By April Blanche Cabañog Summary Mayor Thadeo Jovito “Jonkie” Ouano ordered Mandaue City to rush drainage upgrades and river cleanups to protect flood-prone communities ahead of the upcoming southwest monsoon season. Excavation delays caused by underground utility lines extended the completion date of a critical bypass drainage project in Barangay Tipolo from May to late… Read More
By Kristina Thacker A project aimed at protecting beachfront infrastructure along the Grand Strand is scheduled to be completed by August. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the Grand Strand Renourishment project in Myrtle Beach is back underway. Work resumed on May 29 and is anticipated to wrap up by early July. Then, crews will… Read More
Thirty years after it was first identified as a problem, the long-awaited dredging of John’s Pass is finally complete. Bayside Dredging, the company contracted for the project, removed more than 13,000 cubic yards of sand from the pass, helping to restore safer navigation through one of Pinellas County’s busiest waterways. The dredged material was hauled… Read More
By Michael Olohan PARK RIDGE, N.J.—The borough has applied for funding through the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank to help pay for the long-planned dredging and restoration of Mill Pond, also known as Electric Lake. Voters approved a non-binding referendum in November authorizing the borough to bond up to $5 million for the project. Since then,… Read More
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. — City leaders say the future of Tybee Island’s beach is now tied to what happens in Washington. Tybee Island lost out on the $12 million it typically gets for beach renourishment. The city manager says beach renourishment is not optional, but central to the island’s survival. “One, it is our economy,”… Read More
