Marina Dock Age

The rebuild of Alamitos Bay Marina in Long Beach, Calif. will break ground in September. The first phase of the $94 million project includes demolition and dredging. Boat owners in Basin 4 had to move their vessels by Sep. 6.

Groundbreaking for the project is set to take place on Sep. 17, with a public ceremony. The rebuild project will revitalize the facilities built in the 1950s, beginning with the $23.7 million replacement of Basin 4.

Read more here about the project, from Dredging Today.

Fifteen years ago, Randy Rollison bought property along Shoal Creek. He has long dreamt of building a marina, and his plans will now become reality. Once completed, the marina in Florence, Ala., will have a large dock with wet slips, a dry stack facility and a three-story upland building.

Rollison said the project will be completed in phases. The first phase, which includes the wet slip dock, began in May.

For more on the development of the marina from the original TimesDaily report, click here.

Titusville Municipal Marina in Titusville, Fla., plans to build a 75-boat mooring field in the Indian River, as a lower-cost alternative to its 205 wet slips.

Funding for the work will come from three state and federal grants, with no local tax money being used. The new moorings should be ready by the time peak season hits in late fall.

Click here to read the original Florida Times report.

Pleasure Island Marina in Port Arthur, Texas, will receive $7.5 million in FEMA funds to rebuild from Hurricane Ike damage.

FEMA said the money will help pay to restore docks and replace nearly 300 boat slips.

Click here to read the original Associated Times report.

Bonita Bay Marina in Bonita Springs, Fla., is undergoing a series of renovations and upgrades scheduled for completion in late fall, prior to the return of season boaters.

Marina Manager Tibe Larson said the some of the improvements include: repairs and reinforcements to the marina’s three storage barns and forklift and dock upgrades.

Click here to read the Naple Daily News report.

Marineland Marina in St. Augustine, Fla., held its official grand opening Aug. 20. The 25-slip marina along the Intracoastal Waterway has been under construction for the past six months. The county provided $150,000 in tourist development funds to the project, which also was supported by a grant from the Florida Inland Navigation District.

For more about the development of Marineland Marina from the original News-Journal report, click here.

For more about the grand opening event, click here.

Shoreline Marina in Long Beach, Calif., will retrofit its fuel dock without an increase in slip fees. In 2008, the marina closed amid tighter environmental protection regulations, which required all fuel storage tanks be retrofitted to meet current standards.

The city decided to stagger the refurbishments at another Long Beach marina, Alamitos Bay Marina, so that boaters would have fuel access at that dock until the Shoreline fuel dock retrofit was completed. Construction on the project is expected to be completed in March 2012.

For more on the project from The Log, click here.

Ohio state lawmakers voted to keep funding in place to build a marina at Caesar Creek Lake in Waynesville, Ohio. With $4 million secured from the Waterways Safety Fund, plans are moving forward to build a 300-slip marina.

Lawmakers also decided to use capital funds to fix the toxic algae problem at Grand Lake St. Marys, where the recurring algae has stopped boating activities and devastated the local economy.

For more on both stories from the full Dayton Daily News report, click here.

For more on how blue-green algae have affected lake businesses from The Joplin Globe, click here.

Erie Basin Marina in Buffalo, N.Y., will see more than $1 million worth of improvements with the help of a New York state grant. Construction is expected to start on Labor Day.

For the full Buffalo Business First report, click here.

Corpus Christi Municipal Marina in Corpus Christi, Texas, hopes to attract more boats, including large yachts and sailboats, after a private fuel company installs a self-service, on-site fuel dock this summer.

In the past, a semi-truck fueled boats at the marina, but its availability was based on demand. Marina Superintendent Peter Davidson said on-site fueling is crucial to ensure the marina remains competitive.

For the full Caller-Times report, click here.