PHASE 1: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Intracoastal Waterway/Channel Dredging and Placement along Phase 1
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Navigation Branch will conduct navigation-related dredging of the Atlantic intracoastal waterway (AIWW) and channels to Jacksonville and place beach compatible material on Phase 1 shoreline. About 173,000 cubic yards of beach compatible material will be pumped by pipeline and placed at ~2342 New River Inlet Road (NRIR) and work south about 4,000 feet. It is anticipated that the nourishment may extend down to around the St. Regis (project pay volumes are based on dredged waterway and not on beach placement). This is a USACE permitted, funded, and constructed project and the Town has limited input into project construction. The dredge contractor is scheduled to perform this project in the upcoming environmental window (November 16, 2022 to April 1, 2023).
Status Updates
february 28, 2023
The USACE has officially wrapped up their project. A project wrap-up meeting was held on February 24, 2023. The project placed approximately 160,000 cubic yards of sand and reached Building #6 of the Reef.
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
We have been further updated by USACE this afternoon that their contractor has stopped pumping and is starting to remove the pipeline. They have reached a point where they are not able to pump beach compatible sand.
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
We have been notified by USACE that their contractor will be finishing and removing the pipeline on Monday, February 20th and Tuesday, February, 21st of next week.
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
USACE has notified the town that their contractor is scheduled to finish dredging the current channel and wrap up placement on the beach by February 20, 2023. Here is a birds eye view of the project as recorded by the Town's drone on 02-09-23.
JANUARY 25, 2023
While the Town has not received an official update from USACE; it was relayed during our quarterly Long Term MOA Implementation meeting that they expect the project to continue into early February. Here is a birds eye view of the project as recorded by the Town's drone on 1-25-23 at approximately 3:00 PM.
December 5, 2022
The 4,000 ft long disposal area between River Drive and the St Regis Condominiums is the authorized (permitted) and contracted area. On November 28, 2022, the Town received notice from the Corps that the Contractor is looking to lay their pipeline offshore in approximately 5' of water at low tide to pump within the area required in the contract. Tentative mobilization is scheduled between December 27, 2022 – January 6, 2023, and tentative dredging is scheduled to occur between January 6, 2023, and January 20, 2023.
