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Meeting on Ocean City Inlet projects next week
The USACE Baltimore District, in coordination with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Worcester County, is hosting a hybrid public meeting Aug. 17, 2021, at the Worcester County Library – Berlin Branch at 13 Harrison Ave., from 7 – 8:30 p.m. This public meeting provides an opport
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Funding secured for Saugatuck River dredging
Connecticut Senators Murphy and Blumenthal announced earlier this week that $2.8 million in funding for the dredging of the Saugatuck River has been secured in the Fiscal Year 2022 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. “Dredging the Saugatuck River is an essential project that will impro
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VFPA: Supporting channel dredging with $1 million
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) has announced $1 million in funding towards a near-term dredging solution to support key Delta channels within the Fraser River communities, focusing on Ladner Harbour and Gunderson Slough. Dredging is the careful removal of sediment and debris from the bot
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Boost for Weymouth’s coastal resilience project
The Town of Weymouth, MA, has been awarded $102,980 in EEA’s Dam and Seawall Program funds for FY 2022 to fund Phase 2 of the Fort Point Road Coastal Infrastructure Resilience Project. According to the Town, this will continue work from phase 1 for which the town received $129,557 from a Municipal V
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Environmental groups sue USACE over dredging policy
Environmental groups including Cape Fear River Watch, North Carolina Wildlife Federation and Defenders of Wildlife have filed a lawsuit over a new dredging policy at harbors on the Carolina coast. They claim that federal authorities are using “flawed and incomplete” data to back up their activities.
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Victorian coastline deal for AW Maritime
The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is engaging AW Maritime to undertake a comprehensive condition inspection of coastal protection structures located on coastal Crown land along the Victorian coastline. AW Maritime’s coastal engineers assessed and recorded the overall co
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Keeping The Entrance channel open
Adam Crouch MP, Member for Terrigal, has announced $495,000 for Central Coast Council to dredge The Entrance channel. “Everyone knows that regular dredging is required to keep the channel open,” said the MP. The channel staying open is important because it reduces the flood risk in low-lying areas a
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Makhachkala dredging kicks off
A maintenance dredging program in the operating basin near the construction Berth No. 6 at the Port of Makhachkala is now underway. For this project, FSUE Rosmorport’s Makhachkala regional branch deployed its own excavator – with a boom length of 8.2m – and a dredging pump with cutter head to perfor
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Golden Triangle Marsh Creation project underway
Construction is underway on the Golden Triangle Marsh Creation project in St. Bernard and Orleans Parishes. Louisiana CPRA said that the 600-acre restoration will create new wetland habitat and strengthen New Orleans’ natural storm surge buffer. This marsh creation project is located near the conflu
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$5.8M for Searsport dredging passes committee
Maine Senator Susan Collins announced yesterday that $5,850,000 in funding she requested for the maintenance dredging of Searsport Harbor was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. The bill was passed by the Appropriations Committee yesterday by a vote of
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Getting ready for Absecon dredging VIDEO
The 2021 dredging season has officially begun, the New Jersey Department of Transportation reports. This time lapse video shows a dredging boat being lowered into the Absecon Creek Channel in Absecon Bay where sediment shift from storm events have made the channel unnavigable. Dredging in this area
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USACE awards contract for Miami-Dade renourishment
The USACE Jacksonville District has announced the award of a $40 million construction contract for the Miami-Dade County erosion control and hurricane beach renourishment project. The Jacksonville District awarded the contract on July 30 to Continental Heavy Civil for $40,486,000, for the Miami-Dade
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Charles pushes for Guaracara River dredging
The Member of Parliament for Naparima (Trinidad and Tobago), Rodney Charles, is calling on Minister of Works and Transport, Rohan Sinanan, to immediately order the dredging and desilting of the Guaracara River. In his latest release, Mr. Charles said that this work would bring relief to the 300 home
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Rohde Nielsen wraps up Gothenburg job
Rohde Nielsen A/S finished a maintenance dredging project in Gothenburg harbor recently. The project was particularly tricky because a very fine layer had to be removed over a large area in the port. “To do this work, we used Heimdal R and 2 self-propelled barges, Gere R & Freke R, for the areas wit