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Massive crane rigging on the banks of the Susquehanna River in the City of Binghamton residents have been noticing lately is part of a Superfund Site clean up. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and New York State Electric and Gas have begun addressing contamination related to the Binghamton Court Street Former Manufactured… Read More
Key Biscayne is working with Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez to reverse a negative decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about long-term renourishment of island beaches, officials said. Beach renourishment, long a Village Council priority, was dealt a setback when the Corps wrote May 13 that Key Biscayne fell short of federal requirements needed… Read More
Where do they come from? What lives on and between them? How do they affect swimming? PANAMA CITY BEACH — Just offshore, a kind of river runs parallel to the coastline of Panama City Beach. Despite having no name, it’s one of the places most frequented by tourists, who often stand on its two ever… Read More
BINGHAMTON (WBNG) — What’s that barge on the river in Binghamton? It’s a question 12 News viewers have been asking this week. According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the activity along the Susquehanna River shoreline includes dredging of contaminated sediments related to a former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) that operated at… Read More
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