USA: Army Corps Presents Sawpit Creek Dredging Plan

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has introduced a plan for the Sawpit Creek maintenance dredging program.

The project includes maintenance dredging of approximately 591,000 cubic yards (cy) of material from the AIWW channel and settling basins in Cuts 24-26A, 27, 27A, 27C; and adjoining advance maintenance areas in the waters of Sawpit Creek, the Amelia River, and Nassau Sound.

The majority of the excavated material, 578,000 cy, will be placed on the Amelia Island State Park beach disposal site and is included within the base of the contract. The pumping distance between dredging areas and beach placement ranges from 4.0 miles to 1.5 miles.

The material from Cut-27, totaling approximately 13,000 cy, is being included as an option to this contract. The material within this reach is not beach compatible and cannot be placed on Amelia Island State Park. It will be placed in DMMA DU-2 which lies adjacent to Cut-26A and Cut-27. If this option is exercised, preparation of the DMMA-DU2 site will also be included in the project work.

The period of performance consists of the Base (121 calendar days) plus Option 1 (32 calendar days) for a total period of performance of 153 calendar days.

Magnitude of construction is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00.

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Source: fbo.gov; March 10, 2013