Dredging on Lewes-Rehoboth Canal starts next month

The City of Lewes, DE, has just announced that dredging of the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal is set to begin on or around October 9. 

According to the city, Dredgit, contracted by the Army Corp of Engineers, will be performing the dredging alongside maintenance.

The dredging operations will run between the Roosevelt Inlet and the Freemans Highway Bridge.

The city said that work will take place seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

The Lewes-Rehoboth Canal is a canal in Sussex County, Delaware, which connects the Broadkill River and the Delaware Bay to Rehoboth Bay. It forms a portion of the Intracoastal Waterway.