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Heavy equipment is now hard at work at a small but important pond in Minneapolis. The pond sits just southwest of Bde Maka Ska and filters water before it reaches the lake. It is one of three ponds that keep the lake clean by separating as much trash, dirt, salt and other debris as possible… Read More
The river right below the Lily Lake dam. A pump connected to heavy machinery snaked along this pathway in November, and now a turbidity curtain is here. ADV/Waszynski The drain-and-dredge project at Willow Lake in Yaphank went as planned, though the dredging downstream at Lily Lake has been halted for the time being due to… Read More
Damage along the Surf City beach two weeks after Hurricane Florence. (Port City Daily/File photo) Earlier this month town officials said “imminent critical areas” marked for the upcoming sand-haul and dune construction project were determined by FEMA, and that FEMA “was not protecting our citizens’ best interest.” TI Coastal’s Chris Gibson said he made the… Read More
MIKE SPRINGER/Staff file photo/The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will use a $6 million grant to dredge shallow parts of the Annisquam River and the Blynman Canal. A hundred moorings in the river will need to be moved. Gloucester will not pay any of the costs for the federal dredging of the Annisquam River in… Read More
CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) – Part of Drum Island is under construction right now, but it’s not getting condos, it’s being turned back into a salt marsh. The restoration project is being done by the South Carolina Ports Authority which wants to return 22 acres of the island underneath the Ravenel Bridge back into the marsh… Read More
Sand replenishment underway at Gilgo Beach on Tuesday. Photo Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa Loarca About 1.8 million cubic yards of sand are being placed on a narrow portion of Gilgo Beach that has eroded, bringing the ocean dangerously close to Ocean Parkway, officials say. More than $26 million in federal funds went to Illinois-based… Read More
Using bulldozers, work crews move sand to help rebuild dunes along North Topsail Beach. Credit Town of North Topsail Beach, NC Five months after Hurricane Florence, Topsail Island is still in the process of rebuilding. Beach towns along the barrier island that rely on tourism are busy prepping for the summer season. Chris Rackley is… Read More
HOUSTON – Offshore construction work on Saudi Aramco’s Safaniya Phase 5 project has finished with only a few close-out items remaining, said McDermott in its latest results statement. Fabrication continues for Safaniya Phase 6 with dredging of the necessary channel due to begin soon. McDermott has completed installation of 13 jackets for Aramco and all… Read More
This map depicts the area of Banks Channel that lies within the Coastal Barrier Resources Act zone. Topsail Beach leaders have asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to request an exception to be allowed to designate a sand borrow site within the zone for future federal funded beach renourishment projects. TOPSAIL BEACH – Rules… Read More
Florence Replenishment Project (2019) Fact Sheet: Florence (2019) Project Construction Map Area of Detail – ( Reach 1 – East EI) Area of Detail – ( Reach 2 & 3 – Indian Beach/Salter Path) Typical Cross Section 2/26/19 – The first submerged pipeline (“sub-line”) landing was transited to and installed earlier today at Reach 3… Read More
CONCORD, Mass. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing to perform maintenance dredging of the Rye Harbor Federal navigation project (FNP) in Rye, New Hampshire. The state of New Hampshire is the local sponsor and has requested this dredging. Rye Harbor is a small, 40-acre estuarine embayment located approximately five… Read More
An excavator removes muddy sediment from the lagoon while dredging some boat slips. Make no mistake about it, Billy Griscom probably knows as well as anyone just how terribly clogged Ocean City’s lagoons have become over the years. He’s no scientist or engineer or environmentalist. He’s the guy operating a gigantic yellow excavator that is… Read More
The ongoing struggle for residents of Lido Key and the City of Sarasota to dredge sand from Big Pass to Lido’s eroded shoreline ran into a snag last week. Circuit Court Judge Andrea McHugh on Feb. 12 gave the City 20 days to argue why the court should not force the City to explain how… Read More
Photo Courtesy: Adam Elmquist The Blair County commissioners seem disposed to allow the Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee spread silt from the planned dredging of the Lakemont Park pond on county-connected ground near Buckhorn, according to ISC member and county administrator Helen Schmitt. The Intermunicipal Relations Committee is also willing to accept silt from the Lakemont dredging… Read More
Image of Charlie Helms, CEO/Harbormaster at Crescent City Harbor District Though they submitted a letter to the State Water Resources Control Board supporting the removal of four dams on the Klamath River, harbor commissioners continue to voice concerns about potential impacts from sediment and silt. During his CEO report on Tuesday, Harbormaster Charlie Helms said… Read More