Two dredging projects in southern Delaware will continue in the summer months, according to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC). Dredging is to continue in Assawoman Canal until August 1, 2024 and dredging is to begin in Indian River near Millsboro on July 1, 2024.
The USACE New York District has received funding for planning and design for emergency sand placement on Long Island’s Fire Island (50 miles east of New York City) following a series of powerful winter storms that severely eroded Army Corps’ coastal projects and protective dunes. Commenting the late
Coastland Wood Industries are proposing to undertake maintenance dredging at their Annacis Marine Terminal, located at 404 Salter Street New Westminster. “The dredge area would be approximately 3,015 square metres and the targeted dredge grade would be approximately -3.6 metres chart datum, consiste
Van Oord has successfully finished the dredging of the outer channel to the Port of Suape, an important port in the Northeast of Brazil. The dredging of the channel up to 20 metres enables the port to handle larger, more efficient, container and (liquid) bulk vessels. This is a key part of the port’
Essential restoration work will continue in the Hay River Harbor this summer to ensure safe navigation for all users, and to support vital marine resupply activities, the Government of the Northwest Territories said. Dredging operations are scheduled to occur between June 3 and September 14, 2024, p
In Grand Isle, dune restoration is progressing with clay core sections being installed along a 4-mile stretch along the western half of the gulf coastline, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, said. This area experienced significant damage as a result of Hurricane Ida. When the cl
The City of Oceanside, California, announced last week that the annual Army Corps’ dredge of the Harbor entrance has been put to a hold. The city said yesterday that dredge vessel’s repair should be complete by the end of this week, and the Harbor dredging operation aims to re-start on Tuesday, May
The Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Gudie Hutchings, officially opened a new small boat basin in Neddies Harbor, Norris Point, last week. The $3.2 million climate-resilient infrastructure project included: construction of
The Virginia Port Authority (VPA) is working on a new dredging project that will provide safe navigation for the Ultra Large Container Vessels on the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth. VPA has proposed to perform new and maintenance dredging by mechanical and/or hydraulic methods to widen and deepen the
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife has initiated a project to restore wetland vegetation across 300 acres of Middle Harbor in East Harbor State Park. The project began in April with a completion date later this year, said ODNR. The Middle Harbor wetland restoration
The USACE Honolulu District, on behalf of the Hawaii Department of Transportation Harbors Division, completed the Kaunakakai Harbor Maintenance Dredging project last month. This was a crucial project as it had been 51 years since the last maintenance dredging of Kaunakakai Harbor which occurred in 1
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has awarded a contract for constructing the ninth reach including levee, floodwall and a gate on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. This contract will construct approximately 1.1 miles of
