Material from the Duluth and Superior harbors could serve as fill for nonresidential projects in Douglas County with Wisconsin Department… (superiortelegram) Source: superiortelegram, August 18, 2011
Topsail Beach property owners will pay a lower tax rate under the newly adopted town budget, but most will still see their bills go up. By Trista Talton (starnewsonline) Source: starnewsonline, June 29, 2011
Port officials said today that a 60-acre fill project on the west pier was completed Sunday and the next step will be to dredge away the mud around the filled area, Joe Conn, the port’s director of restoration said today. Once dredging is complete, filling of the final 24 acres will begin and then [...]
Avalon’s emergency beach fill project entered its final stages on Thursday, June 24th. Engineers with Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company… Source: capemaycountyherald, June 27, 2010;
For generations, the islands of Jamaica Bay, the 26-square-mile natural sanctuary off the Brooklyn and Queens shoreline that is home to hundreds of species of migratory birds and marine life, have been disappearing, victims of environmental neglect. A combination of factors, including development… Source:newyorktimes,April 26,2010;
NEW HAVEN — In the 1950s, during construction of Interstate 95, about 1 million cubic yards of fill was excavated from a “borrow pit” in New Haven Harbor off Morris Cove and used as fill for the newly emerging highway system… Source:nhregister,April 5,2010;
AVALON–While coastal storms continue to pound on already battered beaches, Avalon and Sea Isle City are moving forward on an emergency beach fill project. The Avalon Borough Council awarded a contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of Illinois for it’s bid of $10.406 million. Source:nbc,February 26,2010;
Ocean City’s ongoing beach-fill project will dump about 400,000 more cubic yards of sand than originally planned after harsh weather over the past few months caused more damage to north-end beaches, city Administrator James Rutala said. Source: Press of Atlantic City, February 5, 2010
AVALON CONDITIONS WORSE THAN EXPECTED… Source: Shore News Today, November 18, 2009;
