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CPRA restoring vital marshland in southwest Louisiana
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) recently kicked off work on the 466 acre No Name Bayou Marsh Creation Project. Currently the external dikes are under construction with dredging expected to begin later this fall. Containment dikes that are being constructed around the ar
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Another successful project for LNG hopper dredger Vox Alexia
Van Oord has successfully completed the Saltfleet to Gibraltar Point Beach Management Scheme on behalf of the Environment Agency. This year, LNG trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Alexia played a key role in the project. She dredged around 400,000m3 of sand to renourish the beaches at Mablethorpe,
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Mexico Beach shoreline protection project
Bay County (FL) and the City of Mexico Beach are working on a project that will restore three-mile stretch of shoreline from the Mexico Beach Canal at the western end to the Gulf County line at the eastern end. According to the officials, the full-scale beach nourishment of the Mexico Beach shorelin
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Jefferson Parish Living Shoreline project (VIDEO)
Jefferson Parish (LA) has just released a video about the Living Shoreline project which is now in its Marsh Creation phase. The Lake Pontchartrain shoreline project stretches from Bucktown to Bonnabel Harbor. During the month of July, approximately 20 acres of intertidal marsh is being created by d
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VIDEO: Construction starts at Buffalo Outer Harbor
Construction has begun at the Buffalo Outer Harbor, the USACE Buffalo District said. At Wilkeson Pointe, work has started in the old commercial shipping slip to build a stone wall ahead of clean, dredged material being placed in the slip. During this time, the slip remains closed to all boating acti
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Deltares: What is the impact of sea level rise on atoll islands?
A team of international researchers is investigating the potential for the world’s low-lying coral atoll islands to withstand predicted sea level rises through natural flooding processes. Recently, Deltares experts Robert McCall and Floortje Roelvink joined the international research team for fieldw
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Managing the risk of flooding in Stallingborough (VIDEO)
Jackson team has been busy lately in North East Lincolnshire placing 70,000 tonnes of rock armour on the Humber estuary’s south coast, as part of the Stallingborough Sea Defence Improvement Scheme. Together with partners Ovenden Earthmoving Co and Aggregate Industries, Jackson is delivering the proj
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Wollongong: Study of options to manage lake’s entrance erosion
Wollongong City Council and Shellharbour City Council are working collaboratively with the NSW Government to assess options for the entrance channel of Lake Illawarra. The project, called the Lake Illawarra Entrance Options Study, is looking at options to manage erosion that has occurred since Lake
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Folly Beach project progressing as planned
The Folly Beach (SC) Renourishment is making great progress and everything is still on track to be done by the start of peak hurricane season, the Army Corps said in a statement. The contractor is dredging sand from the Folly River, sending it down long pipes along the beach where bulldozers come in
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North Carolina DEQ awards $10.5M in coastal storm damage grants
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) is awarding more than $10.5 million for 7 projects in coastal North Carolina for beach and dune renourishment, as well as other projects related to hurricane and storm damage. “The Coastal Storm Damage grants help resto
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HERBOSCH-KIERE building new dike in Hamme
HERBOSCH-KIERE is making great progress in Hamme, Belgium, where the company is constructing a 1.8 km long overflow dike, re-profiling an additional 400 meters of dike and creating a 5 km long towpath for pedestrians and cyclists to enjoy. “The construction is progressing well, and we anticipate com
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Bonita Beach nourishment project on the way
Earlier this month, Lee County (FL) approved an amendment to an agreement with the City of Bonita Springs to expand the scope of Bonita Beach nourishment efforts south to the County line. The expanded scope is necessary due to damage caused by Hurricane Ian in September 2022 when all of Bonita Beach
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Texel Southwest beachfill completed
Rijkswaterstaat has successfully completed beach nourishment works at the south-west side of the Texel coastline. The Texel Southwest beach nourishment campaign took place from March to May 2024. This included dredging and pumping around 810,000m3 of sand onto the beach, between the beach posts 9 an
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ASBPA annual awards presented for best restored beaches
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association has released the annual awards of the nation’s Best Restored Beaches. The award winning projects this year are the Illinois Beach State Park Shoreline Stabilization in Zion, Illinois, and the North Cove Coastal Systems Restoration in North Cove,