The Federal Government said on Saturday that it would soon dredge River Benue up to Yola frenzies in Adamawa. Information Minister Labaran Maku announced this at a town-hall meeting in Gusau as part of the on-going Good Governance Tour to Zamfara. Maku said the government had concluded arrangement for dredging that would pass through Benue and terminate in Yola. He explained that apart [...]
According to abc57.com, the contractor who will be dredging the St. Joseph River in St. Joseph Michigan is setting up its equipment and could begin the project within the week. Government will provide $550,000 to dredge the Saint Joseph River. Although it was planned to start later, the dredging project could start today. “Commercially it’s [...]
According to Chris Turner, an engineer with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District, the Wachapreague Channel dredging program will commence in mid-May and should be wrapped up within three to four weeks. “Hopefully when the project is complete we’ll be able to provide a channel depth of at least six feet at [...]
The second phase of the Hulhumale reclamation project will commence within the next month, the Hulhumale Development Corporation (HDC) announced. According to Suhail Mohamed, the HDC managing director, only two companies had submitted their proposals for this project. “The proposals from these companies are being evaluated. When this concludes, the ground work of the project [...]
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has informed the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that the Benoi Basin dredging project is scheduled for April 10, 2013. These dredging works will be carried out by the grab dredgers, which will be held by a 4-point anchoring system. The dredgers, with [...]
Contractor crews are moving into position this month and are preparing to dig out pockets of mercury contamination on Bellingham’s waterfront starting in March. The Port of Bellingham hired contractor Strider Construction of Bellingham, Wash., and is working with the Washington Department of Ecology under the laws of the Model Toxic Control Act to clean [...]
After starting the dredging project in the fall of 2011, the city of Hannibal is ready to undertake its second phase of this very important deepening program. Andy Dorian, the Parks and Recreation Director, believes that this project will cost anywhere between $60,000 to $90,000. Under the dredging plan, officials will focus on dredging the [...]
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The Nasali River dredging project would probably begin at the end of the first quarter of this year, according to Ravindra Narayan, the Rewa provincial administrator. “We have noticed there are a lot of poor drainage systems around the Rewa delta and dredging would minimise flooded in some parts of the area,” Narayan stated. Rewa [...]
Construction activities on Phase 1 of the $30.9 million Muddy River Flood Risk Management and Environmental Restoration project in Boston, Mass., will start on or about Jan. 28, 2013 with tree removal and then followed by fencing and barrier installation. The construction project is located in the footprint generally between the Riverway and downstream to [...]
According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the next step in the Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project is set to commence before the end of this month. The Delaware River dredging program will take place between Port Penn and Woodland Beach and will cost $18.5 million, reports nj.com. Ed Voigt, the Army Corps [...]
