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The public comment period for a study on Cheltenham flood mitigation has been extended until Jan. 22. The draft report by the Army Corps of Engineers recommends building six dry detention basins in Cheltenham and three in Abington to reduce the amount of downstream water flows around Tookany Creek and its tributaries. Before the $9.2… Read More
Kien Giang Province has requested that the government and the Navy end sand dredging at a military port in Phu Quoc as the activity is starting to cause severe erosion. A statement from the province authorities said the dredging has caused erosion along one kilometer around the island and there’s a risk that it will… Read More
State ports officials may now proceed with a $16 million dredging project to enlarge the existing ships’ turning basin to accommodate larger container vessels. The N.C. Ports Authority received a variance Tuesday from the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission to dredge a primary nursery area in the Cape Fear River. The variance was granted by way… Read More
“Spoils” has become a dirty word in shore towns looking to clear their waterways. The material is often seen as contaminated. “Well, that’s wrong,” said Stewart Farrell, director and founder of Stockton University’s Coastal Research Center. “In New Jersey, dredging has gone on with DEP review for 40 years.” Farrell said of the four coastal… Read More
Public procurement procedures for major infrastructural works such as flood relief schemes need to be made more robust and less exposed to legal challenge, according to a spokesperson for a group in Bandon who have been campaigning for six years for a scheme for the town. Gillian Powell of the Bandon Flood Group said that… Read More
The North Myrtle Beach City Council on Monday night unanimously approved a first reading of an ordinance defining the Cherry Grove Improvement District where property owners will be required to pick up a $16 million tab for two dredging projects to make canals navigable once again to the Atlantic Ocean. The council met last week… Read More
The informational meetings for the Sunset/Huntington Harbour Maintenance Dredging and Waterline Project will take place on December 17, 2015 and January 14, 2016 at the Harbour View Clubhouse in Huntington Beach, CA. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
A legal appeal against a provincial government decision to deny permission to dredge silted Kowie River canals and dispose of the spoil in nearby sand dunes has succeeded. Dredging of Royal Alfred Marina canals and the lower reaches of the Kowie River ground to a halt two years ago following complaints to the department of… Read More
Changes in cargo shipping patterns, stricter federal rules for annual maintenance dredging and the closure of Georgetown’s steel mill could force state officials to shut down the coastal city’s seaport, despite residents’ attempts to save the struggling maritime facility. State legislators who oversee the State Ports Authority last week questioned whether the Georgetown port can… Read More
Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has emphasised the need for developing inland waterways to improve the country’s economy. Stating this while at a public meeting here on Saturday, he pointed out that China was transporting 47 per cent of its goods and passenger traffic through waterways. Similarly, Korea, Japan and several European countries were also… Read More
Lib Dem leader Tim Farron called on the government to do more to protect communities, claiming that hundreds of flood defence schemes had been branded ‘low priority’ and shelved. Flooding which brought chaos to Britain and saw thousands of people evacuated from their homes may have been avoided if the Government had not cancelled hundreds… Read More
Upstate opponents of a decision by regional Environmental Protection Agency officials to let General Electric Co. close its PCB cleaning plant in Fort Edward had an audience this week with high-ranking national EPA officials in Washington, D.C., to make the case that GE should be held back. A coalition representing nine environmental groups met Wednesday… Read More
The provision of a €10 million flood relief scheme for Bandon remains a priority and work will begin in 2016, according to Simon Harris, Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works. Mr Harris said the OPW was “progressing the Bandon project as a matter of urgency” with the project gone to… Read More
Howth is one of the most beloved and visited seaside towns in Dublin and Ireland and one of the country’s six national working fishery harbours. It is also the premier fishery port on the east coast with a synchro lift and repair yard. Tourism to Howth port and peninsula has increased greatly, with as many… Read More
As part of its efforts to provide communities and businesses with products, tools, services, and funding to better address weather- and climate-related threats, today NOAA announced $4 million in recommended funding for six habitat restoration projects across the United States. The projects recommended for funding, under NOAA’s 2015 Coastal Ecosystem Resiliency Grants Program, focus on… Read More