by MBJ Staff Published: May 8,2012
Tags: beaches, environment, health, outdoors, pollution, public health, state agency, swimming, tourism, tourists, visitors, water, water pollution
HARRISON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has issued water contact advisories for two sampling stations in Harrison County. These segments of beach are not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in those areas. MDEQ is working closely with local [...] [...]
HANCOCK COUNTY — With the seawall barricades and sand re-nourishment projects, about 40 percent of Hancock County’s seven miles of beaches are under construction or not easily accessible. But county officials expect the re-nourishment projects could be completed by July. The beaches need sand pumped in every 10 years or so, county engineer Geoff Clemens [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 26,2012
Tags: beaches, disaster preparedness, engineering, federal agency, hurricanes, natural disaster, outdoors, recreation, seawall, severe weather, storm surge, tourism, tourists, tropical weather, visitors
BAY ST. LOUIS — The Bay St. Louis seawall is not meant for public access but to protect the road and utilities from hurricanes, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Susan Rees, manager of the Corps’ Mississippi Coastal Improvement Program, tells the Sea Coast Echo the $19 million seawall is not a stairwell [...] [...]
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Department of Transportation is asking motorists to stay off U.S. 90 while crews are out removing sand that has accumulated on the coastal highway. MDOT says crews are removing sand between the Bay St. Louis Bridge and the Biloxi Bay Bridge today. The work began yesterday after heavy winds [...] [...]
GULFPORT — Gulfport’s waterfront recreation area should be open for business when tourist season arrives. The Sun Herald reports city officials expect construction to be completed in April on all but one of the multimillion-dollar projects underway at the city harbor and Jones Park to the north. The Ship Island ferry terminal, on the harbor’s [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — Superintendent Dan Brown announced, as part of the Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program, Gulf Islands National Seashore and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation with the State of Mississippi are undertaking a sand re-nourishment project on the north shore of West Ship Island beginning approximately Aug. 1. The work is [...] [...]
GULFPORT — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has lifted the water contact closure that was issued May 31 for a section of beach in Gulfport. MDEQ sampling indicates bacteria levels are acceptable for water contact. The section extended from 41st Avenue near the West Side Pier east to 33rd Avenue near the Island [...] [...]
LONG BEACH — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is working with the City of Long Beach and the Harrison County Sand Beach Department to advise residents that a water contact closure has been issued for a section of beach in Long Beach. The City of Long Beach reported a sewer bypass discharging onto [...] [...]
GULFPORT — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) is working with the City of Gulfport, the Harrison County Sand Beach Department and the Harrison County Utility Authority to advise residents that a water contact closure has been issued for a section of beach in Gulfport. The section extends from 41st Avenue near the West [...] [...]
GULFPORT — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, is working closely with local officials to advise residents about a beach closure: The affected beach is at Station 10 at the U.S. Naval Home/Veterans Hospital, near Oak Avenue in Gulfport from Alfonso Drive eastward to the VA Main Entrance. An [...] [...]
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