The California Ocean Protection Council has awarded a $2.9 million grant to San Mateo County Harbor District for a restoration project at Surfers Beach. The grant was unanimously approved at the OPC meeting on September 10, 2024. The Harbor Commission now has to decide how to allocate these funds, w
The dunes along the Montrose Golf Links are a natural coastal flood barrier to the town. In recent years, however, the dunes have eroded significantly. The rate of future erosion is now predicted to be higher than previously anticipated. With a predicted rise in sea levels and increasingly intensive
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (GLDD) from Houston, Texas, has won an $8.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for a beach nourishment and dredging project in Massachusetts. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Sand
The Cayman Islands Ministry of Planning, Agriculture, Housing, Infrastructure, Transport & Development said that Kaibo Public Beach Park will be temporarily closed to the public effective September 9, 2024. This necessary but temporary closure is to ensure public safety while essential beach repleni
The Department for Environment and Water (South Australia) has started beach replenishment work at Glenelg. This work helps to manage the natural movement of sand along the coast by moving sand from Glenelg to beaches further south, like Kingston Park. According to DEW, repairs to several Glenelg Je
Work continues at Presque Isle Beach in Erie, Pennsylvania, on the latest beach nourishment project, USACE said. “We are working on placing 45,300 cubic yards of new sand on the beaches while relocating 24,600 cubic yards from existing tombolos and replenishing our sand stockpile with 17,000 tons,”
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has announced the completion of beach fill operations for the St. Johns County (FL) Shore Protection Project in St. Augustine Beach. The dredging contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock will now complete beach tilling and demobilization from th
The USACE Jacksonville contractor, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has completed sand placement along the Duval County shoreline. The team has added 1.29 million cubic yards of dredged sand to strengthen beach resilience to storm and erosion impacts. “The team continues with dune vegetation planting, fenc
Important beach works are taking place at Brighton Le Sands and Ramsgate Beach, Bayside Council said. The work involves the transportation of sand from Kyeemagh to Brighton Le Sands and Dolls Point to Ramsgate and will require the closure of small areas of beach, which will be gated to ensure the sa
Weeks Marine and USACE have officially finished dredging and pumping sand in Flagler County, Florida. Flagler County officials yesterday notified residents that there will be a brief closure of State Road A1A on or around August 30 during the early morning hours – depending on the weather – from jus
Representative John Rutherford of Florida’s 5th District paid an at-sea visit to the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company hopper dredge M/V Ellis Island last week. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company is in the final stage of completing the critical Saint John’s County Shore Protection project for the U.S
Beach nourishment and reprofiling works wrapped up more than two months ahead of schedule at Noosa Dog Beach in 2024, helping to reduce coastal erosion in the popular recreational area. Hall Contracting dredged approximately 85,000m3 of sand at the popular recreational area, renourishing the beach a
Wollongong City Council said that fieldwork for a Coastal Hazards Study is now underway. Specialist consultants have been engaged to identify coastal issues or ‘hazards’ – including cliff and slope instability, estuary and foreshore erosion, creek entrance instability, tidal and coastal inundation,
The Government of South Australia’s Department for Environment and Water is getting ready to move sand from Glenelg to Kingston Park beaches. This is required to reverse the natural transport of sand along the beach system in a northward direction, accumulating in the Glenelg area. Before moving the
