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Metro Atlanta and Georgia are far from the finish line in the water wars. Even after the U.S. Supreme Court rules by June 30 on the case brought against Georgia by Florida, three federal lawsuits remain pending. In each of the three cases pending before a U.S. District Court, the defendant is the U.S. Army… Read More
After a weekend of heavy rain and flooding in many local areas, one suburban mayor has written a letter to his residents to try to calm frustrations. We spoke to neighbor Amanda Garrett, who said she just moved into her house three weeks ago with her wife. “We already paid a bunch of money, now… Read More
Lyttelton Port Company Ready to Meet Canterbury’s Doubling Freight Demands With the 2011 earthquake rebuild behind it, Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) is now focused on enhancing its infrastructure to efficiently manage Canterbury freight volumes, forecast to more than double in the coming three decades. LPC Chief Executive, Peter Davie says, “We have recently been granted… Read More
Reuse of dredged material on beaches and marshes can allow natural processes to resolve coastal problems and improve the environment. And regional approaches to managing sediments can lower costs, according to the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean. The two groups will host a free webinar May 30… Read More
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers official confirmed this week that the annual spring dredging of the Oceanside harbor has fallen through, meaning less sand for the city’s starving beaches this summer. The Corps has hired contractors to dredge the harbor entrance every year for decades to keep it deep enough for safe navigation. Sand… Read More
Arconic’s cleanup preparation on the Grasse River is set to resume this month. Officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said facility construction that began in 2017 will continue this year. Once finished, the facility will be used as a staging area to support dredging and capping operations as part of the $243 million project… Read More
According to a press release from the city of Hoboken, the United States Army Corps of Engineers has determined that it will require NY Waterway to undergo a more vigorous and public vetting process prior to allowing work to commence at the former Union Dry Dock site. NY Waterway purchased the property in uptown Hoboken… Read More
Construction work is expected to resume later this month on a facility to support the $243 million dredging project to clean up cancer-causing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) from the Grasse River upstream from its entry the St. Lawrence River.. When constructed, the facility will be used as a staging area to support future dredging and capping… Read More
On the south bank of Mission Creek, near Spiers Road, Eugene and Barb Filice watched Wednesday as logs the size of telephone poles smashed and splintered against a short bridge as fast-moving water surged beneath. The Filices have lived a short walk from the bridge, on Parsons Road, since 1968 and in the ’80s had… Read More
The technology group Wärtsilä announces that its acquisition of Transas, a global company headquartered in the U.K., has now been finalised. Control of the company will be transferred to Wärtsilä effective from 4 May, 2018. The acquisition, which was announced in March 2018, has a transaction value of MEUR 210 (enterprise value). Transas is a… Read More