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Mayor Alvin Brown created the task force last year to vet the divergent views about the project and help determine “how we make the financial investment necessary to achieve the harbor deepening.” But since his election defeat last month, the group hasn’t met – canceling two of its scheduled meetings. Although the task force draws… Read More
The telephones of opponents of the controversial Washington Parish Reservoir Project rang incessantly Tuesday after word spread that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied the current reservoir application for permit. The proposed reservoir was to be constructed in the Oak Grove Community in the center of the parish. Oak Grove residents said if a… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Rock Island District is revising and updating its Master Plan that dates to the early 1970s and wants to hear from the public. The Army Corps hosted an open house Tuesday in Dubuque. Two were held in Bettendorf and Burlington, Iowa, last week, and another is scheduled for Thursday… Read More
State Rep. Paul Tine told a roomful of Dare County movers and shakers concerned about long-term solutions to Oregon Inlet Monday that they’d better rally the troops if they want to be heard in Raleigh. “If y’all have a position, you really need to engage your people,” he said. “If it’s going to go to… Read More
A dredging company could be find up to $250,000 fine over the death of a worker on a barge in Auckland in 2013. Dredging New Zealand has admitted the charge of breaching Health and Safety laws by failing to take steps to ensure of safety of employees. Barge operator Peter Bateman died after he was… Read More
Hundreds of thousands of people throughout our region get their drinking water from Bayou Lafourche. The water is purified before it makes its way through miles of pipes and into the faucet at your home. But the better the source of that water is, the better off we all are. So it’s a welcome development… Read More
Singapore opened the newest addition to its container port on Tuesday, aiming to handle more of the increasing number of mega-ships plying the oceans. A few of the planned 15 berths in Phases 3 and 4 of the Pasir Panjang Terminal are operational. The rest of the S$3.5 billion ($2.6 billion) project is scheduled to… Read More
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has said it duly informed residents of Sodom and Gomorrah before undertaking a demolition exercise in the area. The AMA task force and other security services demolished over a thousand structures in the area last Saturday. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
A project to improve drainage for the city of Thibodaux and communities north of La. 308 is expected to begin in two or three months. Dwayne Bourgeois, executive director of the North Lafourche Levee District, said the project involves clearing the banks of the 80 Arpent Canal and completing maintenance dredging in the canal between… Read More
For decades, state and federal environmental agencies, industries and concerned residents have debated how to tackle chemical contamination in Bayou D’Inde. PPG, now Axiall, has done its part, by removing much of the contaminated sediment and relocating it. A local environmentalist said he’s concerned whether the pollution is staying secured. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
In a statement this evening, Sen. Bill Cook explained why he opposes a 1/4-cent sales tax without a referendum that has been requested by the Dare County Board of Commissioners to pay for dredging of the county’s inlets. At the board’s request, Rep. Paul Tine introduced the bill, House Bill 388, in late March. It… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Has Included A Federal Investment of $600K to Identify Best Ways to Protect Flood-Prone Susquehanna River Watershed Region, But A Feasible Plan Must Be In Place To Ensure Results Schumer Has Long History of Pushing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers To Prioritize Authorizations Covering Southern Tier Watersheds And Supporting… Read More
The Ga, Osu and Ngleshie Traditional Councils have asked Metropolitan Chief Executive, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, to expedite work on the dredging of the Korle Lagoon. They have also asked the MCE to continue to explore ways of maintaining a filth-free Accra. All three councils toured the Korle Lagoon dredging project site and the Odawna area… Read More
Five of the projects will be in the energy sector, including a power station near the port of Ataqa at the southern end of the Suez canal and work to improve the transmission network. Another six will deal with transport, in particular an urban railway in north-east Cairo, the expansion of the port of Alexandria,… Read More
A project to provide targeted sand dune restoration at the southern end of Kamaole I Beach Park is slated to begin next week and last up to three weeks, the county announced on Tuesday. The project will improve degraded conditions from intense use and high wave erosion. County officials say coastal dune restoration is an… Read More