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Sandy Harbor residents Soc Gonzalez and Keith Woody stood on the historic bank and looked out at Sandy Creek. The problem was a pile of sand was all there was to look at. “Sandy Creek is over there, behind that,” said Gonzalez, referring to the massive buildup of sand that stretches up and down this… Read More
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Midwest Chapter meeting took place in Memphis, Tennessee, from March 6 to March 8. About 70 members attended to hear presentations on safety issues, hydrographic surveying innovations and sediment analysis. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredge Quality Management Program and Corps district offices in the region also provided updates… Read More
The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Budget includes $138 million for the 52-foot Charleston Harbor deepening project, a milestone that provides an opportunity for the project to receive Congressional funding for construction. The Port of Corpus Christi’s Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP) was funded at $53 million in the proposed budget. The U.S. Army Corps… Read More
The federal agency that keeps tabs on how taxpayer dollars are spent has sided with the Army Corps of Engineers in a bidding dispute for for a contract to deepen part of Charleston Harbor, but the work could still face delays. The Government Accountability Office said in a March 26 decision that the Army Corps… Read More
The Corps dredge McFarland, based out of Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia, returned home on March 14 after completing an emergency dredging mission in the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River, 90 miles south of New Orleans. The McFarland, one of four Corps owned and operated deep-draft dredging vessels, arrived in the Gulf in early February…. Read More
BEND, OR — Bend City Councilors must decide whether the city should chip in money to dredge Mirror Pond. They’ll host a public listening session Monday to get feedback on what the community wants. City Manager Eric King says dealing with silt build-up is a controversial issue made more complicated by the city’s lack of… Read More
The offshore wind industry is on the verge of a boom in coastal states along the Atlantic. Some believe the same boom could have similar implications for the Great Lakes. In 2007 and again in 2010, then-state Rep. John Hornaman proposed placing wind turbines on Lake Erie. Hornaman, an Erie Democrat who represented the 3rd… Read More
OSWEGO — Oswego is hoping the federal government comes through with money to fix its beloved shoreline damaged during flooding in the summer of 2017. Mayor William Barlow Jr. said final figures are still being calculated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but “at this time we expect approximately $5 million in restoration funding to… Read More
HOBART — The city is pursuing a project to help control the sediment on the bed of Lake George without the use of dredging. Mayor Brian Snedecor said the bioaugmentation treatment process has been used in other states, including Michigan, but this will be a first for Hobart. In addition to addressing sediment, a three-year… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock completed the emergency restoration of the Atlantic Ocean’s Gilgo Feeder Beach in the Town of Babylon, Long Island. The project restored coastal storm risk reduction measures that reduce the risk of barrier island breaches and protect critical infrastructure. The work, led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District,… Read More
If the Environmental Protection Agency finds that the multiyear, multimillion-dollar dredging of the Hudson River didn’t work, then more dredging isn’t the answer. The best way to clean the river would have been for General Electric not to dump in it more than a million pounds of an oily chemical pollutant in the first place…. Read More
“You don’t even get weeks’ worth of protection; it goes away before the next significant storm hits.” WILMINGTON — After coastal engineer Chris Gibson called Surf City’s recent $300,000 beach push operation an “emotional benefit,” we caught up with coastal erosion specialist Spencer Rogers to get his take. Rogers works with the North Carolina Sea… Read More
The mouth of the Black River canal is getting its almost-annual face-lift. Crews started dredging excess sand from the mouth of the Black River Canal on Wednesday. The sand being removed will be placed in the waters of Lake Huron along a small public beach at the end of Holland Avenue, said Dave Smith, city… Read More
Homeowners on Cape Cod have long looked for innovative technology to protect their homes from erosion, but it looks likely that rows of timber pilings will not fit the bill, at least not ones that are packed tightly together. That is the takeaway from the latest decision implicating a proposal made by three New Seabury… Read More
NEWBURYPORT — The city’s dune nourishment project planned for Reservation Terrace on Plum Island has been postponed until September, according to Mayor Donna Holaday. The city originally had plans to begin dredging about 1,000 cubic yards of sand from Plum Island point on Monday, and to use it to extend and build up the berm… Read More