The Government launched the Stage 2 Public Engagement on Enhancing Land Supply Strategy today to seek views on reclamation sites, building artificial islands in the central waters and three schemes for rock cavern development. The public engagement exercise will last for three months. Members of the
The Santa Ana River Dredging Project is being extended through the end of the month, following a late start by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a city memo announced Tuesday. In order to finish three weeks worth of work by the 31st, the Corps will work extended hours, weekends, and deploy extra cre
State Rep. Gretchen Driskell (D-Saline) voted Wednesday in favor of Senate Bill 233, a bill that would fund more than 70 different projects around the state. The bill also funds 49 emergency dredging projects. The bill passed 107-3. “This money will go toward parks and other natural sites across Mic
Michigan State Senators Goeff Hansen, John Proos and Tom Casperson held a press conference last month to announce funding that will aid communities in their efforts to dredge ports, waterways and marinas. Here is the video from this conference: Revenue from tourism, boating and shipping commerce are
Bimini Bay Resort has begun dredging around the Alice Town dock and constructing a new cruise ship terminal in preparation for large vessels pulling into harbor from nearby Florida. On the heels of Prime Minister Perry Christie’s announcement in the House of Assembly, Khaalis Rolle, the state minist
Kandla and Paradip ports are in negotiations with the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) and Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) to develop a new dredging strategy, reports thehindubusinessline.com. This new plan will include the new joint ventures between the mentioned sides and also doing busines
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, intends to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for the Sea Bright Erosion control program. The proposed project will include placement of 1.7 million CY of sand with an option of an additional 1.9 million CY to restore the mentioned area to its ini
ARCADIS, the leading pure play global engineering and consultancy firm, has won a contract with Aqaba Development Corporation in Jordan for providing construction management services and design reviews for their “Aqaba New Port Project”. ARCADIS works in a joint venture with the local company Dar Al
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host an open-house style information session Thursday, March 28 in Springfield, Ore., about its draft feasibility report for the Willamette River Floodplain Restoration Study. The session will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Library Meeting Room at Springf
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee, announced that a key Senate panel passed two Gillibrand measures that would strengthen the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers’ disaster response by authorizing the Corps to recommend specific projects to reduc
Beach maintenance works and a change in the weather and ocean swell are having a positive impact on the city’s beaches. Mayor Tom Tate said the hard work by Council maintenance crews had resulted in some obvious changes to Surfers Paradise beaches. “It’s a week to go before Easter holiday crowds arr
Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after drafted legislation in the U.S. Senate proposed by Senator David Vitter (R-LA) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) authorizes an increase in the amount of available financing for harbor dredging work. T
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., welcomed a public commitment from the civilian head of the Army Corps of Engineers that $19 million in Hurricane Sandy recovery funding will be available to repair the storm’s damage to Great Lakes harbors. The commitment from Jo-Ellen Darcy, the assistant secretary of the
Congresswoman Janice Hahn (D-CA) and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX), Co-Founders of the bi-partisan PORTS Caucus were honored with the distinguished American Association of Port Authorities 2013 “Port Person of the Year” award at the association’s annual spring conference in Washington, DC. “I am honore
