The Presque Isle Marina dredging program is progressing according to schedule, reports uppermichiganssource.com. The dredged material is being placed near the city municipal building on Baraga Avenue. Regarding this development project, Karl Zueger of Marquette Parks and Recreation, stated: “It’s a multi-phase project. This phase actually is the removal of the south pier. We’re on [...]
The Presque Isle Marina dredging program is scheduled for May 6, 2013, reports uppermichiganssource.com. This area will be closed for boaters until July 1. Regarding this closure, Jon Swenson from the Marquette Parks and Recreation Office, said: “Unfortunately this is the price of progress in order to get things in better shape, boaters, we’re asking [...]
The City of Marquette is starting preparations for the first phase of the Presque Isle Marina dredging project, reports uppermichiganssource. The amount of approved budget for the dredging works scheduled to be completed by July is nearly half a million dollars. The City has announced that the Marina will be closed during the dredging works. [...]
Contractors are mid-way through the scheduled dredging of the man-made canals at Ocean Isle Beach as of mid-January, and are on track to meet their deadline of finishing the work in March. This effort should make it easier for boaters to move in and out of these canals at all tide levels this coming summer. [...]
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced that it officially requested this week that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency remove Presque Isle Bay from the list of Great Lakes Areas of Concern. If EPA approves the request, Presque Isle Bay will be the second American Area of Concern (AOC) taken off the list of environmentally [...]
The Emerald Isle and Pine Knoll Shores beach replenishment program is scheduled for the beginning of the next year, reports jdnews.com. This project will include pumping of approximately 913,000 cubic yards of fresh sand, dredged from the Morehead City harbor channel, onto the beaches at the mentioned area. The cost of the project will be [...]
The Town of Emerald Isle upcoming beach nourishment project is tentatively scheduled to begin in February and be complete by the end of March. Due to budget constraints, the project has been scaled back slightly, and will likely involve the placement of approximately 630,000 cubic yards of sand (compared to 676,000 cubic yards in the [...]
After the contractors dredging Yarmouth Harbour accidentally cut through cables, power supplies to a swing bridge have been cut, reports BBC. Peter Hayward, Isle of Wight Council manager for highways and transport, said: “The council is working closely with the harbour commission to make sure repairs are carried out as soon as possible.” This dredging [...]
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has investigated concerns from some Isle of Wight residents about dredging activity in the area. Under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, the MMO regulates development at sea around the English coast and as part of this is responsible for licensing dredging activity. It takes any dredging out of [...]
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The Presque Isle beach replenishment project is finally completed, reports erietvnews.com. Harry Leslie, the Park Manager said, “The contractor still has to shape the dunes. Then when we go into the dormant season, they will take and pull out beach grass plugs from some of our existing dunes and plent them so they are landscaped [...]
