The Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said that the San Clemente beach nourishment project is officially starting. USACE began a 50-foot-wide beach nourishment project along a stretch of shoreline last week in San Clemente, California. Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of En
In cooperation with the US Army Corps of Engineers, the City of Solana Beach (CA) is about to begin work on the Solana Beach Shoreline Project. In the next couple of days, the contractor – Manson Construction will begin the process of adding 700,000 cubic yards of sand to the beach beginning just so
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. has announced the approval of Coastal Erosion Planning & Response Act (CEPRA) funding for the Bolivar Peninsula Beach and Dune Restoration project. “I am honored to be able to bring this much-needed funding to Galveston County for this beneficial project
The City of Sanibel, Florida, is about to begin work on the 2023-2024 Beach Renourishment Project. Starting today, crews will be working from the Donax Road Beach Access west to Gulfside City Park (Reach 4) and from Tradewinds Drive Access west to Bowman’s Beach (Reach 1). Hurricane Ian’s landfall o
The Stockton Beach Taskforce will meet today to outline the NSW Government’s five step plan to deliver the $21 million commitment to fix erosion at Stockton beach. According to Tim Crakanthorp MP – State Member for Newcastle, these five steps include: The NSW Government has already taken the first s
The annual Whyalla Foreshore Sand Replenishment Program is underway, aiming to help protect beach-side assets. This project – which began this on Monday – involves harvesting sand deposited adjacent to the breakwater of the marina at the Whyalla Foreshore and depositing it along certain sections of
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Weeks Marine are wrapping up dredging of the Cape Cod Canal and nourishment of Town Neck Beach. Weeks Marine commenced maintenance dredging the Cape Cod Canal and sand pumping operations in Sandwich in mid-October. During the works, crews dredged and placed place
The Sidmouth and East Beach coastal defence scheme has been fully approved by the Environment Agency, with £16million of funding from the UK Government, East Devon District Council said. The £20million project will protect 113 residential and 70 commercial properties from the risks of sea flooding a
The USACE Los Angeles District has begun Stage 13 of a periodic beach nourishment project at Surfside-Sunset Beach. The construction contract was awarded to Manson Construction in October, and work began in late November. The cost of the project is $23.13 million. For Stage 13, about 1.1 million cub
Over the years, Boskalis has been involved in maintaining and reinforcing much of the Dutch coast with a significant number of trailing suction hopper dredgers. The North Sea beaches of the Netherlands are maintained with some 12 million cubic meters of sand every year. Other countries bordering the
This week, Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority, Victoria, will kick off beach nourishment works across the Mounts Bay and Marengo foreshore. The Coastal Reserves team is undertaking these beach nourishment works from mid to late December to increase the dune’s resilience to coastal erosion. T
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District has announced the start date for the Wrightsville Beach coastal storm risk management (CSRM) renourishment project. “Starting this week, expect to see commercial vessels and marine equipment in Banks Channel, towards the south end of the beach, a
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company has towed the Dredge Illinois into place off Corson’s Inlet to start pumping sand for the south-end beach replenishment project. Overall, the contractor will pump 257,000 cubic yards of sand onto Ocean City beaches between 45th Street and 59th Street over the next
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, Ill. has begun dredging and beachfill operations near U.S. Coast Guard Boot Camp in Cape May, N.J. The project includes dredging over 500,000 cubic yards of sand from a borrow area approximately 2.6 miles south of the Cape May Inlet jetties. The sand i
