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SUSSEX COUNTY, Del. Massey’s Ditch was last dredged in 2002. Mariners say the waterway had become unsafe and that boats often ran aground, especially at low tide. The 100 foot wide channel is on schedule to be dredged by the end of this week. “It had a lot of very shallow areas,” says J.F. Brennan… Read More
The turbines might be in the Outer Banks, but a planned wind farm in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, could have a huge economic impact in Virginia Beach and Hampton Roads, according to project leaders. The Kitty Hawk wind farm project, which would provide enough power for 700,000 homes, has cleared several obstacles on the way… Read More
Ontonagon — The Army Corps of Engineers amended its 2020 budget to include dredging for the Ontonagon Harbor this summer, according to a Monday report to the Ontonagon Village Council. Joe Erickson, Ontonagon Village manager told the council that he has received an amended work plan from the Corps, which shows an additional $1.1 million… Read More
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), at a news conference in Manhattan Sunday, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was planning to pull crews and dredges from the South Shore of Long Island to work on a nonemergency project near President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Sen. Chuck Schumer blasted the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, MAN. – The Manitoba government is putting $61 million towards upgrades of Portage la Prairie’s Water Pollution Control Facility. The city of Portage la Prairie owns and operates the facility which provides treatment for municipal and industrial waste water before it is discharged into the Assiniboine River as well as serving the… Read More
Climate change is a global challenge which can best be addressed through partnerships, bringing together expertise from around the world. The combination of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Dominion Energy to advance offshore wind power in the United States is an example of how private industry can drive innovation and, with public policy support, help… Read More
U.S. Geological Survey Hawaii County planner Bethany Morrison walks along the Ka’u coast during a University of Hawaii at Hilo research project that looked at coastal erosion on the Big Island, the results of which are helping shape county planning policies. Research on the Big Island’s coastal erosion, led by a University of Hawaii at… Read More
The first phase of the dredging of the Annisquam River is set to end Friday at midnight after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received a second two-week extension to mitigate the invasive nature of the project on the local environment and the river’s habitat. Gloucester Harbormaster T.J. Ciarametaro on Monday said the new deadline… Read More
Why Do You Need to Fortify Your Dunes? It is a well-established fact that sand dunes are the coastline’s first line of defense against the destructive forces of wind and waves. They are absolutely vital in not only protecting your property but also in the construction/conservation of an ecosystem that supports native plants and wildlife…. Read More
U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Monday announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has allocated $274,300,000 for the Port of Mobile in its Fiscal Year 2020 Work Plan, officially providing the final resources needed to dredge Alabama’s seaport. The funding – which accounts for the full federal share of the project cost –… Read More
ATLANTIC BEACH — The Liberty Island dredge boat went into port Friday but had already nourished roughly 8,000 linear feet of the strand in Atlantic Beach, depositing 280,000 cubic yards of sand. “The project is going very well, and the completed section of the beach looks fantastic,” Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore… Read More
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) – The narrow passage between Oak Island and Holden Beach is even more narrow than usual as sediment buildup has left Lockwood Folly Inlet at critically-shallow depths. According to the Feb. 3 survey by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a majority of the inlet is less than six feet deep… Read More
BATON ROUGE — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that the RESTORE Council has voted to approve $130 million in Deepwater Horizon oil spill dollars to fund the River Reintroduction into the Maurepas Swamp project, a major win for the state’s coastal program. Administered by Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), the project will… Read More
The old Charleston Naval Shipyard will be brought back into substantial military service again as the Coast Guard announces plans to add more boats, buildings and bodies to make it one of the branch’s largest bases in the nation. Adm. Karl Schultz said the branch plans to homeport five national security cutters and a group… Read More
Stantec is leading a design team for a U.S. $165-million project to rebuild and raise the existing wharf and esplanade on the waterfront at Lower Manhattan’s Battery Park to protect the area from rising high tides resulting from climate change. The Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency Battery project will span one third of a mile of… Read More