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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
In February, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) announced that construction is complete on the Oyster Bayou Marsh Creation and Terracing project in Cameron Parish. Construction on the project began in December 2016. Located west of the Calcasieu Ship Channel near the Gulf of Mexico, this project used dredged sediment from the Gulf… Read More
KANKAKEE — Bob Lathim says he was excited when he and his wife bought their house south of Aroma Park in September 2017. It’s in a neighborhood with well-kept homes shaded by large, mature trees. The Kankakee River flows along the east side of the subdivision. “This is a great place to raise a family… Read More
Out in Jekyll Creek, work continues on the first dredging of that part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in more than 20 years. Out on a state Department of Natural Resources boat, the depth finder put the situation clear — at low tide, the depth is only around 5 feet. If you’ve been out in… Read More
4H Construction Corporation of Cleveland, Mississippi, began removing shoal material from Horseshoe Cove and the turning basin. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District awarded the $2,067,025 contract in December 2018. The dredging will return this area to its authorized depth of 6 feet, with 1 foot of allowable over-depth. The project is expected… Read More
After years of neglect and the second-wettest winter on record, the San Rafael Canal is in more urgent need of dredging than ever, Marin lawmakers, city officials and local activists say. The torrential rain that beat on Marin over the stormy season has flushed high volumes of sediment down hillsides into the creek, shoaling the… Read More
International environmental non-profit, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), has set a new ambition to unlock up to $1.6bn in the restoration and conservation of marine environments, through a $40m (£30m) “Blue Bonds for Ocean Conservation”. TNC will aim to protect up to 1.5 million square miles of ocean habitats, which in turn will benefit around 43… Read More
Somers Point’s New Transient Marina Anticipated Completion in Summer 2019 Somers Point, NJ – April 11, 2019 – Construction of a new bayfront marina at the end of Higbee Avenue in Somers Point is underway with completion expected in the summer of 2019. Wickberg Marina Contracting, Inc. of Belford, NJ recently completed the dredging phase… Read More
HOLMES BEACH – The situation at Spring Lake isn’t likely to resolve itself and commissioners want to explore all of their options before deciding how to proceed with a cleanup. During an April 9 meeting, City Engineer Lynn Burnett and fellow LTA Engineers representative Eron Wasserman gave commissioners an update on the effort to clean… Read More
OTTUMWA — Most items brought to the city council during its formal meetings include a vote. Two big ones from Tuesday night didn’t. City staff briefed council members on the planned streetscape project and a set of possible additions to the final renovations at the Beach, but didn’t ask members to make a decision on… Read More