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A pair of dredges are now working on Nags Head’s $42.7 million beach renourishment project on opposite ends of town, which is currently projected to be completed around Labor Day. Work will progress over the next two weeks towards the Outer Banks Pier at milepost 18.5 before leaving the project, according to an update from… Read More
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A $125 million plan to maintain and enhance New Hampshire’s infrastructure has passed the state Senate. The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to approve a two-year capital budget that includes projects all over the state, from dredging at Rye Harbor to rebuilding the access road at the prison in Berlin. Sen. David… Read More
There’s a new landscape to part of Duxbury Beach after completion of a $1.4 million dune restoration project. As it celebrates its 100th anniversary, Duxbury Beach Reservation Inc. has issued its first ever annual impact report noting progress on preparing for and limiting erosion. DUXBURY — Visitors to Duxbury Beach this summer will be greeted… Read More
About $50 worth of damage was reported at the Lake Linganore dredging site earlier this week. Michelle Doster, general manager of the Lake Linganore Association, confirmed the damage in an interview Friday. The vandalism consisted of graffiti, beer cans littered around the equipment and rods driven through a post in the middle of the lake,… Read More
PORT CLINTON – As Lake Erie’s record high water levels continue to erode shorelines across the region, a prominent group of lakefront property owners hope the state’s permitting process will allow residents to quickly protect and repair their properties. Ohio Lakefront Group members met Thursday at the Catawba Island Club for their annual meeting, with… Read More
A Portage Canal improvement project that had seemed stagnant for years is moving forward, about 40 people learned Thursday at a public meeting. City Engineer Aaron Jahncke told the group that a 3,600-foot segment of the canal, from Adams Street east to the Canadian Pacific Railroad tracks, will be dredged of about a century’s worth… Read More
OCEAN CITY, Md.- The U.S. Army Corps of engineers held a meeting at the Worcester County Library in Berlin on Thursday night to discuss sediment build-up occurring in the Inlet. Fishermen, and recreational boaters say the build-up is the worst after a big storm and can cause safety risks, and can be costly. Engineers say… Read More
BRYAN, Tex. (KBTX) – The Bryan City Council plans to spend more money to improve a lake that has suffered pollution problems. It’s part of their plan at the new regional park at the old municipal golf course on Villa Maria Road. At Thursday’s city council meeting, leaders approved a plan for an additional $49,000… Read More
HICKMAN, KY — The rising Mississippi River could cause a problem for barges traveling through our area. The river’s levels at the Hickman-Fulton County Riverport are expected to crest at 48.5 feet next week. “It could affect us because of the wheat harvest,” said river port director Greg Curlin. “That’s usually when we start harvesting… Read More
Beaches. Fixing them, maintaining them and paying for it all years into the future will likely be topics of conversation, study and — possibly — an election in early 2020 as the town advances toward a new shoreline management plan. The first slice appears in the town’s budget proposals for fiscal year 2020 in the… Read More
Louisiana crews drive 110-foot poles into the Bayou Chene channel bottom as they prepare to sink a barge as a flood-control mechanism. State and federal officials are battling historic flooding. The Army Corps of Engineers is struggling to control historic flows at the southern terminus of the Mississippi River even as it takes unprecedented steps… Read More
SURFSIDE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – The town is looking to pay for a roughly $10 million replacement to one of its most iconic landmarks: the fishing pier. The wooden pier, which was destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in 2016, will be replaced by a concrete one. “As we have (U.S.) Highway 17 being done, don’t forget… Read More
Local county taxes — especially hotel accommodation taxes — play an important role in funding coastal projects all around the aAmerican shoreline. Charlotte County, Florida — hime o Manasota Key and Don Pedro-Knight Island — prove an example for effective local coastal spending. Coastal projects making the cut this year is Charlotte County ranged from… Read More
Boaters can’t tie up at slip until silt is trucked to land-based disposal site The City of Saint John is scrambling to make arrangements for visiting boaters this summer after a plan to dredge contaminated soil at Market Slip fell through. No companies responded to a request for tenders this month to dredge 3,000 cubic… Read More
Nags Head’s $42.7 million beach renourishment project moved into its next phase as contractors started pumping and moving sand along the northern end of town. But work off South Nags Head has ground to a halt temporarily. The Dredge Liberty Island began working Tuesday near the Curlew Street public beach access at about milepost 11.5,… Read More