The Fort Pierce marina dredging project is about 70 percent complete and is proceeding on schedule and within budget, according to tcpalm.com. Regarding this great success, Edward Seissiger, the project coordinator, stated; “We are looking for substantial completion at the end of May.” An important part of this development program, the Tern Island filling operations, [...]
The entrance channel to the Fort Pierce City Marina will be closed for dredging from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 17 through Feb. 7. The City Marina channel will be closed to all lunch traffic by boat until the dredging is complete. Boat traffic will be permitted through the channel at all other times. [...]
![USA: Fort Moultrie Dock Dredging Starts]()
The dredging program has officially commenced Wednesday at the Fort Moultrie Dock, reports abcnews4.com. This project includes removing of approximately 17,000 cubic yards of material from the mentioned area. Rick Dorrance, chief of resource management for Fort Sumter, stated: “So we were able to leverage our very small project with other Corps of Engineers bigger [...]
Planned development of the Port of Fort Pierce is undergoing its initial stage and already encountering various obstacles. The development proposition comes at a time when the sole port operator, Atlantic Caribbean Line, is laying off workers due to a standstill of construction projects in the Bahamas, TC Palm news site cited Ken Roberts of [...]
For years, Mother Nature’s fury has steadily eroded the structural integrity of the Fort Norfolk pier and wharf area, seriously degrading its operational effectiveness and jeopardizing its safe operation. Broken, crumbling and missing pilings; deteriorating pier foundation; wharf top cap rotten away; mooring fasteners and piling bolts – gone! That was then. Today, new state-of-the-art [...]
![USA: Tropical Storm Impacts Fort Myers Beach Renourishment]()
Tropical storm Debby is hitting just a few months after the multi-million dollar beach renourishment project was finished on Fort Myers Beach, says fox4now.com. The $4 million project stretched a mile long, from Bowditch Point to just past the Fort Myers Beach Pier. The renourishment project widened the beach, adding about 315,000 cubic yards of [...]
![City of Fort Pierce to Host Meeting on Port Master Plan May 16 (USA)]()
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will hold two public meetings to collect input about the Port of Fort Pierce on Wednesday, May 16 from 1-3 p.m. at the River Walk Center, 600 North Indian River Drive and later that evening from 6-9 p.m. in the City Commission Chambers at Fort Pierce City Hall, 100 [...]
![USA: Lee County Celebrates End of Fort Myers Renourishment]()
As abc-7.com reports, Lee County celebrated the end of its multi-decade renourishment project at Fort Myers Beach Monday. The additional sand and widened beaches helps protect them from storms and erosion. But it will take more work over the next two years to maintain the new white sand. Leaders say $4-million restoration project on Fort [...]
![USA: Fort Pierce Inlet Dredging Progresses Well]()
A long awaited beach renourishment project is underway at the Fort Pierce Inlet. Approximately 416,000 cubic yards of sand are being pumped onto the beach on the south side of the St. Lucie County’s inlet. “It’s a recreational benefit,” said Richard Bouchard, St. Lucie County coastal engineer. Reauthorized as part of the Water Resources Development [...]
![USA: Fort Pierce Dredging Begins February 8]()
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District announced it will begin dredging for the Fort Pierce Shore Protection project. This project was authorized as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996. A contract was awarded for this next renourishment in September 2011 to Manson Construction in the amount of $5.5 million. This [...]
