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Lake Cathie Foreshore Reserve set for beach nourishment
Port Macquarie Hastings Council (PMHC) said that they will soon undertake beach nourishment works at Lake Cathie Foreshore Reserve to improve foreshore stability and provide enhanced sandy areas for families and visitors. Earlier this year, rock bags were installed in the reserve to address ongoing
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GLDD lands $20.2M Palm Beach renourishment contract
Houston-based marine construction company Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has won a $20.2 million USACE contract for beach renourishment work in Palm Beach, Florida. This project will place approximately 500-600K cubic yards of material to renourish the shoreline in Palm Beach County, between Florida Depa
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Three bids received for the Nags Head beach nourishment
The Town of Nags Head (NC) is preparing for its next beach nourishment project, which may begin as early as the summer of 2026. According to the Town, the project area extends from Bonnett Street at 2919 South Virginia Dare Trail south to the town limits adjacent to Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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Port Otago: Sand renourishment nears end at Te Rauone Beach
Port Otago’s Marine & Infrastructure team is about to complete the sand renourishment works at Te Rauone Beach in the next few days. “Sand pumping began a couple of weeks ago and the process has run pretty much to plan. About 5000 cubic meters of sand has been moved and the beach looks summer ready,
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Carolina Beach: Freeman Park closes due to beach nourishment
Town of Carolina Beach Government said that Freeman Park will close this weekend as crews begin sand placement for the beach nourishment operations. The area will be closed November 21-23 while crews finish placing pipes adjacent to the dunes and move equipment into place. Carolina Beach officials s
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Work resumes on the Virginia Beach replenishment project
The beach replenishment project at Croatan Beach is resuming this week after being paused in August to protect the nesting, hatching and migration of loggerhead sea turtles. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, through its contractor Manson Construction, is dredging sand from the Atlantic Ocean Channel
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GLDD wraps up dredging and beachfill operations at Indian River Inlet
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company has completed dredging and beachfill operations along the north shore of the Indian River Inlet in Sussex County, Delaware. The $8.1 million project included dredging over 500,000 cubic yards of sand from the ebb shoal of the inlet system (located approximately one
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Boskalis’ TSHD Gateway kicks off Southsea work
Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Gateway is adding over a million tons of beach material onto the Southsea beaches between The Pyramids and the Coffee Cup at Eastney. The work started on Tuesday and is being carried out round the clock for about 30 days. After the shingle has been pu
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West Galveston beach nourishment project underway
Contractors have started work on a multi-million-dollar West End beach nourishment project in Texas. The West Galveston Beach Nourishment Project will use dredged sand from the Galveston Ship Channel to renourish the beachfront, from Sunbather Lane to 11-Mile Road. An estimated 717,000 cubic yards o
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Equipment arriving for the North Myrtle Beach renourishment project
Beach nourishment across the North Strand has officially begun, according to the City of North Myrtle Beach. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the contractor started offshore equipment mobilization this past weekend on November 15. Other types of mobilization will continue to take place throughou
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MWPA putting dredged sand to good use in Geraldton
After successfully completing the FBH dredging project in Geraldton, Mid West Ports Authority (MWPA) is now using the dredged sand to renourish the northern beaches, and boost coastal resilience. The sand was stockpiled at Pages Beach during the routine maintenance dredging recently undertaken in th
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Major milestone for Stockton and coastal resilience in NSW
The City of Newcastle said that the Extended Stockton Coastal Management Program (CMP) has received certification from the NSW Minister for the Environment, officially endorsing the long-term strategy to protect Stockton’s coastline. “This is Stockton’s second certified CMP, building on the first it
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Carolina Beach CSRM renourishment starts tomorrow
Work is set to begin on the coastal storm risk management (CSRM) project at Carolina Beach in the following days. According to USACE, sand placement work will take place along Carolina Beach, N.C., beginning mid-November 2025, and will continue for approximately four to five weeks, weather permittin
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Busselton beach nourishment works to turn the tide on erosion
The City of Busselton (WA) will be undertaking a series of scheduled sand nourishment and beach maintenance works across several local sites in the coming weeks. These works are part of ongoing efforts to maintain beach accessibility and protect coastal areas from erosion. Stage 1 of the works will