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The US Army Corps of Engineers, (USACE) Mobile District, has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Port of Gulfport Expansion Project. The DEIS evaluates the potential impacts from expanding onsite facilities and expanding the port’s turning basin at the Port of Gulfport. A public hearing will be held at 6.30pm on 8… Read More
New funding from the Alberta government will allow work on the southwest berm and other mitigation measures to go ahead to protect High River from future flooding like the 2013 disaster in southern Alberta. “The Town of High River was one of the communities most severely affected by the damaging floods of 2013. Local flood… Read More
At the meeting of Environment, Economy and Infrastructure committee, set for November 10, Dumfries and Galloway Councillors will be asked to consider the next steps for the Whitesands project and agree a preferred option for a flood protection scheme. The Council has been consulting on the project since 2012 and a further round of public… Read More
A meeting on the Stone Harbor dredging project will take place on Saturday, November 7, in the multipurpose room at Stone Harbor Elementary School, 275 93rd St. Bayfront property owners are encouraged to attend the presentation hosted by Sevenson Environmental Services Inc., the contractor for the project. The North Basin and Shelter Haven Basin are… Read More
Wandsworth Council has introduced a plan to remove the half-tide weir on the River Wandle at Wandsworth with the main goal to allow the tidal river to return to its natural state to support biodiversity in central London. Funding for the project is being provided by Tideway, the company responsible for delivering the Thames Tideway… Read More
Senator John Hoeven advanced flood protection for the Red River Valley and a flood study for the Minot region earlier this week. He also secured support for the projects in meetings with Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy, Army Corps Chief of Engineers Lieutenant General Thomas P. Bostick and Office of… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary, Anthony Foxx has just announced 39 awards for $500 million in funding to be made in the seventh round of Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants. Of those, five awards totaling $44.3 million, or about 9 percent of total funding, are going to commercial seaports or to… Read More
The Port of Hueneme has just won a $12.3 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant from the Department of Transportation (DOT). The TIGER grant for the Port of Hueneme will be used for the intermodal improvements, including the deepening and strengthening of the wharfs and berths, modernizing cargo infrastructure, and on-dock rail improvements…. Read More
Green groups have again urged the Federal Government to reject plans to expand a north Queensland coal port. Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt is considering the latest application for dredging and construction at Abbot Point, near Bowen, after the Queensland Government finalised its environmental impact statement. Louise Mathieson from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said… Read More
The government is taking another look at the proposed design for a cruise berthing facility, which has been at the centre of the work that has taken place so far, to move the controversial project forward. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Tourism Minister Moses Kirkconnell spoke about the possibility of moving the piers… Read More
A first attempt by an Indian port to undertake channel deepening work on annuity – deferred payment – basis has failed. The board of trustees of state-owned Mormugao Port rejected the only tender, which had been submitted by a consortium of Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contracting and local firm JSW Group. “The board of… Read More
Just five months after scoring a major victory on the Fox River cleanup issue, NCR Corp. is again responsible for funding contaminated-sediment cleanup in the river. U.S. District Judge William Griesbach of Green Bay, who had ruled that NCR was only partially liable for cleanup costs in May, this month reversed himself. The net result:… Read More
Leaders of Brazil’s Port of Itajai say government officials are moving to provide emergency funds for dredging needed to clear silt that has closed the nation’s second-largest container port for nearly a week. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
Fifty-four years ago, a giant moved into West Townshend. There’s no doubt that the hulking Townshend Dam has provided benefits over that half-century, from large-scale flood protection – a 2011 estimate said the structure had prevented $137.1 million in flood damage – to a popular outdoor recreational area. But, these days, Townshend officials aren’t sure… Read More
Officials will hold a meeting in Middletown to update the public about the status of the Port Monmouth Flood Control Project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), plan to hold the public information session on Oct. 29. Officials will give a presentation about… Read More