
US National Park Touts Success of IMS Versi-Dredge® in Restoring Canoe Trail
The Jean Lafitte National Park in Louisiana, USA faced typical waterway maintenance issues in their canoe trail canal system.

The Jean Lafitte National Park in Louisiana, USA faced typical waterway maintenance issues in their canoe trail canal system.

The Water Resources Department has begun using imported machinery on an experimental basis to desilt South Buckingham canal.

Extension of the Taxiway F North at the La Crosse Municipal Airport was essential to airport operations with the goal to have the taxiway open in the fall of 2011.

Imperial Reservoir— The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has begun dredging a 50-acre open water area of Imperial Reservoir just upstream of Imperial Dam.

The sign at the entrance to Port Hope’s harbour advising boaters that the harbour is temporarily closed is expected to come down soon.

FEMA funded the purchase of the IMS Model 7012 HP Versi-Dredge® which will allow a local irrigation district to minimize damage to infrastructure and private property during the rainy season.

The dredger, with the aid of GPS guided software, is working through a grid pattern that will result in a full 12-foot deep entrance to the Cobourg harbour.

Using a remote control device, the Town of Cobourg’s Versa Dredger was lowered into the Cobourg Harbour in preparation of dredging the mouth of Cobourg harbour.

Cobourg’s dredger has just completed its second out-of-Cobourg contract, Councillor Bob Spooner announced at council this week.