The Town of Nags Head said that the beach nourishment works are set to begin May 14, with initial equipment now being staged in south Nags Head near Camelot Street, around the 9700 block of South Old Oregon Inlet Road. “During beach nourishment sand is pumped onto the beach from a dredger, or in our
With the placement of nearly 2 million cubic yards of sand across approximately six miles of shoreline now complete, the USACE Wilmington District has strengthened coastal storm protection and restored a wider, more resilient beach at Carolina and Kure beaches. According to USACE, the project has no
The Town of Hilton Head Island Municipal Government said in their latest announcement that Marinex Construction made good progress pumping sand on the beach near Bald Eagle Road in Sea Pines and moved northward. By Friday, they had reached the beach area close to Cedar Waxing Road, depositing over 7
From May to September, around 100,000 cubic meters of sand will be pumped onto the stretch between the Cotton Tree groynes and the Alexandra Headland seawall as part a vital renourishment program, Sunshine Coast Council said. Sunshine Coast Council Principal Coastal Engineer, Georgia Keeshan, said t
Van Oord’s LNG trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Apolonia is pumping 400,000 cubic meters of new sand onto the Heemskerk coastline. Earlier this year, Van Oord completed coastline maintenance in the Dutch Noord-Beveland – part of the same contract, commissioned by Rijkswaterstaat. For this
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District (USACE) has awarded a $21.6 million contract to Norfolk Dredging Company of Chesapeake, VA, for dune and beachfill work in Sea Isle City and Upper Township (Strathmere), N.J. The contract calls for dredging, pumping and placing approximately 1.
The Oceanside Harbor dredging program will wrap up on Friday, May 1. The Army Corps of Engineers said that 320,000 cubic yards of sand have been deposited on Oceanside beaches. “Crews will begin to demobilize pipe, fencing, and other equipment on Monday, May 4, which could take up to a week. The par
After a period in Europe to undergo scheduled technical revisions and update international safety certifications required for a vessels of its size, Jan De Nul’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Galileo Galilei returned to Itapoá (SC) yesterday. According to local media, the giant TSHD today r
Central Coast Council said that dredging has been successfully completed at The Entrance Channel, with the full 30,000 m³ target removed in accordance with the approved dredging program established at the start of the project. The project also included preparation of the pilot channel to support pre
Sand screening and placement operations – part of the Martin County Shore Protection Project in Florida – are moving forward according to schedule. Managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District, this effort advances Coastal Storm Risk Management priorities by reducing shoreline e
A long-awaited beach renourishment project has begun in Destin to restore about 150,600 cubic yards of beach that was lost due to erosion from Hurricane Sally in 2020. Immediately following the storm, Okaloosa County staff met with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staff onsite to conduct v
The USACE Charleston District completed two dredging and sand placement projects on the Isle of Palms today. The Breach Inlet Beneficial Use Projects moved about 700,000 cubic yards of beach-quality sand from USACE’s routine maintenance of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) to nourish the Isl
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) has completed beach renourishment work on the north end of Myrtle Beach. A separate project in the Arcadian Shores area, paid for by the City of Myrtle Beach and Horry County, is scheduled to begin in mid-April. According
New Jersey Congressman Jefferson Van Drew said that South Jersey will receive $99 million in federal funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to replenish and protect key beaches in the region. This is the biggest investment in New Jersey beach projects in a year without a hurricane. “I have be
