The 2018 WEDA Environmental Excellence Award for Environmental Dredging went to the project team for Wagner Creek and Seybold Canal Restoration Project, City of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida. These prize winners met the stated criteria of the Environmental Commission to “promote communication and understanding of environmental issues and stimulate new solutions associated with dredging and placement of dredged materials such that dredging projects, including navigation and environmental, are accomplished in an efficient manner while meeting environmental goals.” The project was the Florida Inland Navigation District Intracoastal Waterway Deepening in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida. The project team includes the Florida Inland Navigation District, Taylor Engineering, Inc., and Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Company, LLC. Lori Browned of Taylor Engineering accepts the environmental excellence award for a navigation dredging project. Two projects from Florida and one from Rhode Island captured the awards from ten projects submitted. Navigation Dredging, and Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. The Environmental Excellence Award winners were chosen by WEDA’s Environmental Commission and presented in three categories: Environmental Dredging, Improving waterways through dredging and protecting the environment can be achieved simultaneously as proven by the dredging projects that were honored during the Annual Summit & Expo of the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) held in Norfolk, Virginia, in late June.
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