As JDNews reports, the dredging work has been completed at an area inlet to repair damage from last year’s Hurricane Irene.
“ We just completed dredging New River Inlet using the Sidecast Dredge Merritt from April 1 to April 15, ” wrote Ann Johnson of the Wilmington District’s public affairs office . “ The funds were provided as a result of the Hurricane Irene Storm Supplemental. The dredging was conducted to restore the inlet to pre-storm conditions .”
The side-cast Dredge Merritt has been at work along the North Carolina coast pumping sand from shoaled areas that have hampered navigation along the area’s shallow-draft inlets and channels.
The authorized depth for the channel is six feet.
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Dredging Today Staff, April 27, 2012;