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Dredging plan for Newburyport Fish Pier on display
The City of Newburyport Mayor, Donna D. Holaday, has submitted a proposal for $110.1 million in capital improvements over the next five years. The proposed capital improvement program for fiscal 2022-26, presented Monday to the City Council, includes $49.4 million for infrastructure improvements; $3
Ashtabula dredged material deal for GLDD
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has awarded a $6.5 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD) for the construction of a beneficial use of dredged material placement area designed to handle approximately 400,000 cubic yards of dredged material. The contractor h
Grays Harbor maintenance dredging set for next week
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin the Grays Harbor maintenance dredging program next week with the USACE hopper dredgers Essayons and Yaquina. The Essayons is expected to start dredging in the outer harbor of Grays Harbor around April 5-6, 2021 and will dredge approximately 23 days. The Ya
CRMC funding for habitat restoration projects
The R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) has awarded funding for seven habitat restoration projects in the 18th year of its RI Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration Trust Fund (CEHRF). The Council approved the funding at a semi-monthly meeting earlier this month. Included in the fund
Restoring California coast and San Francisco Bay
The Board of the California State Coastal Conservancy earlier this week awarded over $16.9 million to 13 projects to protect and restore the California coast and San Francisco Bay. Among these grant awards were over $4.4 million from the US Fish and Wildlife Service National Coastal Wetlands Grant P
Elim harbor project step closer to realization
Earlier this month, Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 55th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, signed the Elim Subsistence Harbor Chief’s Report. The signing progresses the proposed project to Congress for authorization. Located on the northwest shore o
Governor Hogan tours Port of Baltimore dredging project
During his visit to the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore yesterday, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan saw firsthand the ongoing dredging works at Seagirt Marine Terminal. The main goal of this project is to create a second 50-foot-deep container berth, which will allow the Port to accommodate two
Otter Creek dredging kicks off
The U.S. EPA has officially kicked off dredging of contaminated sediment from a 7-mile stretch of Otter Creek which extends through Toledo and Oregon, Ohio, before flowing into Maumee Bay. The Maumee Area of Concern was identified by the United States and Canada in the mid-1980s as one of the most e
Rock shoreline protection project in Cameron Parish wraps up
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) yesterday announced the completion of another segment of rock breakwaters at Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Cameron Parish. The Rockefeller Shoreline Protection project expanded the area’s rock shoreline by 3,414 linear feet, adding e
PHOTO: TSHD Lange Wapper in Trinidad and Tobago
Deme Group has just released this beautiful photo of a stunning sunrise which could easily be an advertisement from the Trinidad and Tobago Tourist Board. “The crew of our TSHD Lange Wapper were treated to this glorious panoramic view when they were busy performing maintenance dredging works for our
Nova Scotia Lands: Boat Harbor cleanup update
Nova Scotia Lands Inc. said in its latest release that they will remove all sludge material from the Boat Harbor effluent treatment facility aeration stabilization basins – a body of water on the Northumberland Strait in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. “A single project plan to dredge and dispose of the
Preparations underway for Oceanside Harbor dredging
The Army Corps announced recently that Manson Construction will be begin mobilization to dredge Oceanside Harbor on April 5, 2021. “That is the date the riverbed will be fenced to protect wildlife and equipment will begin arriving in Lot #12,” the City of Oceanside Harbor said in their latest statem