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A crowd of about a hundred filled seats at Convention Hall Aug. 25 while an unknown number watched the video stream of Cape May’s meeting on beach replenishment and beach safety. Officials from the state Department of Environmental Protection, the Army Corps of Engineers, Stockton University, and the city’s engineering firm Hatch MacDonald assembled for… Read More
A bulk cargo terminal operator is working with Cape Breton Regional Municipality on a plan to cut the costs of dredging at the Port of Sydney. Mayor Cecil Clarke is hoping the port authority will soon get the nod from the federal and provincial governments for a $21-million expansion for cruise ships. That would come… Read More
When New York officials called for General Electric Co. this week to conduct another cleanup of the Hudson River, they joined a growing list of government agencies that believe there is still too much PCB contamination in the waterway. Absent from that push is New Jersey. Like many administrations before him, Governor Christie has decided… Read More
A bulk material transshipment terminal at the port of Sydney plans to move ahead with expansion plans it initially outlined more than four years ago. Provincial Energy Ventures president Ernie Thrasher indicates the area of the proposed dredge around his company’s pier on Friday. PEV’s manager Jimmy Graham and Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor Cecil… Read More
The World Bank has sanctioned Rs 980 crore to dredge the Brahmaputra as an initiative to develop waterways to Bangladesh and to other South East Asian countries in a bid to boost trade and industry in the Northeast. “Opening up of the Brahmaputra waterways for trade will lead to a reduction in the cost of… Read More
The Planning Commission (PC) has sent back a mega Tk 32 billion project for dredging of the Chittagong-Dhaka-Ashuganj river channel due to absence of a feasibility study and higher project cost, officials said Wednesday. Besides, the implementing agency Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) had not consulted the PC for recasting the project proposal despite… Read More
New York’s conservation chief is challenging the effectiveness of recently completed dredging of contaminated sediment from the upper Hudson River, saying unacceptably high levels of industrial waste were left behind. Commissioner Basil Seggos said that dredging improved the Hudson but that the federal Environmental Protection Agency needs to re-evaluate the six-year project and get objective… Read More
Huston Township supervisors will meet Aug. 24 to discuss engineering and permitting details of a possible flood control project on Bennett Branch, according to a state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) official. They will meet with their consultant, contractor and state officials, according to Daniel Spadoni, community relations coordinator with the DEP Regional Director’s Office… Read More
The government has decided to dredge seven rivers to improve their navigability, including reviving six moribund rivers, at a cost of Tk 3,964.17 crore. These moribund rivers are the Dudhkumar, Dharla, Punarbhaba, Showa, Old Bramaputra and the Tulai. Besides, the Burishwar river will be dredged to improve its navigability for the Paira sea port as… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Dredging Operations Technical Support Program will launch a new website dedicated to the practice of thin-layer placement of dredged material. The newly developed Thin-Layer Placement of Dredged Material website will officially launch during the next DOTS webinar August 31, and will consolidate a growing wealth of information and resources… Read More