09/07/2024
FYI
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has begun
staging equipment in advance of a planned project to dredge the Saint Lucie Inlet. Work will include dredging the inlet entrance channel and impoundment basin to a depth of 7 feet, with an allowable overdepth of 2 feet, and turbidity monitoring, trawling and environmental species monitoring.
Dredging and placement will be continuous, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, until the project is complete. Projected completion date is September 11.
All material will be placed in the permitted ocean Borrow Site B, which lies approximately 10.6 nautical miles southeast of the inlet. The sand will be available for the Town of Jupiter Island's winter beach nourishment project.
USACE advises all mariners to observe posted speed and "Notice to Mariner" instructions to ensure public safety.
For information about other USACE studies and projects, please visit www.saj.usace.army.mil . Learn more about Martin County's Inlet Management Plan, adopted by the state in 1995, at www.martin.fl.us/st-lucie-inlet