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Meeting on Matagorda Channel Improvement this week
USACE will present their final engineering design for the Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project at a Lavaca Bay Foundation meeting this week. According to a news release from the Lavaca Bay Foundation, the meeting will take place at 6 p.m. in Calhoun County’s extension office auditorium, 186 He
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Pasig River dredging about to begin
San Miguel Corp. (SMC) is gearing up to dredge the Pasig River, a heavily-silted and polluted water body – still considered an economically important river in Metro Manila. Under their official plan, SMC will annually remove 600,000 tons of silt and solid waste from Pasig River over the next five ye
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Dredging in Emerald Isle VIDEO
The Florence Renourishment Project – Phase III, located in Emerald Isle, NC, is moving forward according to schedule. Town of Emerald Isle has just released this interesting video, highlighting the dredging works in the western part of the town on March 4, 2021. “Everyone is reminded to respect the
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Feydhoo Harbor development in full swing
The Sh. Feydhoo Harbor expansion and development program is well underway, Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) reports. According to their latest project update, the dredging works in the new harbor basin are currently underway. The Sh. Feydhoo Harbor Project includes: dredging and exc
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Centerm expansion project – March update
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, together with their contractors, is continuing work on the Centerm Expansion Project. This port expansion project, being delivered by Centennial Expansion Partners (CXP), has completion date of December 2021. In their March update, CXP and the port authority said
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NWPC maintenance dredging on the way
The Charlotte County has just released the latest update on the North West Port Charlotte (NWPC) Interior Canal maintenance dredging. The North West Port Charlotte MSBU Advisory Board has brought concerns to Charlotte County staff about restricted depths and safe navigation on the landward ends of t
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Final phase of Peak Forest Canal dredging underway
Land and Water crews have just started the final phase of works at the Peak Forest Canal in Manchester on behalf of the Canal and River Trust. Over the past six months, Land and Water has been carrying out dredging works to the canal in order to improve the waterway’s efficiency for boaters. The Pea
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Colonel Kelly tours Bald Head Island dredging
South Atlantic Division Commander, Colonel Jason Kelly, boarded the Wilmington District survey vessel Swart earlier this week to get a first hand look at projects with particular interest to citizens of the local area. During the trip, he was able to get an appreciation for Coastal Storm Risk Manage
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Town Neck Beach nourishment plan on the table
The USACE New England District is proposing a Section 111 Shore Damage Mitigation Study for beach nourishment of Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts. This area has eroded as a result of the Cape Cod Canal Federal Navigation Project (FNP) jetties at the east entrance of the Canal. The work is
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Lydd contract for Van Oord
Van Oord has signed a contract with the British Environment Agency for the design and realization of a coastal defense at Lydd, on the south coast of Kent. The project is designed to protect this valuable nature reserve and the British Defense Ministry’s military training ground again for 25 years f
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Bayou Ducros, Bayou Terre aux Boeufs projects get boost
St. Bernard Parish Government last week announced that two largescale coastal restoration projects have advanced in the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) process. Coastal parishes, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), and participating f
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GCWA, City of Gold Coast: Tackling climate change
The Gold Coast Waterways Authority and the City of Gold Coast are partnering to plan and develop new technologies, infrastructure and environmental management practices under a new agreement aimed at tackling climate change. As a first step under the partnership, GCWA and the City are commissioning
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Hayling Island beach management works complete
Coastal Partners confirmed in their today’s announcement that the Hayling Island beach management works are now complete. The West Beach car park is now open and the beach has been levelled. The area will now be monitored over the coming months. The works were fully funded by the Environment Agency
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NFWF: National Coastal Resilience Fund 2021
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) yesterday announced the release of the 2021 Request for Proposals for the National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF), which provides grant funding to restore, increase and strengthen natural infrastructure to protect coastal communities while also enhanc