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Tag: Weeks Marine

August

7 Aug 2013
Big Beach renourishment complete
Contractors smoothed out the last of the sand on the Virginia Beach, Va., beachfront Aug. 1, completing a beach renourishment cycle that widened the buffer between punishing storm surge and the city’s homes, businesses and tourist attractions.
June

28 Jun 2013
2-plus million cubic yards added to Sandbridge beachfront; Big Beach completion now under way
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A five-mile hurricane protection and beach renourishment project in Sandbridge is complete.
March

21 Mar 2013
Corps responds to emergency dredging in Thimble Shoals federal channel
NORFOLK – Hazardous shoaling in the Thimble Shoals federal navigation channel launched action between local and federal agencies as they raced to reopen a closed navigation lane. The Virginia Pilots Association alerted the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, of the hazard on March 13, and within hours, a survey team was mobilized.

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