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Weeks Marine completes Morehead City works
Weeks Marine has successfully completed Morehead City Harbor dredging and beach nourishment project. The cutterhead dredge JS Chatry completed maintenance dredging in the “cutoff” range of the Morehead City Harbor on St. Patrick’s Day with concurrent beach nourishment along the shorelines of Ft. Mac
Great Sodus breakwall repairs to continue
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District is about to resume Great Sodus, Charles Point breakwater repairs. According to USACE, the contractor Michigan-based Great Lakes Dock & Materials, L.L.C will resume repairs the first week of April 2021 to the east breakwater in Great Sodus Harbor, Wa
$163M for 15 state projects in LA
Gov. John Bel Edwards yesterday announced $163 million in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funding from the Louisiana Watershed Initiative (LWI) for 15 flood risk reduction projects and programs in communities throughout the state. A portion of this funding will be allocated t
USACE renews Missouri River sand dredging permits
The USACE Kansas City District has renewed permits for six commercial dredging companies currently authorized to extract sand and gravel from the Missouri River. Their existing permits, which expire April 30, 2021, authorized the extraction up to approximately 5.99 million tons per year. The renewed
2021 WEDA Gulf Coast Chapter Meeting
The Gulf Coast Chapter of the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will hold heir annual meeting from November 17-19, 2021 at the Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel and Spa in Mobile, AL. According to WEDA, they are currently developing the final schedule and will send out additional information i
Broussard opts for Sennebogen 875 Material Handler
Although mobility might not be the first quality that comes to mind when talking about a 300,000-pound machine, that’s what attracted Broussard Brothers Inc. to their new Sennebogen 875 R-HD material handler. “We originally saw the 875 at CONEXPO,” said Chip Broussard, a third-generation member and
Dane County debuts new dredging equipment
Dane County Executive, Joe Parisi, joined Land and Water Resources Department staff yesterday to debut new hydraulic dredging equipment the County will use to improve water flow, flood storage capacity, and fish and wildlife habitat along the Yahara Chain of Lakes. This equipment acquisition is the
Boost for Hatteras Inlet dredging
The Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) have approved a request to provide the additional funding needed to keep USACE dredge Merritt working in Hatteras Inlet long enough to break through shoaling in the South Ferry Channel. This is a move that will be a game-changer for local commercial fishe
Braddock Bay dredging kicks off
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday announced the start of dredging at Braddock Bay in Monroe County. This work will be undertaken as part of the State’s $15 million REDI Regional Dredging Project, removing built-up sediment from the bottom of the waterway to allow for continued safe passage
Boston Harbor, Panama City Beaches contracts for GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) announced today the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $90.3 million. The awarded work includes: Boston Harbor Navigation Improvement Project-Phase 3 (Capital, Massachusetts, $61.8 million); Rehabilitation Effort for the Panama City Beaches
Emerald Isle Dredging Update VIDEO
The Town of Emerald Isle, NC, has just released this very interesting video about the Emerald Isle Dredging Project. In the video, Carteret County Shore Protection Manager, Greg “Rudi” Rudolph, provides an March 17 update concerning the ongoing dredging work in Emerald Isle. The Ellis Island, the la
USACE reports milestones in levee repairs
Over the past two years, since floods devastated levees along the Missouri River and its tributaries, the Army Corps’ Omaha District has made tremendous progress in restoring the damaged levees. To date, 44 contracts totaling $470 million have been awarded, with 35 of those now complete. The work so