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Capt Mike Singleterry · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 2728

The wife and I were headed home last evening and I noticed a dredge rig, discharge pipe and tender tug headed south under the Kennedy Bridge.
Could this be the dredge headed to Mansfield to work the East Cut?
Anyone have any updated information they might want to share on the time table for the dredging in Mansfield?

Mike

putawaywet · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:01 am Post subject:

I'll call today. No point in calling now because if my friends are'nt fishing they're sleeping off a doozey. Wink

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putawaywet · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:23 pm Post subject:

Have'nt heard anything from dow south but USACE has awarded the bid. It's for real this time.-

W912HY-08-C-0035 Unrestricted Procurement - Port Mansfield, Texas, Port Mansfield Entrance Channel, Pipeline Dredging 09/29/2008

NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD
Solicitation No. W912HY-08-B-0027 for Unrestricted Procurement – Port Mansfield, Texas,
Port Mansfield Entrance Channel in Willacy County, Texas, Pipeline Dredging was awarded on
29 September 2008 to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, 2122 York Road, Oak Brook,
Illinois 60523 under Contract No. W912HY-08-C-0035 in the estimated amount of
$4,560,000.00 (Schedule No. 1). (96X3123 O&M)

And heres something of interest-
Advertised bids-

W912HY-08-B-0031
AM:0001 09/25/2008 GULF INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY, TEXAS, CORPUS CHRISTI BAY TO PORT ISABEL, PIPELINE DREDGING NUECES, KLEBERG, KENEDY, WILLACY, AND CAMERON COUNTIES, TEXAS SWG 09/23/2008 10/23/2008
2:00 PM/Room 175
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Capt Mike Singleterry · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 2728

Thanks for the information....lets hope that is where the dredge was headed. I understand that they are supposed to be finished by the summer of '09.
I'm sure that project will make alot of people happy in Port Mansfield and if thing hold true to history the project should help Baffin and the ULM also.
Very Happy

Mike

putawaywet · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject:

Just got a call.
That may or may not have been the barge. I was told it's not in place yet but they had 30 days from the award of contract to get equipment set.
I bet that was them because there are no other projects south of C.C. that would require the kind of equipment you described.

P.S.
(Word is they will dredge from the jettie mouth all the way in to A dock.)
Correction-Plans only show westerly limit of dredging just west of the rocks. The city now has there own dredge to maintain harbor issues.

I'm still freakin' giddy!
Like a kid on Christmas morning. Very Happy

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Capt Mike Singleterry · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 2728

Thanks again.... I wouldn't think it would be in place yet. As slow as they have to travel it might take a couple of days to get there. It was about this time yesterday(6:30p) I saw it. I'm kinda' like you pretty excited about it. Back in the '70s and '80s it was nothing to see all kinds of fish life on the flats down there. One day we had a big hammerhead stealing
our redfish off the hook just south of the Saucer. Really cool.
Always wanted to live there....might consider it again now.

Mike

bk005 · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject:

I know the main thing is to open the jetties, but sure would be nice if they had some more scratch to get that big barge to go all the way into the harbor. That little one they have does a spot about as big as my driveway every 2 or 3 days, then requires two shade tree mechanics and a few cases for another 2 or 3. Smile

putawaywet · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject:

putawaywet · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject:

AFFIMATIVE!!!!!
That was the equipment!!
Got word from down south.

IT IS ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very Happy

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Capt Mike Singleterry · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 2728

That's Great!!!!! I'm not rushing them or anything but "HURRY UP".. Very Happy

Really that's is great that they are getting started now if the weather doesn't slow them down this winter maybe they will can stay ahead of schedule.

Mike

txluke · Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:02 am Post subject:

What are they going to dredge and what is this going to do?
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Capt Mike Singleterry · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 2728

safirenfish · Horse Mullet Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 177

may have to schedule a few winter month trips down there to see for myself.

Bayslammer · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:15 am Post subject:

Good news! The sooner the better. Thanks for the info Capt.
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