Dredging

Siding with the U.S. Forest Service, a federal appeals court Monday rejected a lawsuit that has been part of a decades-long effort by environmentalists to remove North Florida’s Rodman dam and restore the Ocklawaha River, which scientists say could help offset some of the issues caused by the ongoing St. Johns River dredging at JAXPORT.

The 2020 State of the River Report points to some positive developments in the health of the St. Johns River, but also highlights several concerning…

The Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved $75 million in funding for the ongoing St. Johns River dredging project.The ordinance will…

Thursday on First Coast Connect we spoke with Florida Times-Union reporters Nate Monroe and Christopher Hong on their investigative series regarding how…

Florida Sen. Bill Nelson is optimistic a St. Johns River dredging project will bring big business into JAXPORT. The Florida Democrat’s support for the…

On this episode of Redux, we’re going to revisit a continuing conversation in Jacksonville: to dredge or not. The debate over deepening the St. Johns…

As the debate continues over whether to spend close to $700 million to deepen the St. Johns River, one former transportation executive says proceeding…

The future of Duval County is our focus.Coming up, reading test scores for our area’s third-graders are in, and the results are — well, mixed.While…

Officials from JaxPort and the city met Wednesday to talk about possible local funding to deepen the port for larger ships.Councilman Bill Gulliford met…

The first large freighter to pass through the new, larger Panama Canal arrived at JAXPORT Tuesday.The landing punctuates an ongoing controversy over…