April 2022
FACT SHEET
Canaveral Harbor NOTU Dredging (O&M)
Operations and Maintenance
Congressional District: 8
1. DESCRIPTION
The project effort involves maintenance dredging from the United States Navy (USN) portions of five areas at Canaveral Harbor (aka Port Canaveral): Cut 1A, Navy Trident Turning Basin (TTB), Trident Access Channel (TAC), Middle Turning Basin (MTB), and the Entrance Channel Widener. The TAC and TTB will be dredged to the maintenance depth of -41 foot (ft) mean low lower water (MLLW) with a 2-foot paid overdredge depth, -43 ft MLLW. The Cut IA and the Navy Entrance Channel Widener will be dredged to the maintenance depth of -44-foot MLL W with a 2-foot paid overdredge depth, -46 ft MLL W.
2. FUNDING
| Allocation for FY22 (Navy) |
$195,000 |
| President's Budget FY23 |
$1,719,000 |
3. SPONSOR
Command Navy Region Southeast
Naval Air Station Jacksonville
919, Jacksonville, FL 32212
4. STATUS
An O&M dredging contract combining NOTU and the Canaveral Harbor civil works project was awarded in September 2021 with work scheduled to complete summer of 2022. Approximately 62,000 cubic yards of material will be removed from the Trident Access Channel and Trident Turning Basins.
