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Oceanfront homes targeted for buyouts in Ocean Bay Park won’t be demolished until at least next fall, thanks to another delay in the federally funded Fire Island dune project, officials said. Suffolk County must acquire the land, and its Department of Economic Development and Planning attributed the delay to “very complex” engineering work in a… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether property owners can challenge the federal government in court when told they need sometimes costly permits required under a national water protection law. The court will hear an appeal brought by the Obama administration, which is contesting a lower court ruling that said Hawkes Co… Read More
The results of a 30-day public comment period will help determine the future of a proposed municipal dock on the Bellevue riverfront. Comments can be submitted Corps’ Rock Island office until Dec. 23. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
The review timeline for the Northern Integrated Supply Project has been extended again. It’s the latest in a series of pushbacks for a proposal to build two new reservoirs in Northern Colorado to supply 40,000 acre feet of water each year to 15 participating communities and water districts. The final environmental impact statement for the… Read More
A portion of the Red River in southwest Arkansas is being studied for potential development as a navigable waterway. The US Army Corps of Engineers is looking at the potential construction of three locks and dams that would allow commercial barges to carry heavy materials like steel and rock on the Red River. The project… Read More
Florida republican legislators Thad Altman and Debbie Mayfield will sponsor a bill next year to allow counties to use local-option sales tax money for muck dredging to help clean up the Indian River Lagoon. “It’s not a tax increase,” Mayfield, R-Vero Beach, told the Indian River Lagoon Council Friday during their regular monthly meeting. “It’s… Read More
Flood-hit traders have pleaded with the Government to adopt a British-style approach to flood control and sanction major dredging of rivers, irrespective of EU regulations. Traders in Bandon, Co Cork, claim that if more widespread dredging was allowed, the scale of flooding would have been significantly reduced. Dredging of rivers is strictly controlled because of… Read More
A study identifying potential long-term, water resource projects to solve a host of flood control, ecosystem and water supply problems in the Sacramento Valley will be presented next week by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The meeting will go from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday at the Yuba County Government Center, 915 Eighth St., Marysville…. Read More
The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission unanimously approved a variance Tuesday enabling the N.C. Ports Authority to go ahead with a $16 million dredging project to enlarge existing ships’ turning basin to accommodate larger container vessels, according to CRC Chair Frank Gorham. According to the variance materials, the present 1,200-foot turning basin at the Port of… Read More
By building the equivalent of a seawall along the channel, there is hope the district may be able to build a better case to have the channel dredged. At its Nov. 25 committee of the whole meeting, Sicamous council discussed a concept of the channel devised by Coun. Jeff Mallmes. It includes the east side… Read More
Officials in Kien Giang Province have proposed a stop to the dredging of sea passages and to the export of sand at a military harbor on Phu Quoc Island, saying it causes erosion at a nearby beach. According to a report by Phu Quoc authorities, the sand dredging has ‘eaten away’ a kilometer of beach… Read More
Stone Harbor has begun its much anticipated dredging of the back bay but the borough’s decision to use the municipal marina land at 80th Street as the dewatering site has neighbors in the area up in arms. Borough Administrator Jill Gougher said that the borough engineer considered other possible sites for the dewatering facility but… Read More
Mayor Dale Massad’s bid to halt the collection of BP oil spill dollars for waterfront improvements in Port Richey has failed. Massad, who won his seat in an October special election, made it a priority upon taking office to question the legality of parts of a plan that garnered an award of $667,000 in federal… Read More
Bandon businessman Aidan Holland said 27 businesses had signed a petition committing to withholding rates if the Office of Public Works (OPW) does not have the scheme started by June 30th. “We only started this on Tuesday and so far 27 businesses have signed up, pledging to withhold over €550,000 in rates if the work… Read More
Amid all the devastation and recrimination over the floods in Cumbria hardly anybody mentions one factor that may not be the sole cause, but certainly hasn’t helped. That is the almost complete cessation of dredging of our rivers since we were required to accept the European Water Framework Directive (EWF) into UK law in 2000…. Read More