Last week, Brig. Gen. Bill Hannan, NWD commander, visited the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (NWP) hopper dredgers Essayons and Yaquina as they undergo maintenance, repairs and upgrades. Also, Dan Howard, NWP navigation chief, Chris Gibbons, Essayons lead port engineer, Jane Favors
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock has won a $10.3 million USACE contract for maintenance dredging works in Charleston, South Carolina. According to the Corps, the work consists of maintenance dredging of approximately 1,000,000 cubic yards of required material from the Charleston Harbor Entrance Channel.
After carefully considering public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its third periodic review of the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Upper Hudson River. The EPA said that they looked at all the project data for water, fish and sediment collected bet
The Barnstable County dredge team has started dredging and beach nourishment operations south of the Bass River Bridge. According to the Yarmouth Division of Natural Resources, dredging and beach nourishment of the Bass River / West Dennis Beach commenced yesterday, January 16, 2025. Routine mainten
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has released a draft version of the agency’s annual spending plan for Fiscal Year 2026. The plan is the largest single-year investment in Louisiana’s coast to date, with $1.8 billion allotted to the design, engineering, and constructi
Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) said that more than $10 million in grants will be given and distributed to five harbor maintenance and construction projects around the state. The grants, through the Harbor Assistance Program, will support projects in La Cr
The Navarre Beach Restoration Project continues to make steady progress along the beach, Santa Rosa County said The project began on Monday, December 23 on the west end of Navarre Beach. Phase 1 is expected to be completed by the weekend and Phase 2 is already complete. Restoration is expected to be
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and its partners broke ground on a new project recently. The River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp is a freshwater diversion providing important life-giving sediments for Louisiana’s largest and last remaining coastal freshwater marsh. Years
The mayor of Kure Beach, Allen Oliver, has sent out a letter about the recent development of the beach renourishment project, saying that the results of the opening bid for the Kure Beach solicitation were ‘less than favorable.’ According to Oliver, only one package was submitted (Weeks Marine) with
Navigating the Channel Islands Harbor will continue to be safe and downcoast beaches will receive an influx of 1.6 million cubic yards of sand thanks to a dredging project that is now underway. Originally, the dredging was scheduled for late December, but weather did not allow all dredging equipment
The City of Hampton (VA) is seeking bids from qualified bidders to provide maintenance dredging services to the salt ponds inlet. According to the City, the work shall be performed by a hydraulic cutterhead dredge or with a mechanical dredge with all dredged material from the inlet transported and p
The Arundel Yacht Club, the Kennebunkport Marina, and the Kennebunk River Club are proposing maintenance dredging of their waterfront infrastructure, including in and around boat slips, to provide adequate depth for navigation and berthing. In addition, Sprague Operating Resources LLC is proposing d
