Tag Archives: Dredging

Residents and council weigh in on HB3382

Coos Bay residents and City Council Members weighed in on Oregon House Bill 3382 during the May 2nd City Council meeting. The bill states that ports in Coos Bay, Newport, Astoria, St. Helens, and Portland would not have to comply with other state or local land-use laws regarding “deep draft navigation channel improvements, including docks […]
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Coastal Ports Ask Lawmakers for Green Light to Dredge

Commercial ports from Astoria to Coos Bay line the Oregon Coast. Despite those ports and its beauty, the coast remains economically depressed, with family-wage jobs scarce outside government or health care. Coastal lawmakers from both parties want to make it easier for the ports to realize their economic potential by dredging navigation channels in the […]
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U.S. Senate $1.7 trillion spending package includes allocations for dozens of projects in Oregon

Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, is confident the bill will pass both chambers of Congress. The U.S. Senate’s $1.7 trillion government funding package released on Tuesday includes allocations for dozens of projects across Oregon. The package, which excludes spending on mandatory programs like Medicare and Social Security, includes investments in clean water, transportation, […]
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Dredging project under way at Port of Gold Beach

Project aims to keep Gold Beach harbor open for recreational vessels, including jet boats, fishing guides and sport fishermen. The Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing a massive dredging project at the entrance of the Rogue River aimed at keeping the Port of Gold Beach harbor open for recreational vessels, including jet boats, fishing guides […]
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Hyak Maritime secures key state grant

A $13.9M infusion for boat lift project. The Oregon Transportation Commission approved $13.9 million in state funding for Hyak Maritime’s mobile boat lift project at Tongue Point during a meeting Thursday after hearing objections from several shipyards on the Columbia River. The funding comes from Connect Oregon, which had $46 million available this year for […]
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Dredge and dike Upper Klamath Lake | Guest Commentary

Dredge Upper Klamath Lake; do not dredge Upper Klamath Lake. I don’t know which side you are on, nor does it matter. Although it is doubtful anyone will listen, here is a third alternative, which I espoused in the 314 Clean Lakes Report which my company did in the early 1980s. No other entity has […]
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Why we probably can’t dredge Upper Klamath Lake

It’s obvious to anyone who’s smelled its algal stench in the summer: Upper Klamath Lake needs a good clean-up. Not only do widespread cyanobacteria blooms turn the shallow lake into unsightly pea soup, they also tank water quality and contribute to mass die-offs of baby C’waam and Koptu (Lost River and shortnose suckers), hurtling the […]
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Editorial: Shipping industry needs to rethink its strategy

It’s no secret that trans-Pacific shippers face steep obstacles these days. Problems range from a limited number of available containers to oversized vessels that have created chokepoints along the West Coast. This is a statement of the obvious, but if port operators, shippers and ship owners had been on the ball in the past we […]
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Congressional delegation pushes for port funding

Oregon’s congressional delegation is pushing for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to include funding for Oregon’s port infrastructure as the agency implements the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA). The request includes $62 million for Tillamook Bay and Bar South Jetty head and trunk repairs to support the Port of […]
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State board reverses two more Jordan Cove permits

Two more permits related to the Jordan Cove Energy Project are facing barriers from state regulators. The state Land Use Board of Appeals on Tuesday issued two decisions reversing authorizations from the city of Coos Bay and Coos County to dredge portions of the Coos Bay estuary. Source: State board reverses two more Jordan Cove […]
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