Oriental Mindoro, finds itself at a crossroad as the local government pushes for a “cost-free” solution to flooding while ...

N ARRAGANSETT – Dredging the Narrow River to unclog the river’s mouth and replenish Narragansett Town Beach with sand could ...

Some dredging may be necessary in certain areas of the river, McGarry said. “The idea of dredging the whole river and spending $50 million when the river is going to do what it wants to do is ...

Dredging the Narrow River and placing the sand on the beaches would solve two perennial problems. “It's the more sustainable option to contribute to the coastal resiliency that we have here.

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic.

An estimate from a 2011 feasibility study proposed dredging about 50,000 cubic yards from the Narrow River to fill up just Narragansett Town Beach, which put the price tag at around $2 million.

Dredging of the Scarborough River, starting at Pine Point in Scarborough, will take place over the next few months as part of a federal project. The work is scheduled to begin Monday, Nov. 13.

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic ...

The three corps districts that maintain the Mississippi north of its confluence with the Ohio River in Cairo, Illinois, have to move mountains of sand every year. They shifted almost 8.8 million ...

The St. Paul Corps District maintains the river from the head of navigation in the Twin Cities to Dubuque. The district has spent an average of $15.7 million a year dredging its section of the ...