An additional 45,000m3 of external sand will be delivered throughout spring to further protect areas of Adelaide’s metro coastline from erosion and ensure there are sandy beaches ahead of summer. Up to 30,000m3 will be delivered to West Beach and up to 15,000m3 to Henley Beach South, announced the E
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District last Thursday, September 18, awarded a $15 million contract to Manson Construction for Fort Pierce beach renourishment works. The project includes construction of a beach berm along approximately 7,000 feet of shoreline immediately south of For
Sand replenishment at Oriental Bay is set to start next week to restore Wellington’s most popular beaches 22 years on from the initial development, Wellington City Council said. The work, costing around $790,000, follows a similar process to the first replenishment in 2015, said project manager, Joe
Hall Contracting continues to make great progress on the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project phase 1A. According to the latest update, overall construction is now 93% complete, with civil works at 98% and reclamation at 88%. Work at the southern boat harbor is nearing completion, while the northern wa
Marinex Construction is making great progress on Phase I of the Hilton Head beach renourishment project. All 20,000 feet of pipeline has been installed at Fish Haul Creek and the crew has started pumping sand, the town reported in a social media post. Fish Haul Creek work includes pumping approximat
The Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority, Victoria, is ready to commence beach nourishment works at Skenes Creek. According to the authority, sand nourishment works will begin today, September 17, at Skenes Creek, with sand carefully transported from Apollo Bay (south of Point Bunbury) to stre
Starting this month, Van Oord will be performing coastal maintenance works at Banjaard Beach (Noord-Beveland). An LNG-powered trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) will deposit 1 million cubic meters of sand on and just in front of the beach. For the first time in the Netherlands, this replenishmen
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District, in partnership with the City of Jacksonville, has just announced the extension of the Duval County, FL Shore Protection Project through May 2040. This extension, made possible by Congressional action in the Water Resources Development Act of 20
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) started placing sand along the San Clemente shoreline last week, as part of an emergency effort to protect the coastal rail corridor. In the following days, about 3,400 cubic yards of sand will be delivered to North Beach. The quarter-mile stretch of
Boskalis hopper dredgers Causeway and Freeway have been working hard for several months on beach and foreshore replenishment of Ameland, The Netherlands. On the western side of this Wadden island, the beach has been reinforced with approximately 2.5 million cubic meters of sand, while on the eastern
Marinex Construction crews have been busy lately installing over 15,000 feet of pipeline for the Hilton Head Island 2025 – 2026 beach renourishment project. In total, about 20,000 feet of pipe—stretching nearly four miles—will be used to transport sand from Bay Point Shoals to the shoreline at Fish
New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone took to the House floor yesterday to denounce Republicans for advancing an appropriations bill that slashes federal funding for beach replenishment projects – a move that would hit New Jersey’s shoreline communities especially hard. “Towns in my district and in r
The City of Sanibel (FL) has announced that, beginning Friday, September 5, 2025, Turner Beach Park will be closed to the public for staging of equipment and materials for the Captiva Beach Renourishment project. “A new beach renourishment project will soon begin on Captiva to strengthen our shoreli
The Portuguese government is working on a €13 million project that will replenish a 6.6-km stretch of the Quarteira-Vale do Lobo coastline. Last week, the country’s environment agency (APA) approved the opening of a public tender for the Quarteira-Garrão sand replenishment project. According to APA,
