USA: Army Corps Presents Plan for Dredging of Inland Waterway Delaware River

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced plan to invite bidders to submit their offers for the maintenance dredging of the Inland Waterway Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland.

Maintenance dredging under this contract will be performed at various locations along the Inland Waterway Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and Upper Chesapeake Bay.

Base work shall include dredging of the canal from Station 213+000 to Station 240+301.

Dredging will be required to a distance of 25 feet outside the channel limits where shoaling occurs along the channel edge within the authorized channel limits.

The Government-furnished upland disposal areas available for use under this contract are Courthouse Point and Bethel Disposal Areas.

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Dredging Today Staff, August 9, 2012