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Costs for Marina del Rey redevelopment enterprise, which requires a few finishing touches, inches closer to $6 million. MARINA DEL REY—The budget for a beach redevelopment project within Marina del Rey Harbor has grown ever so slightly – that is, if you consider an additional $200,000 a slight amount. Yet an additional $200,000 is exactly… Read More
Major reforms are needed to the federal program that assesses flood risk, but Congress just punted — for the 11th time — on an opportunity to fix it. It’s been the wettest 12 months on record in the continental United States. Parts of the High Plains and Midwest are still reeling from deadly, destructive and… Read More
FORT MYERS, FL – From a childhood spent building sand castles to adolescent walks on the beach to adults enjoying family time, America’s beaches are synonymous with celebrating summer. With the beginning of the summer beach season a few days away, the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) today released its much-anticipated annual list… Read More
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — As proponents have sought support for a controversial dredging project that aims to open a stretch of the Grand River between Grand Rapids and Ottawa County to larger powerboats, they’ve often touted its economic benefits. New businesses such as marinas and restaurants could pop up along the river, they say. And… Read More
An ambitious flood control project along the Levisa Fork River in Pike County may have to proceed without a key player in the plan. At Monday’s meeting of the Pikeville City Commission, commissioners expressed no support for being a part of a $1.2 billion flood control project which would be executed under the authority of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District awarded a $1.131 million contract to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Fairport Harbor, located in the City of Fairport, Ohio, during the summer of 2019. The contract was awarded to Luedtke Engineering Co., based in Frankfort, Michigan on April 30, 2019. Under this contract,… Read More
There is new hope for resolution of a bureaucratic problem that has made beach replenishment more expensive and difficult in Stone Harbor and Avalon. Congressman Jeff Van Drew, D-2nd, asked U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt for help in allowing the towns to dredge sand from Hereford Inlet for beach replenishment projects, rather… Read More
Duval County’s beaches have received top honors from a national organization dedicated to shore preservation and renourishment. The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association named the Duval County Shore Protection Project one of this year’s best beach recovery efforts. The project saw the U.S. Corps of Engineers, and the cities of Jacksonville, Atlantic Beach, Jacksonville… Read More
HOUSTON, May 20 (Reuters) – A unit of asset management firm Carlyle Group LP this week will appeal to the Trump administration to guarantee a two-year approval of its South Texas crude export project, officials said. Carlyle-backed Lone Star Ports LLC is vying to open the first new U.S. crude export facility that can fully… Read More
The Wheatland Ferry is again moving people, vehicles and equipment across the Willamette River north of Salem after completion of an emergency dredging operation. The dredging was necessary following high river levels that left rock and debris in the path of the ferry, according to Darren Jones, Marion County ferry crew leader. “The high water… Read More
VIRGINIA BEACH — The Oceanfront is getting some added protection, thanks to a joint effort by the city and the Army Corps of Engineers’ Norfolk District. The district has awarded the Virginia Beach Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project renourishment contract to Oak Brook, Illinois-based Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company. The bid of $22.64… Read More
New York City — A proposed Brooklyn Bridge Beach, for which the City’s Economic Development Corporation has accepted $12 million in funding, is still possible. The organization later ruled the project unsafe and announced its desire to spend the money on other proposals, but more recently indicated that it may be willing to implement a… Read More
Leaders of the St. Paul Engineer District met last month with leaders of the city of Wabasha, Minn., to discuss the dredged material management plan for Lower Pool 4. The district is working in partnership with the city in an effort to find a suitable, permanent home for nearly 270,000 cubic yards of material dredged… Read More
The Grand Rapids Steelheaders have invited a doctor to look at the environmental impacts of dredging the Grand River. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The dredging debate continues today over whether the Grand River Waterway Project should move forward. The Grand Rapids Steelheaders have invited an Michigan State sea grant educator to talk about environmental risks… Read More
Enough is enough. For more than 20 years, Bend city officials have discussed the fate of Mirror Pond, and they and the Bend Park & Recreation District have failed to come to a conclusion about what should be done. It’s time to end the discussion, allow the city’s voters to choose the path forward and… Read More