By Alan Bosworth An agreement was announced for emergency dredging at Townsends Inlet in Cape May County, New Jersey, where shifting sand has narrowed the navigational channel beneath the bridge connecting Avalon and Sea Isle City. Cape May County is contributing $250,000 towards estimated construction costs of $1.5 million. The work is intended to improve… Read More
By Jeffrey Kennett Juneau Empire Staff Hauling supplies ashore from fishing boats at Juneau’s Fisheries Terminal can mean climbing a steep gangway, but a planned loading facility would allow trucks to pull alongside vessels instead, and the city is now seeking contractors to build it. The City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ ) issued a… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District awarded a $7.3 million contract to Michigan-based Great Lakes Dock and Materials on Sept. 22 to remove built-up sediment and install a wave-absorbing stone structure along the West Breakwater in Barcelona Harbor. The project will provide a long-term solution to significant shoaling and blockage of the federal… Read More
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — Bowditch Point Beach in Fort Myers Beach will temporarily shrink as crews undertake a nearly $7 million federal dredging project to deepen waters and reinforce the coastline. Walt Neveker, a Lee County resident, reflected on his experiences at the beach. “We used to go there pretty often. [We’d] just lounge out,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Seattle District will oversee maintenance dredging at Everett Harbor and Snohomish River as early as Oct. 16, 2026. Dredging performed by the contractor, American Construction Co., Inc., is expected to start in the lower settling basin via clamshell dredge and bottom dump barges. Dredging will be performed continuously… Read More
