![]() ![]() On the one hand, someone has to pay for the projects. The double-edged sword of the federal government was a theme in the discussion. ![]() “Would require change in funding and contracting schemes, but time to start thinking about longer term solutions than just being restricted by federal appropriation cycles.” “Why not look at doing larger projects digging deeper and wider, less frequently but more regularly,” he wrote. That’s worked in some places and failed in others, he said.īill Hanson of Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., which has done work in Oregon Inlet, had a talk ready to go called “There Has to be a Better Way: Oregon Inlet Dredging.” He couldn’t make the conference that day but said in an email it’s time to stop the Band-Aid solution of small dredging projects that just fill back in. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close Menuīilly Edge, a professor at North Carolina State University, in his talk “Sand Bypassing and Jet Pumps” described the possibility of installing a system of sand pumps to suck sand from the waterway and dump it on land. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |