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The Corps of Engineers will get more money for coastal beach replenishment and flood control projects, and more leeway for creatively using sediment from navigation dredging projects. Little-noticed provisions in the final version of the Water Resource Development Act recently passed by Congress authorize new efforts for the Corps to use sand and other sediments… Read More
The federally supervised cleanup of PCB contamination on the Hudson River has failed to protect public health or the environment, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said in a new report on the six-year dredging project. The report released Tuesday and a statement from DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos are the latest developments in an intensifying… Read More
Work crews dredging sections of the Napa River have received a second extension on the oft-delayed project, and will now be able to continue excavating as late as Friday. A group of regional agencies pushed back the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ work permit deadline on Thursday, when it had been scheduled to expire, according… Read More
Ten communities in Maine will receive more than $2 million from the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program to restore natural habitats such as wetlands. The grant program is part of collaboration among the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The state says it will benefit 11… Read More
A group of West Harbour business owners and commercial boat operators are calling for action on the heavily silted Carey’s Bay pontoon. Only limited use can be made of the 13-metre Dunedin City Council-owned structure, which extends from the Carey’s Bay foreshore into the sheltered water of the bay. The silt surrounding it means it… Read More
A consortium headed by EnviroWaste Services Limited has been awarded the contract for the removal of dioxin contaminated sediment from a 5.1km section of the Kopeopeo Canal near Whakatane. EnviroWaste will lead the contract and will be supported by a range of technical and specialist companies, with civil works carried out by local company Waiotahi… Read More
The Ports of Ilwaco and Chinook reported both good news and bad last week, as Congress acted to ensure permanent funding to maintain dredged access channels to small U.S. ports, and as the Port of Chinook’s dredge sank. The dredge was being moved between the ports last week by Coastal Towing when it floundered in… Read More
The water legislation President Barack Obama is slated to sign in the days ahead is expected to send more federal money to the Savannah port expansion project. Both chambers of Congress passed the measure last week in one of the last official acts on Capitol Hill in 2016. The bill increases what the federal government… Read More
A bill transferring control of infrastructure on the Barren and Green rivers to local communities has passed the U.S. Senate. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement the legislation will give more control to Kentucky communities and help with flood protection in Paducah. The bill will transfer control of inoperable locks and dams along… Read More
The Shannon will have to be dredged to curb future flooding, State agencies have agreed – despite repeated declarations that dredging was barred by European Union directives. The Shannon Flood Risk Group, which is led by the Office for Public Work, has accepted that “strategic maintenance works” must be carried out on Ireland’s longest river…. Read More