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Homer Harbor dredging progresses
USACE’s Alaska District has just released this beautiful photo of their cutterhead pipeline dredge during her work at Homer Harbor, Alaska. The main goal of the project is to collect sand and gravel and to keep the entrance channel open. In April, dredging operations cleared the U.S. Coast Guard ber
$10 million for Baltimore’s Dundalk Marine Terminal project
The Maryland Department of Transportation Port Administration (MDOT MPA) will receive $10 million in federal funds to protect Port of Baltimore’s Dundalk Marine Terminal against severe weather events. The funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s BUILD grant program will assist MDOT MPA’s $
Vilano and South Ponte Vedra Beach works kick off
The USACE Jacksonville District and St. Johns County Government Connection celebrated the groundbreaking of the Vilano and South Ponte Vedra Beach restoration project yesterday. “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has entered into another enduring partnership with St. Johns County to protect and prese
Portland Harbor Dredge fails to receive funding
After years of study, planning, design, and permitting work, the Portland Harbor Dredge and CAD project failed to make the list of approved projects announced by the US Department of Transportation under the $900m BUILD program. The project has been under discussion for decades, with consistent staf
Protecting Port Monmouth shores
Hurricane Isaias stormed up the east coast of the United States in early August, bringing heavy rain and winds up to 85 mph to the shores of flood-prone Port Monmouth, NJ. Immediately, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, reached out to the community to find out how they were doing a
North Kingstown plan on display
The USACE New England District has received a permit application from Quonset Development Corporation for a work in Narragansett Bay. The project is located at the seaward end of MacNaught Street in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The proposed scheme includes: the installation of a bulkhead, a pile-s
New Terra et Aqua available
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just released the latest edition of their Terra et Aqua magazine. The autumn 2020 issue of Terra et Aqua highlights a mud consolidator to measure thixotropy and creep and plume predictor to reduce environmental impact. The Deputy Adminis
Manson wrapping up Oceanside emergency dredging operations
Manson Construction is putting finishing touches on the Oceanside emergency dredging project in California. As of today, Manson has dredged over 140,000 cubic yards of sand from the Harbor Inlet. The company plans to complete dredging operation on Thursday, September 24. However, they will dredge ap
Pancake Point gets new sand
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District recently completed dredged material placement at Pancake Point on Puget Island in Washington. The project provided beach nourishment to an approximately 3000-foot stretch of shoreline on the Washington side of the Columbia River. The Port of Portla
Restoring the Lower Missouri Channel
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District is currently performing multiple tasks to address priority areas of concern and the damages to river structures that have accumulated during the nearly three years of high water. The district is using all available resources to include a combina
All set for Brainerd Lake dredging
The Cranbury Township, NJ, is about to enter the construction phase for a large-scale dredging project within Brainerd Lake. Occasional removal of accumulated sediment is necessary to maintain the lake’s physical features and ecological health. Brainerd Lake was last dredged in the 1970s. Sediment a
The 25th Barnstable County dredge season kicks off
The Barnstable County Dredge season officially started its 25th season yesterday, continuing in its mission to improve the recreational, environmental and economic value of changing coastline and estuaries. The program experienced impediments over the past three years to its schedule due to several