It sounds counterintuitive: A group of homeowners asking the city to raise their property taxes by almost 20 percent. But that’s exactly … By Aaron Applegate (hamptonroads) [mappress] Source: hamptonroads, September 23, 2010;
Ellicott Dredges, founded in 1885, celebrated its 125th anniversary by taking a dinner cruise around the Port of Baltimore aboard the “turn of the century” paddlewheel riverboat “The Black-Eyed Susan.” The Port (which Ellicott’s predecessors helped create in the 1700s with the first dredge, a two ho
The County Commission won’t be paying millions of dollars more to the company it hired to dredge the Hernando Beach Channel and on Tuesday… By Barbara Behrendt (tampabay) [mappress] Source: tampabay, September 22, 2010;
The development and upgrading of flood diversions, collectors and retainers, channel extensions, floodways, trunk drains and culverts in the… [mappress] Source: brudirect, September 22, 2010;
Cape Town’s Container Terminal is continuing to be transformed by the R5.4 billion expansion programme currently underway that will result in the cargo capacity being almost doubled by 2012. Major dredging, deepening and refurbishment work on the second of four berths is well underway and will be co
After more than a few studies and evaluations of dredging costs for the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir and construction cost projections for a… (c-ville) [mappress] Source: c-ville, September 22, 2010;
Barring any unforeseen delays, project engineer Matthew Trammell says the emergency sand project on Holiday Isle’s critically eroded beaches… By Matt Algarin (thedestinlog) [mappress] Source: thedestinlog, September 22, 2010;
A massive multi-million dollar redevelopment of the Paihia waterfront can go ahead now that the Environment Court has signed off on … (stuff) [mappress] Source: stuff, September 22, 2010;
For several years, the Florida Inland Navigation District has been working to obtain permits for three dredging projects along the waterways of Broward County, Florida. The opened waterways will allow for passage of larger yachts, giving South Florida’s marine industry a boost. The Inland Navigation
Delaware’s congressional delegation is announcing 8.33 million to repair the coastline in Rehoboth and Dewey Beach and another 6.17 million… By Mari Lou (wgmd) [mappress] Source: wgmd, September 22, 2010;
Drilling and blasting operations resumed yesterday in Newark Bay west of Bayonne – part of multibillion effort to make the channel more … (nj) [mappress] Source: nj, September 22, 2010;
Operators of Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners (NJBP) in St Ann yesterday announced plans for a US$150-million investment over the next five… By Patrick Foster (jamaicaobserver) [mappress] Source: jamaicaobserver, September 21, 2010;
Federal regulators have asked the Jindal administration to tell them within the next seven days whether the state plans to continue seeking… By Mark Ballard (2theadvocate) [mappress] Source: 2theadvocate, September 21, 2010;
While courtroom and permit battles drag on, the Army Corps of Engineers is trying to bypass a congressional block on funding for the … By Jeff Montgomery (delawareonline) [mappress] Source: delawareonline, September 21, 2010;
