St. Johns County (FL) will host two public meetings to discuss the upcoming South Ponte Vedra Beach Reach and Crescent Beach Reach portions of the FEMA Dune Enhancement Project. The South Ponte Vedra Beach Reach meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 4, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the South Pon
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) recently completed the South Pass Bird Island Project in the Mississippi River Delta. According to CPRA, this project included re-dredging two existing crevasses off of South Pass and dredging a new, smaller crevasse from one of the two l
Col. Jeffrey Palazzini, Alaska USACE district commander, signed the project partnership agreement for the Kenai River Bluffs Erosion Project during a ceremony at the Kenai Senior Citizens Center on September 25. Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Terry Eubank, city
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) officially started the HA. Dhidhdhoo land reclamation operations earlier this week. The project includes construction of a 1,150-meter sand bund wall, land reclamation with 623,968cm of sand in the beach area, and land reclamation with 10,962cm of sa
City of Newcastle has welcomed the news that a contract has been awarded to obtain and place 100,000 cubic meters of sand along the Stockton coastline from next month. “A huge amount of work has been undertaken to get to this point, and this is a very important day for the Stockton community and for
Work is moving forward at the £48 million Millport Flood Protection Scheme on the Isle of Cumbrae, said North Ayrshire Council. Construction works started in the spring and the recent focus has been on installing the onshore flood walls. Offshore works are now underway and will involve the construct
The trailer suction hopper dredger SOSPAN DAU recently arrived at the Southsea near the Pyramids to recharge the nearby beach. For the last couple of weeks, the dredger has been ‘rainbowing’ shingle near the Pyramids, adding shingle to the beach (re-charging) east of the groyne during high tides. Th
After successfully securing funding from the Environment Agency, Havant Borough Council will be carrying out the next beach recycling campaign along the Eastoke frontage to reduce the risk of coastal flooding and erosion to properties and infrastructure. Beach recycling is the movement of material f
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) started the physical works on the N. Holhudhoo Harbor Development and Shore Protection Project earlier this week. Also, the dredging works on the new harbor basin are currently ongoing at the site. The scope of works for the project includes: The val
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has won several dredging contracts totaling $177 million. The awarded work includes: Lasse Petterson, President and Chief Executive Officer said: “These projects bring dredging backlog to approximately $1.1 billion to date.” “Great Lakes is pleased to add
Over the last ten days, significant coastal cusps have formed along the coastline between Lagoon Beach and Sunset Beach in Cape Town, resulting in large drops in the beach level in the area of these cusps and the resulting erosion of the adjacent dunes. This is a natural coastal process that is taki
The Environment Agency together with their contractor, KIER, are carrying out works to stabilise 360 metres of a vulnerable shingle ridge on the coastal frontage at the Warren. Work on the project began on Monday 11th September and is likely to last for 10 weeks, depending on weather and coastal con
Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, $4.5 million is being invested in a groundbreaking project at Bucktown Harbor. For the first time ever, a living shoreline will safeguard a federal levee system. Moffatt & Nichol is responsible for designing the living shorelin
Professors, key stake-holders, U.S. Embassy and Palau Government Representatives, military members and subject matter experts (SMEs) from around the Indo-Pacific region gathered to participate in the Coastal Resiliency Workshop in Koror, Republic of Palau, Sept. 12-14, 2023. “We wanted to get subjec
