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By Heiko Osterchrist, Associate Publisher, DredgeWire Michael Gerhardt, Vice President of the Dredging Contractors of America, gaveled into session the fourth Pipeline Task Force (PTF) meeting on March 12, 2019, in Washington, DC. “We are moving forward today with this important group of stakeholders, who all have a vested interest in making sure submerged pipelines… Read More
FILE – In this Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, water flows down the Oroville Dam’s crippled spillway in Oroville, Calif. The federal government has rejected $306 million in reimbursements for California’s repair of the nation’s tallest dam, a state agency said Friday, March 8, 2019. That’s just less than half of what California has so… Read More
[Steve Heaslip/The Cape Cod Times] CHATHAM — Last summer’s fleet departure for the fishing grounds looked like a parade, fisherman John Our said, with 30 vessels leaving and returning at the same time at Aunt Lydia’s Cove. They were trying to make the most of a diminished tidal window, as shifting channels and sandbars made… Read More
Lake Orono is being talked about in St. Paul. File photo House bill approved that would switch from LCCMR bonds to traditional bonds to avoid potential legal challenge The Minnesota House on March 4 approved House File 80, a bill to convert bonding projects previously financed by Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources bonds to traditional… Read More
Photo by Kit Conn Bethany Beach is looking for solutions to wetland erosion in its Loop Canal, which its officials say will likely require dredging and added bulkheads. The possible project, which the town has yet to finalize, would tackle wetland erosion that has built up sediment at the bottom of the canal. “It’s a… Read More
Lee Street Beach. (Google Maps) A newly announced program calls for using sand dredge from Waukegan Harbor by the Corps of Engineers to build up portions of the shoreline in Evanston and three other north shore communities. The Chicagoland Lakefront Protection project, announced by Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, will also provide federal resources… Read More
The completed terminal groin at Bald Head Island as it appeared on March 3, 2016. Photo: Olsen Associates/Bald Head Island BALD HEAD ISLAND — Work that began mid-January on a beach renourishment project here is expected to be complete by the end of the month. Marinex Construction Co. of Charleston, South Carolina, under an $11.7… Read More
[FILE PHOTO] Okaloosa County officials were scrambling for answers Thursday after word reached them that a dredge believed to be making its way to Destin’s East Pass had likely been diverted to river areas in northern Alabama and Tennessee. By Thursday afternoon the county had enlisted the help of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz to find… Read More
Four Bend City Councilors would rather spend $5.5 million other needs Plans to dredge Mirror Pond appeared to hit another roadblock Wednesday, as a majority of the Bend City Council said they weren’t comfortable spending $5.5 million that could be used for needs like housing or transportation. A proposal to pay for removing 35 years’… Read More
[FILE PHOTO] Okaloosa County officials were scrambling for answers Thursday after word reached them that a dredge believed to be making its way to Destin’s East Pass had likely been diverted to river areas in northern Alabama and Tennessee. By Thursday afternoon the county had enlisted the help of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz to find… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its contractor Barnegat Bay Dredging Company completed a dredging and habitat creation project near Stone Harbor in December 2018. Work involved dredging a portion of the federal channel of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway and beneficially using the material to create habitat on marshland owned by the state… Read More
At one time, the Navy leased part of the site and dumped waste there, including debris from the sand blasting of naval equipment resulting in contamination with heavy metals such as copper, lead, zinc and arsenic. The Navy also disposed of sludge from the production of acetylene in a wetland on the border of the… Read More
The sand replenishment project in Sandbridge has been delayed until November because of the government shutdown earlier this year. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — People living in Sandbridge are upset after a project to replenish the beach is delayed. The project was pushed from this winter to next fall. “You can definitely see the difference in… Read More
Borough Administrator Jenny Gleghorn told a contingent of waterfront homeowners that Tuckerton will bond for the dredging of Thompson Creek and the lagoons in Paradise Cove and Tuckerton Beach through the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank, instead of levying a special assessment on the waterfront dwellers. Her comment came during the Monday, March 4 borough council… Read More
Under an $11.7 million contract, Marinex Construction Company of Charleston, South Carolina, began dredging in mid-January for a project on Bald Head Island in North Carolina. The company is moving sand from Jaybird Shoals to shore to both protect a rock groin and to add material to South Beach. Using its 250-foot long, 24-inch cutter… Read More