The long-awaited dredging project to deepen the federal navigation channel and improve efficiency and reliability of navigation to and from Grays Harbor got under way Monday morning as crews began unloading equipment and setting up shop.

Dredging is scheduled to begin October 3 to bring the federal Grays Harbor navigation channel to a deeper depth of -38 feet Mean Lower Low Water and remove accumulated sediments since the last maintenance dredging.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a local forum Oct. 13 regarding General Electric’s recently completed dredging of PCB contamination in the Hudson River and the status of monitoring in the past year.

Since starting work in September, Ocean City has already completed two of the three dredging projects scheduled this year as part of a multimillion-dollar program to clear out lagoons and channels choked with muddy sediment, a top city official said Thursday night.

The San Luis Obispo City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to further assess two potential options for dredging Laguna Lake.

In the wake of the flood disaster that ravaged some communities in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State on Tuesday, the state government has commenced the dredging of major waterways in the state capital.

WASHINGTON • The U.S. Senate Thursday passed a $9 billion water resources development bill that includes $25 million to dredge Mississippi River ports.

Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, operator and manager of the Emirate’s ports and Khalifa Industrial Zone, has announced a major expansion plan for Khalifa Port.

A federal judge ruled late Monday that the US Army Corps of Engineers does not have to dredge the Cuyahoga River at this time.  The judge said combining the request to dredge with a lawsuit filed last year would “confuse and delay” the resolution of the 2015 case.  

New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials have announced that the project to dredge the Shark River in Monmouth County is to resume.