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Resilient Boston Harbor Vision Released
SCAPE, a NYC based landscape architecture and urban design studio, is working with the City of Boston on a comprehensive and transformative vision that will invest in Boston’s waterfront to guide open space investments toward more resilient and accessible communities. Last week, Mayor Martin J. Wals
H&L Contracting Dredging Barnegat Bay Channels
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials have announced the start of navigation dredging in the Metedeconk River/Kettle Creek Complex, located in Ocean County. The dredging work is part of a $16 million project to continue returning State channels in Barnegat Bay to a state of good
WRDA Signed Into Law
The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018, included as title I of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (S. 3021), was signed into law yesterday. The new law will provide for investment in harbor, waterway, flood protection, and other water infrastructure improvements throughout th
JAXPORT Dredging Pays Off
The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) recently welcomed the ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (ZIM) 10,070-TEU (container) Tianjin vessel on its maiden call to the port’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. Commenting the latest announcement, JAXPORT Chief Commercial Officer, Kristen DeMarco, sai
Port of Vinton Dredging Work Wrapped Up
Dredging operations near the mouth of the Vinton Navigation Channel in Louisiana, conducted by Magnolia Dredge & Dock, LLC of Mandeville, La., are now wrapped up, Port of Vinton officials said. Commenting the latest news, Jerry Merchant, president of the Port of Vinton board of commissioners, said:
Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission’s Online Survey Available
The Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission (MPPDC), Gloucester County, VA, as part of its efforts to update the region’s Long-Range Transportation Plan to include waterways, is seeking the public’s input through an online survey, MPPDC Director Lewie Lawrence announced yesterday. “The updated
VIDEO: Greens Bayou Flood Project Update
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Galveston District has just released a video in which the District’s project manager, Shakhar Misir, gives an update on the Greens Bayou Flood Damage Reduction Project located in North Houston. In the video, Misir provides background on the cooperative efforts betwe
City of Oceanside LCP Update Set for November
The City of Oceanside, CA, said in its latest announcement that the first community workshop in support of the Local Coastal Program (LCP) Update will take place on Thursday, November 8th, in the City Council Chambers (300 North Coast Highway). The workshop will begin at 5:30 pm with an open house t
Cape Porpoise Harbor Dredging Proposed
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District recently announced plans to perform maintenance dredging of the Cape Porpoise Harbor Federal navigation project in Kennebunkport, Maine. “Natural shoaling processes have reduced available depths to as little as 1.0 foot in the 15-foot MLLW chann
EPA Proposes Changes to Portland Cleanup Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing changes to the cleanup plan for the Portland Harbor Superfund site, a 10-mile stretch of the Lower Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. “The proposed changes are based on updated research on one of the chemicals targeted for cleanup. The changes
USACE: Southern Maryland Dredging Crews Busy at Rhodes Point
Through an U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract, Southern Maryland Dredging Inc., out of Friendship, Maryland, began dredging the federal navigation channel in Sheep Pen Gut at Rhodes Point on Smith Island on October 18 to realign the channel to improve navigational access. It is estimated that 13,
Huffman Wins $3.4 Million Lake Erie Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has awarded a $3.4 million contract to Huffman Equipment Rental, East Lake, OH, to create a 600-foot revetment along the Lake Erie shoreline that will protect the Lake County Raw Water Pump station. The bluff along Lake Erie is highly erosive due t