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A record $1.71 billion annual spending plan for coastal restoration and hurricane protection was unanimously approved for fiscal year 2025 this week by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority board of directors. The plan includes more than $480 million for the controversial Mid-Barataria and Mid-Breton sediment diversions. A series of public hearings had already been held on the plan,… Read More
After desperately needed emergency dredging in the Hatteras Ferry Channel was nearly impeded last month by a time-consuming permit requirement, members of the Dare County Waterways Commission on Monday applauded the remarkably fast resolution that allowed the project to start. “I think this was a very productive couple of months, or couple of weeks, especially,”… Read More
Duke Energy says it plans to begin dredging coal ash out of a North Carolina river on Tuesday as the state’s environmental agency moved to scuttle a previously proposed settlement with the company over pollution leaking from waste dumps at its power plants. Lawyers for the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources asked a… Read More
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is on standby to conduct the first deep clean of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s seawater intake cove in nearly 40 years. “We frequently survey the area and haven’t needed to dredge in the past,” PG&E spokesperson Suzanne Hosn told New Times. “Maintenance of the intake system is performed as… Read More
The Berrien County Board of Commissioners is looking at ways to ensure the St. Joseph River can be dredged when necessary as arrangements are made to do fast tracked, emergency dredging this year. Community Development Director Dan Fette told commissioners Thursday one bid has come in to do engineering for dredging this spring at a… Read More
Beach renourishment is underway with sand being pumped ashore between Spessard Holland North Beach Park and Spessard Holland South Beach Park. After an equipment delay, the dredge is pumping sand to the beach. Trucks haul sand from the south beach dredge site to the midreach project in Satellite Beach and South Patrick Shores, building up… Read More
Today, the Biden-Harris administration unveiled the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, outlining crucial funding allocations to advance the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) mission and drive action on key climate priorities. Using the best available science and practices in the decision-making process, the Administration seeks to align the management of America’s offshore energy,… Read More
Salisbury, Massachusetts, residents paid $500,000 for a sand dune to protect beachfront homes from the sea. Three days after completion, the 14,000-ton barrier was obliterated by three storms and the year’s highest tides. Source
The Department of the Navy’s budget request for the Marine Corps for 2025 funds the service’s modernization ambitions, and remains similar to the fiscal year 2024 proposal, a top Navy official said. “Procurement is mostly flat with investments in the industrial base, undersea capabilities and Marine Corps Force Design,” Rear Adm. Ben Reynolds, deputy assistant secretary… Read More
Long Beach has spent more than $45 million on repairs and improvements for the Queen Mary over the last eight years, a deep financial hole out of which the city has only begun to climb. For at least the last 17 years, the ship has struggled to operate in the black, turning a profit only… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is proposing maintenance dredging of the channel and anchorages of the Narraguagus River Federal Navigation Project (FNP). By state law, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is required to provide the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) with an assessment of the impacts on the… Read More
Dredging of the Muskegon Channel that is underway and expected to last until the end of June will supplement the beach at Pere Marquette. Dredging to remove about 133,000 cubic yards of sediment began on Friday, March 8, according to a press release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Operations are expected to conclude… Read More
The project to dredge Bogue Inlet and deposit sand on Emerald Isle beaches began in early January and was supposed to be complete by mid-February but is now expected to conclude by March 25. “Unfortunately, the contractor has experienced several issues that have again delayed the project,” Emerald Isle Town Manager Matt Zapp said late… Read More
With the city council approval, a section of the Vermilion River in Lafayette will be dredged. The project is about one-half-mile near the confluence of the river and Coulee Mine, near the Rotary Point area. The problem is junk and sediment at the river’s bottom. Dredge the Vermilion supports the project slated to begin this summer…. Read More