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Tropical systems have taken a toll on the coastline of Topsail Island. This year, town leaders in Surf City and Topsail Beach say after finishing up their beach renourishment project, the beaches are ready for this year’s hurricane season. “Storms are unpredictable in terms of magnitude. In terms of type, whether it’s wind-based, water-based, storm… Read More
Tropical systems have taken a toll on the coastline of Topsail Island. This year, town leaders in Surf City and Topsail Beach say after finishing up their beach renourishment project, the beaches are ready for this year’s hurricane season. “Storms are unpredictable in terms of magnitude. In terms of type, whether it’s wind-based, water-based, storm… Read More
FORT MYERS, FL – From a childhood spent building sand castles to adolescent walks on the beach to adults enjoying family time, America’s beaches are synonymous with celebrating summer. Normally, the summer beach season would be beginning in a few days. This year, with COVID-19 still rampant, many of us will have to call upon… Read More
FORT MYERS, FL – From a childhood spent building sand castles to adolescent walks on the beach to adults enjoying family time, America’s beaches are synonymous with celebrating summer. Normally, the summer beach season would be beginning in a few days. This year, with COVID-19 still rampant, many of us will have to call upon… Read More
Spanning construction operations over three Gulf Coast shipyards, Galveston, Texas based Callan Marine places into service its new Jones Act Cutterhead Suction Dredge CSD GENERAL MACARTHUR and its accompanying Idler Barge. Last week, the U.S. Coast Guard cleared the MacArthur with its Certificate of Inspection (COI) and the American Bureau of Shipping classified the new… Read More
Spanning construction operations over three Gulf Coast shipyards, Galveston, Texas based Callan Marine places into service its new Jones Act Cutterhead Suction Dredge CSD GENERAL MACARTHUR and its accompanying Idler Barge. Last week, the U.S. Coast Guard cleared the MacArthur with its Certificate of Inspection (COI) and the American Bureau of Shipping classified the new… Read More
At their regular meeting on Wednesday, May 13, the Barnstable County Commissioners discussed creating a new position to manage the county’s municipal dredge program. The county dredge provides dredging services to municipalities throughout the region. This year an outside consultant was brought in to help chart the future of the program, which has at times… Read More
At their regular meeting on Wednesday, May 13, the Barnstable County Commissioners discussed creating a new position to manage the county’s municipal dredge program. The county dredge provides dredging services to municipalities throughout the region. This year an outside consultant was brought in to help chart the future of the program, which has at times… Read More
Despite facing budgetary shortfalls due to the pandemic-caused economic shutdown, the Crescent City City Council couldn’t pass up a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity and voted to move forward funding a bank stabilization project along Pebble Beach Drive. City Manager Eric Wier explained December 2016 storms caused significant erosion along Pebble Beach Drive from Preston Island to Sixth… Read More
Despite facing budgetary shortfalls due to the pandemic-caused economic shutdown, the Crescent City City Council couldn’t pass up a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity and voted to move forward funding a bank stabilization project along Pebble Beach Drive. City Manager Eric Wier explained December 2016 storms caused significant erosion along Pebble Beach Drive from Preston Island to Sixth… Read More
The yellow numbers and arrows at the bottom of this graphic indicate the areas and amounts of sand in cubic yards tentatively planned for nourishment of Emerald Isle beaches in phase three of the county’s post-Hurricane Florence project on Bogue Banks. At the top are geographic descriptions of the areas. EMERALD ISLE — Phase three… Read More
The yellow numbers and arrows at the bottom of this graphic indicate the areas and amounts of sand in cubic yards tentatively planned for nourishment of Emerald Isle beaches in phase three of the county’s post-Hurricane Florence project on Bogue Banks. At the top are geographic descriptions of the areas. EMERALD ISLE — Phase three… Read More
The dredge is back and is expected to finish what it started by the middle of next week. In late February, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer led-project started its efforts to dredge out East Pass and make it safer for boaters to navigate, but at the same time use the sand to restore the… Read More
The dredge is back and is expected to finish what it started by the middle of next week. In late February, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer led-project started its efforts to dredge out East Pass and make it safer for boaters to navigate, but at the same time use the sand to restore the… Read More
ATLANTIC — Work on the dredging portion of the Atlantic Harbor improvement project wrapped up this week, according to Carteret County Shore Protection Office Manager Greg Rudolph. Despite several periods of windy, stormy weather since contractor T.D. Eure of Beaufort began work in mid-April, “everything progressed nicely,” Mr. Rudolph said this week. As a result,… Read More