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Byron Shire Council has called on the state government to defer any dredging of the Brunswick Heads boat harbour and navigation channels, and will refuse to allow council’s boat ramp to launch the dredge vessel till questions on the works have been answered. Council yesterday moved an urgency motion calling on lands and water minister… Read More
The debate may have been cordial, but the most recent discussion on the dredging of the St. Johns River made it obvious that opposing stakeholders are still nowhere near finding one unified solution for the harbor deepening project. Representatives for the port, the St. Johns Riverkeeper, the Rodman Reservoir and the local longshoremen’s union all… Read More
Those who have long been waiting for Duxbury Harbor to be dredged may have longer to wait. There was only one bidder for the project, and the bid by Cashman/Burnham came in at nearly $5.65 million, higher than the government’s estimate, according to Tim Dugan, spokesman for the New England district of the Army Corps… Read More
The U-S Army Corps of Engineers is about to start a major dredging project involving the White River. The three-year project would take place from Newport down to Clarendon. Vickie Wilson is with the Army Corps of Engineers in Memphis. She told the Arkansas Waterways Commission the first year would be gathering permits and conducting… Read More
As General Electric finishes up its sixth and final season of dredging the Hudson River of toxic PCBs, more than 160 state legislators and several advocacy groups sent letters to CEO Jeffrey Immelt urging the company to go above and beyond its mandated dredging requirement. The letters, sent last month, were signed by 25 senators… Read More
A deeper ship channel has been scrapped as part of a study on future expansion at the state port, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has confirmed. The Corps undertook an expansion study in 2011 that was modified in 2013 to include deepening the ship channel from 36 feet to 42-47 feet. Channel deepening is… Read More
The recent enforcement notice issued to companies dredging from Lough Neagh was top of the agenda at a recent meeting involving representatives from Norman Emerson’s Stone, the DUP and Environment Minister Mark H Durkhan. Stephen Moutray MLA said, “I felt the meeting was positive and progressive with the Minister taking on board the concerns from… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of commercial dredging of sand and gravel from the Kansas River in the State of Kansas. The proposed dredging will occur within portions of the river between the mouth of the Kansas River… Read More
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has concluded plans to bring about the development of the nation’s inland waterways transport just as it has pledged the full implementation of the national transport code. NIWA’s Acting Managing Director, Barr. Danladi Ibrahim recently unfolded his plans towards a total transformation of the services currently being rendered, highlighting… Read More
A NEW ports bill restricting capital dredging has drawn some criticism from green groups and the state’s peak resources organisation. While both sides support most of the Sustainable Ports Development Bill that Mines MinisterAnthony Lynham introduced to Queensland Parliament in June, they are pushing for changes to the proposed legislation. The Queensland Resources Council has… Read More
A rock wall that has protected the Cape Fear River channel from shoaling for more than a century could be removed if a bill sponsored by state Sen. Michael Lee passes the General Assembly. Senate Bill 160 contains a variety of provisions to fund maintenance and dredging of inlets and navigation channels, but it also… Read More
Mayor Eric Garcetti said Monday he will urge a panel of top U.S. Army Corps of Engineersofficials in Washington, D.C., this week to advance a $1.3 billion project to restore natural elements to an 11-mile stretch of the Los Angeles River. Garcetti told City News Service he will make a “final pitch” on Thursday to… Read More
From a new boat ramp in Somerset County to citywide harbor upgrades in Annapolis, 59 public water access projects in 19 Maryland counties will receive a total of $6 million in state Waterway Improvement Fund grants for fiscal year 2016. This total, the largest amount Maryland has received since 2009, includes $2.2 million for dredging… Read More
Dredging of the Hudson River for the new Tappan Zee Bridge will resume next month near Westchester. Bridge builder Tappan Zee Constructors will remove nearly 200,000 cubic yards of sand and silt south of the existing bridge to create a flotation channel for the largest crane on the bridge replacement project beginning on or about… Read More
The push to rebuild dunes ?? whether at the hands at the Army Corps of Engineers project or through emergency temporary ones ?? continues with local advocacy groups, local council-members and federal elected officials weighing in. As the third anniversary for Superstorm Sandy approaches this October, the federal beach widening and dune replenishment project is mired… Read More