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SARASOTA, Fla. (FOX 13) – White sands and crystal-clear water: that’s what first brought Bill Gilroy of Ohio to Lido Beach. “When we first came there, the beach was out to the rocks,” he said. That was during his wedding nearly 7 years ago. He and his wife come back every year and have seen… Read More
FENWICK ISLAND – An additional $15,000 is expected to help a Fenwick Island committee further its efforts to secure a dredging project in the Little Assawoman Bay. Last Friday, the Fenwick Island Town Council agreed to establish a $15,000 budget for the Fenwick Island Dredging Committee to complete soil testing, pay for consulting services and… Read More
(Photo: John Tunney) Downtown George Meservey, director of planning and community development and Tom Daley, director of public works and natural resources will review upcoming Village Center projects on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 8:30 a.m. at the Old Firehouse Gallery, 44 Main St. Daley will talk about plans by the state to continue working on… Read More
NEWBURYPORT — After completing a recent trip to Washington, D.C., Mayor Donna Holaday said she feels officials are on the right track toward securing a project to provide much-needed nourishment for Plum Island’s dunes. Holaday was joined by Sen. Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, and members of the Plum Island Foundation on the trip, which included a… Read More
BRANSON, Mo. – The city of Branson has received hundred federal reimbursements for the 2015 flood. The city received $306,403.20 from the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for 66% of what the City of Branson paid for Dredging the Meadows Water Treatment Plant from the December 2015 floods…. Read More
The Port Authority of the Port of Port St. Joe has submitted a pre-application to Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc. seeking $15 million for the first phase of dredging the federally-authorized shipping channel. The pre-application, submitted this week, must be reviewed by staff for adherence to Triumph guidelines for disbursing some $1.5 billion in BP fine… Read More
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Members of the Raleigh County Commission are scheduled to meet with legislative leaders this week to discuss a proposal to transfer ownership of Little Beaver State Park to the county. The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources currently operates the 600-acre park, which includes an 18-acre lake. Raleigh County Commission President David… Read More
OCEAN CITY— For T.J. Heist, owner of the inflatable Totally Tubular Aqua Park, his first year in business last summer brought an unforeseen challenge: low tide paired with built-up silt in the bay meant water was sometimes too shallow for swimming. He’d be forced close shop for a few hours. Last week, workers finished clearing… Read More
Pipe is being positioned on Indian River County beaches just south of Sebastian Inlet to carry sand dredged from the inlet’s sand trap for the Sebastian Inlet District’s ongoing dredging and beach renourishment project. (Photo: SEBASTIAN INLET DISTRICT PHOTO) Florida Sen. Debbie Mayfield has introduced a bill that would overhaul how state funding for beach… Read More
The Canaveral Harbor Federal Sand Bypass Project (Phase V) began on December 6, 2018. Touted as the largest sand bypass project in Port Canaveral in more than 20 years, work will entail removal of approximately 1.34 million cubic yards of sand and placement onto 3.5 miles of beach. Locally sponsored by the Canaveral Port Authority,… Read More
Left to right, with Mayor Lenny Curry front and center: Bill Gulliford, Ellen Glasser, Rory Diamond, Elaine Brown and Charlie Latham. Brendan Rivers / WJCT News Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said Wednesday he’s putting together a committee on sea-level rise, shortly after he announced the renourishment project to repair Jacksonville-area beaches damaged by recent hurricanes… Read More
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Repairs to the Ocean Beach Pier could be delayed and more damage to the pier could occur as three storms prepare to move through San Diego this weekend. Crews are still assessing the damages to the pier, according to Alec Phillipp, with the City of San Diego. Crews were also still… Read More
The Gulf Coast Chapter of the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) was back in the Big Easy for its annual conference, held from November 13 to 15, 2018, at the ACE Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 2018 conference, which rotates each year between New Orleans, Mobile, Alabama, and Galveston, Texas, drew 163 attendees. Presentations ranged… Read More
Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (NSF) – In what would be the largest budget in state history, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday released a proposed $91.3 billion spending plan that would increase school funding, pump money into water-quality projects and trim taxes. DeSantis’ proposal is a starting point for lawmakers, who… Read More
The specialized fleet of Delta-Pilot, the branch of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority, almost doubled dredging in 2018 compared with 2017, to 1.341 million cubic meters. More than a third of this volume (497,300 cubic meters) is the result of the operation of the Meotid dredger in Mariupol and Berdiansk ports of the Sea of… Read More