The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Office of Customer and Technical Assistance (OCTA) will host a public comment hearing on the application request of SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC for a State of Rhode Island Dredge Permit on February 22. According to OCTA, this permit includ
U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock led Georgia’s entire congressional delegation yesterday in a new bipartisan, bicameral push urging key Congressional committee leaders to include text authorizing a study to widen and deepen the harbor in the Port of Savannah in the annual Water Resources Develo
The Western Dredging Association is accepting applications for the 2024 WEDA Environmental Excellence Awards. The WEDA Environmental Excellence Awards recognize projects for their outstanding contributions to the goals of WEDA, which include: To promote communication and understanding of environment
The the Town of East Hampton said that the 480-foot-long dredge Ellis Island is in the area and the beach nourishment portion of the Fire Island To Montauk Point project (FIMP) is officially underway. The FIMP is designed to manage the risk of coastal storm damage along Long Island’s Atlantic Coast
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is closing a portion of Cape May County’s Higbee Beach Wildlife Protection Area in advance of a $37.5 million restoration project that will start later this month. The Higbee Beach WMA Restoration Project will result in over 400 hundred a
The Town of Emerald Isle, NC, has just released a video update on the Bogue Inlet dredging and beach nourishment project. The project, which kicked off on January 1, 2024, is being coordinated by the Army Corp of Engineers and Carteret County. Currently, the Army Corps contractor is dredging approxi
Phase 1 of dredging along the Bellingham Shipping Terminal began two days ago, Port of Bellingham said. The contractor, American Construction, will operate in the waterway 24/7, in order to complete this portion of the project within the in-water work window – set to be completed on February 15th. I
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host public scoping meetings for the Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study (LMR Comp) at venues throughout the study area between Feb. 27 and March 11. The purpose of the study is to identify recommendations for the comprehensive management of t
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) last week announced $1.6 million to bolster flooding mitigation efforts in the City of Cambridge in Dorchester County. The federal funds will support the design and permitting of a flood barrier along the shoreline of the Choptank River with
Dredging operations and sand replenishment project at Solana Beach is now underway, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Los Angeles District said. The project, which mitigates coastal storm damage and sand erosion, includes construction of a 150-foot-wide beach fill along a 7,200-foot-long stretch of
The winter dredging work in Rye Marina is now complete, the City of Rye said. According to the City, workers are now replacing the old Marina pilings and reinstalling the docks. This is expected to be completed by mid-February. Also, the area is now being surveyed to determine the exact amount of si
Inland Dredging Co. LLC, from Dyersburg, Tennessee, has won a $39.7 million firm-fixed-price contract from USACE Memphis District for an important dredging project. The work includes making or enlarging dredge cuts, construction of fills, construction of new harbor channels and dredging in various c
