Governor Rick Scott signed into law a $70.8 billion dollar spending plan for Florida during an event in St. Johns County. The General Appropriations Act for FY 2012-13 provides nearly $22 million for statewide beach management projects. The Legislature provided funding for the top seven beach projects of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s local [...]
On Saturday 26 May, the first section of the new beach of Maasvlakte 2 will be opened. The first part to be ready is the bathing beach in the south. The sport beach in the north will be open in November. The first part of the new beach along Maasvlakte 2 will be ready for [...]
According to weartv.com, Santa Rosa County is moving ahead with preparations to renourish Navarre Beach. Today, county commissioners will vote on giving the go ahead to a consulting firm to do some of the research needed for the permitting project. That includes physical and aerial surveys of the beach and preparation of an engineering report. [...]
The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will extend sand hauling hours as it nears the completion of a three-month project to restore sand to approximately 1,730 feet of shoreline from the west end of the Kuhio Beach swim basin, near the Duke Kahanamoku statue, to the existing Royal Hawaiian groin between the Royal [...]
Cashman Dredging has completed the Palm Beach Inlet dredging that began in March. Cashman dredged over 70,000 cubic yards of sand using their hopper dredge, the Atchafalaya. The project was successfully completed within the 30 day time period and followed all environmental protocols in order to not disturb the sea turtle nesting season. Dredging Today [...]
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator and Obama cabinet member Lisa P. Jackson will tour the Port of Long Beach to discuss ongoing and future efforts to reduce environmental impacts from Port development and operations affecting the air, water and land. Since 2008, the Port of Long Beach has been awarded more than $12 million [...]
Beach renourishment project is advancing on St. Augustine Beach as the dredger pumps sand out of the St. Augustine inlet onto the beach. A dredger and its crew are working hard on pulling the sand out of the inlet and pumping it through pipes onto the beach making it an attraction. Before the project commenced [...]
The legal battle over the ownership of the canals in the Cherry Grove section of North Myrtle Beach could finally be over. With the state Supreme Court’s decision that the state owns these canals, the planned dredging from 2004 could continue. The North Myrtle Beach started working to dredge the canals in 2004 but couldn’t [...]
The officials will have to wait a while longer to write end to the long-delayed Hernando Beach channel dredging project. According to Hernando Today, Environmental Services Director Susan Goebel-Canning said the Florida Department of Environmental Protection notified her late Monday that some of the seagrass has been impacted and the county may have to [...]
Port of Long Beach Executive Director J. Christopher Lytle and Orient Overseas Container Line CEO Phillip Chow signed a $4.6 billion, 40-year lease for the new Middle Harbor container terminal at a ceremony at OOCL’s Hong Kong headquarters on Tuesday, April 3. The inking of the historic agreement was celebrated by officials from the [...]
