Coastal Protection
Coastal Protection
Topsail beachfill project coming along nicely
The Town of Topsail Beach, NC, has just announced that great progress is being made on the town’s 2023 Beach, Inlet, Sound Maintenance Project. Norfolk Dredging began placing sand on the beach in November and besides a few pauses due to weather, the project has been operating continuously since then
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Sea Girt beachfill project in full swing
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently began work on the Sea Girt (NJ) beach replenishment project. The project, which kicked off in early January, will provide much needed sand and storm protection to the south end of town. The contractor, Weeks Marine has so far filled the beaches of Trenton an
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Coastal protection projects share in $1 million
Eight South Australian councils and a community group will share in just over $1 million of state government grants to undertake a range of coastal protection projects. The Coast Protection Board has awarded $1,028,000 to projects worth $2.2 million under the 2023-24 Coast Protection Grants Program.
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Buffalo River restoration completed at Katherine Street
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has completed closeout of the habitat restoration along the Buffalo River near Katherine Street, Buffalo, N.Y. The $2.7 million project, funded by the EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initi
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Brevard County beachfill project kicking off this week
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor is about to begin dredging for Brevard County (FL) beach renourishment project. According to the Corps, the Brevard Co beachfill project will begin on or about Jan. 24; the sand placement along the shoreline will begin on or about Jan. 29. The project inc
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Beach replenishment completed in Scheveningen
Rijkswaterstaat recently successfully completed another beach replenishment project – the Scheveningen beachfill campaign. During the works, a total of 700,000 m3 of sand was dredged and spread over the beach, between the harbor head and the beach north of the Pier. The project, completed late last
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Work on Louisiana’s largest marsh creation moves forward
Work on the historic Lake Borgne Marsh Creation project, Louisiana’s largest marsh creation effort by acreage to date, is in full swing. According to Louisiana CPRA, the project will use 13 million cubic yards of dredged material to restore more than 2,700 acres of marsh along the south shore of the
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Alert issued on Overlook Beach erosion
In light of the devastating impact recent storms have had on Overlook Beach, Town of Babylon Supervisor Rich Schaffer recently held a press conference to emphasize the gravity of this situation and urge the Army Corps to include the beach in its upcoming beach erosion control dredging project. “This
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Natural Resources Wales: Keeping pace with climate change
Keeping pace with climate change and reducing future flood risk to communities across Wales will require increased and sustained investment in flood defences – yet not all locations at risk will be economical to defend. This is the finding of a new report published by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) o
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Great Lakes gearing up for the Montauk beachfill
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has just announced that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is about to begin mobilizing heavy equipment for the Montauk beach nourishment project. According to the Corps, the all-sand beach nourishment of Downtown Montauk was initially scheduled for late 20
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Millport flood protection scheme hitting halfway mark
In Millport, on the Scottish island Great Cumbrae, the coastal and flood protection is taking shape through both onshore and offshore activities over the 2km long seafront. North Ayrshire Council, the developer of the Millport coastal flood protection scheme, contracted Van Oord in January 2023. Van
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All set for another Bathtub Beach renourishment project
Martin County, FL, has just announced that renourishment project at Bathtub Reef Beach is scheduled to begin this week. This project takes place every 3 years as part of the County’s ongoing coastal resilience efforts. In 2021, Weeks Marine moved around 200,000 cubic yards of dredged sand onto the s
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Woolpert wins $13M contract to collect bathymetric lidar data for FSMI
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has tasked Woolpert with acquiring bathymetric survey data using lidar technologies to support the Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative (FSMI) and its mission to produce a comprehensive, publicly available, high-resolution seafloor surface model of F
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GLDD dredging and pumping sand in Orange Beach, AL
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company has finished pumping sand to the Gulf State Park and is now working in Orange Beach (AL). According to the City, the beach renourishment operation began in Orange Beach on Wednesday. “Heavy equipment is on the beach, and the public is asked to be respectful of wor