The dredging of the Eastpoint Channel and 2-mile channel in Apalachicola is scheduled to begin next week.
The official star date is October the 17th.
The completed project will open local waterways for recreation.
In addition to opening the waterways, dredge material from the Eastpoint and Two-Mile channels will be used to construct a tidal marsh which will keep sediment within the system and provide critical wildlife habitat.
Construction is expected to begin at Eastpoint in two weeks and construction at Two Mile will begin in approximately a month.
All work is expected to be completed within six months.
The 2 projects are decades in the making.
The Eastpoint Channel hasn't been dredged since 1985 and is now so shallow most boats can't even use it except on high tide.
That channel will be dredged from just west of the Eastpoint boat ramp to Barbers Seafood on the East.
The two-mile channel will be dredged from the mouth of the Apalachicola River to the Olin B. Ward waterfront park.
Both projects together will cost 6 million dollars.
The official star date is October the 17th.
The completed project will open local waterways for recreation.
In addition to opening the waterways, dredge material from the Eastpoint and Two-Mile channels will be used to construct a tidal marsh which will keep sediment within the system and provide critical wildlife habitat.
Construction is expected to begin at Eastpoint in two weeks and construction at Two Mile will begin in approximately a month.
All work is expected to be completed within six months.
The 2 projects are decades in the making.
The Eastpoint Channel hasn't been dredged since 1985 and is now so shallow most boats can't even use it except on high tide.
That channel will be dredged from just west of the Eastpoint boat ramp to Barbers Seafood on the East.
The two-mile channel will be dredged from the mouth of the Apalachicola River to the Olin B. Ward waterfront park.
Both projects together will cost 6 million dollars.
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