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The county and four towns are working together to widen just under 12 miles of shoreline as part of a plan to add sand to depleted beaches every five years.
The Dare County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to award a $25.87 million bid to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. for the 2022 Avon and Buxton beach nourishment projects.
The monumental task of hand-planting 400,000 to 500,000 pieces of vegetation on newly created dunes on Emerald Isle beaches wrapped up Friday, just in time for Memorial Day weekend.
Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, said in an email Thursday the effort is expected to take about a month, working west to east along a 9.4-mile stretch of the strand on Bogue Banks. He said beachgoers are urged to stay off the dunes, and oceanfront property owners should not put up sand fences on the beach until the planting is finished. EarthBalance performed some reconnaissance Wednesday – scoping out places to park overnight and finding the water hook-ups put in place by the beach nourishment contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. of Illinois – ...
Offshore wind industry shipbuilding booms US firm Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co (GLDD) has contracted ship builder Ulstein to move onto the integration engineering phase for the Jones-compliant rock dumping vessel earmarked for the nascent American offshore wind market. By Jeremy Cresswell, emeritus editor 10/05/2021, 12:01 am Updated: 10/05/2021, 7:48 am © Supplied by CIMC Raffles CGI of a 3060 WTIV-series vessel Register here for the Energy Voice daily newsletter, bringing you key news and insight from across the global energy landscape. Thank you for signing up to our newsletter. Som...