions on the state budget. The financial implications of the coronavirus pandemic had already lowered expectations for many, but that didn’t make it sting any less when DeSantis on June… Read More