COBOURG — Money has already been made on the harbour dredger this year, said Ross Dudley, special projects consultant with the town of Cobourg. He says last year’s purchase has made money on two projects already. At present the dredger, with the aid of GPS guided software… Source:northumberlandtoday,April 30,2010;
New Jersey won a round Monday in its legal fight against the dredging of the Delaware River.It’s only the first of many victories it will need to protect the state’s environmental interests concerning the economically questionable plan of the Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the river… Source:thedailyjournal,April 30,2010;
HENDERSON — The catch basin near the channel that connects Henderson Harbor to Lake Ontario was cleaned out early Thursday. Cleaning the basin is expected to reduce further buildup of debris in the channel, commonly called the cut, allowing boats to use the passageway as a shortcut during the boating season… Source:watertowndailytimes,April 30,2010;
A FORMER Royal Temple Yacht Club commodore and round-the-world sailor has been forced to berth his new boat at Dover because of silt problems in Ramsgate harbour. As revealed in the Isle of Thanet Gazette last week, the Race of the Classics has been asked to avoid Ramsgate this year because of dredging at the [...]
Residents living near Cobb County’s James E. Quarles Water Treatment Plant soon will share the space with construction noise and traffic while a large reservoir is cleaned and restored.The 27 million-gallon river water reservoir is half full of sediment accumulated over 30 years that has reduced… Source:ajc,April 30,2010;
President Lee Myung-bak’s four rivers project aims to restore Korea’s major waterways covering 634 km of rivers and tributaries. Many here and abroad are keenly watching whether this unique project will succeed. The Han, Nakdong, Yeongsan and Geum rivers are… Source:english.chosun,April 30,2010;
BRIDGEPORT — The city’s harbor hasn’t been dredged since 1964, and city and state officials say Bridgeport will lose much of its ability to market itself as a deep-water port if something isn’t done soon. In the spring of 2008, Turbana, which supplies most of the bananas consumed in Connecticut, pulled out of Bridgeport because [...]
COLUMBIA — Efforts to bring a two-state deal for the creation of the Jasper Ocean Terminal to the South Carolina and Georgia legislatures fell short this year, but the outlook for next year appears bright, says a key figure in the process.The agreement must be approved by both legislatures and by Congress before the construction [...]
A second dredge has joined the efforts to pump the region’s beaches full of fresh sand before the start of tourism season.Dredges from Great Lakes Dredge & Dock are now pumping sand onto Carolina Beach and, as of Tuesday, Ocean Isle Beach in Brunswick County. But that wasn’t in the original plan. Work on nourishing [...]
In response to concerns raised by the people of Halfmoon and Waterford about using Hudson River water as their source of drinking water while the dredging project proceeds, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to pay the additional cost incurred to draw… Source:eponline,April 29,2010;
