Tweed Shire Council has secured funding to fix erosion issues at the southern end of Jack Evans Boat Harbor. The revetment wall is in poor condition, and the rising maintenance costs are becoming unsustainable, according to the council. “This project will focus on reducing these ongoing costs while
Dare County (NC) has released an in-depth and informative video titled, “The Fight to Protect the Outer Banks,” highlighting the serious erosion issues facing the Village of Rodanthe on Hatteras Island, where rapid erosion and significant shoreline loss has led to multiple oceanfront homes collapsin
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, recently commenced essential maintenance dredging for the Fire Island Inlet and Shores Westerly to Jones Inlet New York Beach Erosion Control and Navigation Project. This critical work, awarded to Norfolk Dredging Company for nearly $37 million, b
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) recently completed major portion of the Long Beach Island storm damage reduction project. According to the Army Corps’ public affairs officer Steve Rochette, earlier this month GLDD finished beach replenishment works in Beach Haven, North Beach Haven and Holgate. Sin
South Australian councils and community groups will share in more than $1.2 million in state government funding to enable vital projects to protect the beautiful coastline. A new seawall at Encounter Bay/Yilki, a replaced bridge on the Streaky Bay Massa boardwalk and sand replenishment at Venus Bay
Essential sand nourishment works will be carried out at Dunk Island Spit over the coming weeks, Cassowary Coast Regional Council said. Sand nourishment is a vital measure in conserving the Dunk Island Spit foreshore to combat erosion on either side of the jetty. Works will include movement of heavy
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company has assigned the hopper dredge Texas for the 2025 Sagaponack and Bridgehampton Beach renourishment project. The renourishment is part of an ongoing long-term coastal management plan to replenish sand lost due to erosion and hurricanes, increase storm protection for
Norfolk Dredging Company’s cutterhead dredge Charleston has arrived in Topsail Inlet to kick off the Banks Channel Shallow Draft Navigation Project. This vital work will improve navigation for boaters and support the coastal waterways, while also providing much-needed beach nourishment to the Surf C
MidCoast Council said that they will begin sand renourishment of Jimmys Beach in February 2025 to reduce the risks associated with coastal erosion in the area. According to Council’s Director of Engineering and Infrastructure Services, Robert Scott, the sand buffer which provides temporary protectio
The long-awaited St. Joseph Peninsula Coastal Structures Project in Gulf County, Florida, has been temporarily rescheduled and is now expected to start construction sometime in 2025. After two rounds of bidding, in August and again in October of 2024, one bid was received each time and both bids rec
The Barnstable County dredge team has started dredging and beach nourishment operations south of the Bass River Bridge. According to the Yarmouth Division of Natural Resources, dredging and beach nourishment of the Bass River / West Dennis Beach commenced yesterday, January 16, 2025. Routine mainten
The Navarre Beach Restoration Project continues to make steady progress along the beach, Santa Rosa County said The project began on Monday, December 23 on the west end of Navarre Beach. Phase 1 is expected to be completed by the weekend and Phase 2 is already complete. Restoration is expected to be
The mayor of Kure Beach, Allen Oliver, has sent out a letter about the recent development of the beach renourishment project, saying that the results of the opening bid for the Kure Beach solicitation were ‘less than favorable.’ According to Oliver, only one package was submitted (Weeks Marine) with
Jupiter Inlet District (JID) advertised on January 10, 2025 a contract for the 2025 Jupiter Inlet Sand Trap Dredging and Beach Nourishment Project. The project consists of dredging approximately 100,000 cy of sand by hydraulic cutter suction dredge from the sand trap inside Jupiter Inlet, Palm Beach
