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Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency not to declare that the 7-year, $1.7 billion cleanup satisfies a 2002 agreement between EPA and GE. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin Albany – New York’s two U.S. senators are joining the state’s call that General Electric must be made to continue the PCB cleanup… Read More
The global harbor deepening market was valued at US$ 4.1 billion in 2017. The market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 3% over the forecast period, 2018-2028. Harbor deepening is a service required for digging activities, particularly in ports and harbors for various purposes. Harbor deepening finds its applications in capital deepening, trade… Read More
Marine debris removal is all but complete in Islamorada and Marathon, but continues in unincorporated Monroe County. MONROE COUNTY/ContributedA government project that’s under budget and scheduled to be completed a month or more ahead of time? Yes. Monroe County’s project to clean up canals clogged with Hurricane Irma debris is projected to come in under… Read More
Sal Troia, near his family’s property on the Yahara Chain. Troia, the new president of the Yahara Lakes Association, prioritizes flood control as he begins his term. With the region emerging from a polar vortex and the burying of the Yahara Lakes beneath feet of snow and ice, summertime flooding might feel like a lifetime… Read More
MORICHES – A major dredging project deemed critical to Long Island’s fishing industry and boater safety is now complete. The Army Corps of Engineers finished a $15 million dredging project for Moriches Inlet. Sand was also dredged from a nearly 3-mile stretch of the bay where the water was extremely shallow, and Smith Point County… Read More
Rylee Main, executive director of Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance, explains to a packed house April 4, 2018, how a special dredging project will reduce sediment in Lake Pepin. Sarah Hansen / RiverTown Multimedia The Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance started the new year with two rounds of good news regarding its proposed project to control sediment… Read More
NY Congressman Lee Zeldin (speaking). Photo by: Office of Congressman Lee Zeldin Center Moriches, NY – February 5, 2019 – Today, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) was joined by Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine, Brookhaven Deputy Town Supervisor and Councilman Dan Panico, stakeholders and local residents at Webby Beach in Center Moriches to announce the… Read More
MORICHES – A major dredging project deemed critical to Long Island’s fishing industry and boater safety is now complete. The Army Corps of Engineers finished a $15 million dredging project for Moriches Inlet. Sand was also dredged from a nearly 3-mile stretch of the bay where the water was extremely shallow, and Smith Point County… Read More
Deep holes in Barnegat Bay that were dug out after the 1962 nor’easter. (Credit: Google Earth) The sand under and around the West Point Island bridge is “good, clean Lavallette sand,” Mayor Walter LaCicero said, as the borough has completed the first step in what could be a win-win for the town and the state…. Read More
CENTER MORICHES, NY — Another much-need dredge wrapped up in Center Moriches recently, elected officials said. On Monday, Rep. Lee Zeldin, Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine, Councilman Dan Panico, stakeholders and local residents met at Webby Beach in Center Moriches, where elected officials announced the completion of the dredge of the Long Island Intracoastal Waterway…. Read More
North Topsail Beach and its neighboring communities are getting $5 million in help to rebuild their beaches. According to the Coastal Review Online, Resource Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Winston-Salem received a grant from the Division of Water Resources last year which will be used to form a committee and prioritize a list of… Read More
WELLFLEET — The town has decided to take its harbor dredging needs into its own hands after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last year declined to provide hoped-for funds to do the work. “We don’t want to wait for funding,” said Janet Reinhart, chairwoman of the Select Board. “We want to start looking at… Read More
MADISon, Wis. (WMTV) – Dane County has organized a task force to deal with the damage left by last summer’s historic flooding. The Dane County Board put together the 13-member Yahara Chain of Lakes Flooding task force last fall. The task force released its 52-page report Monday and are meeting to review the information. The… Read More
South Ponto Beach in Encinitas. Photo by Chad McDonald via Flickr Encinitas is distributing 45,000 cubic yards of sand near South Ponto State Beach to help replenish the beaches from Leucadia south to Cardiff. That sand is being provided in conjunction with the Encinitas Beach Hotel, a 130-room resort being built on the west side… Read More
Silt buildup is visible in this recent drone shot. (photo by Chris Dantonio Drone Photography) Facing an imminent March funding deadline to dredge the Schuylkill River that, if missed, would have erased portions of the 2020 regatta season, Philadelphia city and rowing community officials now believe a completed funding package will be in place in… Read More