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June 6, 2019 – Orange Beach, AL – (OBA®) – Orange Beach has been asked to administer $475,000 of a $3 million Restore Act project studying hydrology and sediment in Perdido Bay from the U.S. 98 bridge in Lillian to the Gulf. “It’s a three-part study for beneficial use of dredged sediment,” Coastal Resources Director… Read More
Most of the erosion at Haleiwa Beach Park is behind the seawall fronting the Waimea-side of the comfort station. City parks officials say repairs to a seawall damaged by severe erosion at Haleiwa Beach Park are finally beginning and are expected to be completed this fall before the winter swells arrive on Oahu’s North Shore…. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District, Col. Andrew Kelly and the executive director for Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PRPA), Anthony O. Maceira Zayas signed a partnership agreement on May 24 to move forward to the design phase of the San Juan Harbor Navigation Improvements project. The $54 million project will improve the harbor… Read More
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) recognized the Duval County Shore Protection Project as one of the nation’s best restored beaches for 2019. The project includes four county beaches: Atlantic, Neptune and Jacksonville beaches, and Hannah Park. The area had back to back sand renourishments over more than eight miles of shoreline following… Read More
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has been named a national winner for Best Restored Beaches from the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA). CPRA’s Caminada Headland Beach and Dune Restoration project restored more than 13 miles of beach and dune. The project restored more than 1,059 acres of beach, dune and… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTGS FOX 28) — The US Army Corps of Engineers have been testing a dissolved oxygen injection system on Hutchinson Island for the past two months. The dredging from the Savannah Harbor Expansion project decreases the oxygen content in the water. That’s a problem for species living in the Savannah River that need… Read More
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — The eagerly anticipated Anclote River dredging project is once again expected to move forward after $3 million in federal funding set aside for the effort was diverted last year. The office of Rep. Gus Bilirakis announced last month that the funding was reinstated. “I think it’s a valuable asset for the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers usually waits until the spring floods have receded before dredging. This year, it’s making an exception. A larger-than-usual snowpack, waterlogged soils and intensive rains have led to prolonged flooding and multiple crests on the Mississippi River — and more sediment and dredge work for the crews tasked with keeping… Read More
Brandon Beilstein and Neil Hoobler, President, Supreme Manufacturing Alfredo Ranaldi and Maurice Freivokh of DragFlow The crowd at Ice Breaker Reception Duncan McTaggart and Steve Miller of Ellicott with Alexandra Schafer of the Corps of Engineers Peter Bowe, DredgeWire with Ben Sumpter, CEO of Ellicott Dredges and Paul Quinn, VP Sales Michael Randall and Ron… Read More
Compromise being the theme for the day, it was encouraging news for boaters over the weekend that the state will improve their access to Lake Sunapee. But improving the boat ramp at the state beach should not be the end of the matter. The great lakes of New Hampshire are and by right should be… Read More
ORLEANS – Selectmen in Orleans voted unanimously last month to move ahead with the first year of a revised scope of field investigations and permitting for a less ambitious dredging of Nauset Estuary. The vote comes without the financial support of neighboring Eastham. The revised program includes backing off 100 feet or more from the… Read More
Massive crane rigging on the banks of the Susquehanna River in the City of Binghamton residents have been noticing lately is part of a Superfund Site clean up. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and New York State Electric and Gas have begun addressing contamination related to the Binghamton Court Street Former Manufactured… Read More
Key Biscayne is working with Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez to reverse a negative decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about long-term renourishment of island beaches, officials said. Beach renourishment, long a Village Council priority, was dealt a setback when the Corps wrote May 13 that Key Biscayne fell short of federal requirements needed… Read More
Where do they come from? What lives on and between them? How do they affect swimming? PANAMA CITY BEACH — Just offshore, a kind of river runs parallel to the coastline of Panama City Beach. Despite having no name, it’s one of the places most frequented by tourists, who often stand on its two ever… Read More
BINGHAMTON (WBNG) — What’s that barge on the river in Binghamton? It’s a question 12 News viewers have been asking this week. According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the activity along the Susquehanna River shoreline includes dredging of contaminated sediments related to a former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) that operated at… Read More