It's on us. Share your news here.
It's on us. Share your news here.
HOUSTON — Following waterway assessments and coordination with federal, state, and local partners, the Captain of the Port (COTP) Houston-Galveston has set Port Condition Recovery, Tuesday, for the ports of Houston, Texas City, Galveston, and Freeport, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from the Colorado Locks east to High Island Bridge. Specific navigation conditions are summarized… Read More
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — The town of Fort Myers Beach announced a major project has begun along its shores. The Estero Island Beach Nourishment and Hurricane Recovery Project began on Monday and will dredge approximately 950,000 cubic yards of sand onto Fort Myers Beach. According to the town’s news release, the sand is coming from… Read More
(HILO, HAWAI‘I) – A $3.1 million dredging operation at the Wailoa Small Boat Harbor started yesterday and is expected to be complete by the end of the year, if not sooner. Depending on the location, sediment build up and available funding, the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) attempts to conduct dredging operations… Read More
HONOLULU – A long-anticipated dredging operation began Monday at the Wailoa Small Boat Harbor on Hawaii Island. Following the 2018 Kilauea eruption, lava sediments surrounding the Pohoiki ramp have remained a critical concern for Hawaii Island boaters. Gov. Green appropriated a $3.1 million construction fund to improve the harbor. “I’d like to thank Gov. Green for releasing… Read More
An effort to reduce the flood risk along the Vermilion River in Lafayette is underway. Crews spent Monday, July 8, moving equipment into place to begin digging out shallow sections of the Bayou Vermilion near Rotary Point. Officials with Lafayette Consolidated Government are now making efforts to clean waterways in the city for safer boating… Read More
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Detroit District, has begun dredging the Manistee Harbor federal navigational channel. The objective is to remove shoaling that prevents deep-draught commercial vessel traffic. On April 23 of this year, a commercial vessel attempted to enter Manistee Harbor with a draught of 19 feet (5.8 metres) but was halted… Read More
A Maryland board led by Gov. Wes Moore approved a $50.3 million emergency contract on Wednesday to pay a Swedish construction company that removed debris from the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. While the work to remove debris from the federal channel in the Patapsco River was done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,… Read More
A local company’s request to dredge an area of the West Ocean City harbor channel received the support of the Worcester County Commissioners this week. The Worcester County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a request from staff to authorize a local sponsor statement of no objection for a proposed dredging project at Atlantic Tackle. The company… Read More
Ponte Vedra Beach renourishment finished quickly, other project in St. Augustine Beach expected to be complete in the fall. A major Northeast Florida beach restoration project has wrapped up just as Summer is hitting its stride and way ahead of schedule. The shoreline renourishment project that cost about $40 million along the northern shore of the Atlantic… Read More
The NJDOT emergency beach nourishment dredge project pumped over 750,000 cubic yards of sand across the beach, according to the mayor. Source
The long-awaited dredging of two channels connecting Fenwick Island’s canals with the Little Assawoman Bay has taken a large step forward with the approval of a contract for the project. The Fenwick Island Town Council approved the contract for the project, 7-0, with J.F. Brennan Co. of LaCross, Wisc. At $2.08 million, Brennan was the… Read More
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (July 1, 2024) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District, will begin dredging of the Saint Lucie Inlet, Martin County, Florida, on July 2, 2024. The project was awarded May 3 in the amount of $9,295,100 to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC. It calls for the dredging the St. Lucie Inlet… Read More
In a groundbreaking “design-with-nature” project, New Jersey is repurposing 600,000 cubic yards of dredged sediment from the Delaware Bay, relevant to the construction of the New Jersey Wind Port, an offshore wind marshalling and manufacturing hub in Salem County. The sediment, equivalent to about 45,000 dump trucks’ worth, is being used to rehabilitate the Abbotts… Read More
The Biden administration asked Congress on Friday for $3.1 billion in emergency funding to rebuild major highways, including Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed in March when it was struck by a cargo ship. Federal salvage authorities have cleared the vital waterway en route to Baltimore’s buzzing harbor, and roughly 80 percent of commerce… Read More
Are the millions of dollars spent on sand worth all of the big dump trucks rumbling through small island roads, giant excavators sitting on the beach and giant piles of sand and dirt laying right next to beach chairs? Since Hurricane Ian came to our shores, Southwest Florida has spent mountains of cash on mountains of sand…. Read More