The Santa Rosa Island Authority, Escambia County and project partners held a ceremony earlier this week celebrating the completion of the Pensacola Beach renourishment project. This very important project restored 8.1 miles of shoreline with 1.5 million cubic yards of sand, helping strengthen the be
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) undertakes shoreline stabilization projects – like the Victoria Channel to Seadrift 1 project – to protect navigation, because these structures are critical to maintaining safe, reliable harbor access. Vicksburg District (MVK) maintenance workers arrived in t
The Southsea Coastal Scheme has opened its newest section of sea defense between Blue Reef Aquarium and the Hovertravel terminal in time for people to enjoy the area over the Easter bank holiday weekend. The section is part of the £185m Southsea Coastal Scheme, which will boost sea defences along a
Caltrans and Myers and Sons Construction have finished revetment work for the Westport Landslide Emergency project ahead of schedule, transporting 190,000 tons of rock to the site south of Westport. The project involves emergency repairs to Route 1 through coastal revetment to reduce coastal erosion
Livingstone Shire Council will receive more than $821,000 in funding through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) Category D Environmental Recovery Program: Tropical Cyclone Alfred Coastline Rehabilitation Grant, supporting a suite of priority coastal protection and rehabilitation proje
The USACE Jacksonville District said that the Draft 2026 Integrated Delivery Schedule public engagement workshop will take place on Friday, January 23, 2026 at 9 a.m. at the South Florida Water Management District Auditorium in West Palm Beach, FL. According to USACE, the purpose of this workshop is
Van Oord’s Spanish subsidiary, Dravo S.A., has signed a contract with the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) for an important coastal protection and beach nourishment project along the Portuguese coastline. According to Van Oord, this initiative aims to restore and reinforce one of Portugal’s most
The Town of Duck has just announced the completion of a major shoreline stabilization project at Duck Town Park. In the following video, Sandy Cross, Planning and Permits Manager for the Town of Duck, walks viewers through the journey behind this project, from its earliest concepts in 2017 to the fi
Six South Australian coastal councils and three community groups will share in more than $1.2 million to help protect and manage the state’s coastline, the Government of South Australia said. The latest round of the Coast Protection Board’s two grant programs has been delivered, enabling recipients
HDR has been selected by the Gulf Coast Protection District (GCPD) to provide engineering services for the Beaches and Dunes element of the Galveston Bay Barrier System, also known locally as the “Ike Dike”. The project will deliver approximately 45 miles of nature-based coastal defense structure, d
Work to improve Worthing’s coastal defenses to protect homes and businesses along the seafront and in the town center is underway. Worthing Borough Council said: “The team from our contractor began setting up a compound on the beach so they can start work on the phased multimillion-pound scheme to r
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony today, celebrating the completion of the Lake Borgne Marsh Creation Project in St. Bernard Parish. Construction on the project near Shell Beach began in 2021 and utilized 15 million cubic yards of dred
The South Australian Government this week commenced beach replenishment works at Henley Beach. The works have been deferred until after the October school holidays to minimise disruption to beach users and businesses. According to the government, up to 15,000 cubic meters of quarry sand will be deli
Work will start in mid-October to repair the coastal defenses at Ardross between Elie and St Monans, Fife Coast & Countryside Trust said. This section of coast is particularly affected by coastal erosion, and storms and high tides saw part of the Fife Coastal Path washed away last year. Fife Coast a
