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Impact from heavy rain last month continues to be felt by commuters north of Keizer after the closure of the Wheatland Ferry in late April. Heavy rain followed by high river flows left rocks and debris deposits in the ferry’s path which prompted the extended closure, according to Marion County Public Works. The county has… Read More
We’ve got a lot of work to do … it’s the worst Puerto Rico has seen. It’s been very complex for us to respond, from a logistical nature of the island. —Brock Long, FEMA Administrator Puerto Rico … can turn into a humanitarian crisis. To avoid that, recognize that we Puerto Ricans are American citizens;… Read More
By Heiko Osterchrist-Associate Publisher; DredgeWire Today, the full House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met to mark-up and discuss H.R. 2440, Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) Act. Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA),… Read More
We sit down with Brig. Gen. Paul E. Owen, Commander of the Southwestern Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers from EarthX. and, also coming Monday, we dive into the Galveston District of the Corps of Engineers with Col. Lars Zetterstrom, District Commander. That’s a one-two punch with the Corps leadership with more than… Read More
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Kiteboarders and windsurfers in the Sea to Sky region are blown away by how quickly they’ve lost access to the two main beaches they can use to launch their equipment. A delay in construction on a chinook salmon habitat project at the Spit is causing an overlap with a huge waterfront… Read More
Dare County took the first step in approving the structure of a loan that will use $15 million of state money to build a dredge aimed at keeping Oregon and Hatteras inlets clear. The Oregon Inlet Task Force, at its meeting Wednesday, endorsed the terms of the loan funded by a provision in the state… Read More
KELOWNA – The “volatile” lakeshore north of Mission Creek will continue to disrupt boaters until some key people find a way to agree with each other on a permanent solution. Right now, the Cook Road boat launch is temporarily closed for dredging – as it has been for at least the last five years –… Read More
A $2.5 billion oil export terminal planned for the Mississippi River in Louisiana is one step closer to construction following a preliminary OK from a state agency building an adjacent river diversion. The Plaquemines Liquids Terminal (PLT) is planned for the west bank of the Mississippi River, south of New Orleans, and is expected to… Read More
NAGS HEAD, N.C. – The Nags Head beach nourishment project is now underway! The Dredge Ellis Island is pumping sand onto the beach south of Limulus Street in south Nags Head, near Mile Post 20.5 in the 10000 block of South Old Oregon Inlet Road. The project will progress towards the southern project terminus near… Read More
Regulators decline to give extension into sea turtle nesting season due to pebbles in trucked-in sand PENDER COUNTY — The rebuilding of Surf City’s beach has been stopped … by some pebbles. While federal and state regulators didn’t have any problems with the sand that Surf City was trucking in to restore the beach strand… Read More
EASTHAM – Dredging a channel immediately behind the Nauset spit, an area that is over-washing and migrating landward, could accelerate erosion during storm events by providing a deeper space for sediment to be carried into, coastal geologist Mark Borelli of the Center for Coastal Studies told Eastham selectmen last week. Such an action would reduce… Read More
PANAMA CITY — Hurricane Michael might not have dominated the headlines during the Florida legislative session, but local lawmakers came away with a big haul. A little more than $240 million was secured for hurricane-ravaged counties in the state’s $90.1 billion budget, including $115 million to address the housing shortage in Bay County that is… Read More
The BC government has pledged $1 million to help with the reconstruction of the 104-year-old White Rock pier, after it was severely damaged in a wind storm last year. This decision comes a day after a White Rock community-based volunteer group pledged to help fundraise $2 million to cover the rebuilding project’s shortfall. The pier’s… Read More
DANVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The Lake Geode Watershed Project hit a significant snag last year in its effort to clean up the polluted water, pushing back construction’s expected completion date to spring of 2020. The 174-acre lake was emptied in the fall of 2017 and has been dry ever since, barring the rain and snow… Read More
ORONOCO, Minn. (FOX 47) – A project decades in the making is finally becoming a reality Sunday. It has been a long time coming for Lake Zumbro to get the face lift it desperately needs. For nearly a century, mud and other material has slowly built up on the lake bottom. Lake Zumbro Forever President,… Read More