May 2023
FACT SHEET
Canaveral Harbor NOTU Dredging
Operations and Maintenance (O&M)
Congressional District: 8
1. DESCRIPTION
The project effort involves maintenance dredging from the United States Navy (USN) portions of five areas at Canaveral Harbor (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-feet MLLW with a 2-foot paid overdredge depth, -46 ft MLLW.
2. FUNDING
| Allocation for FY23 (Navy) |
$1,659,000 |
| President's Budget FY24 |
$224,000 |
3. SPONSOR
Command Navy Region Southeast
Naval Air Station Jacksonville 919
Jacksonville, FL 32212
4. STATUS
The last O&M dredging contract, combined with the civil works contract, was completed in the summer of 2022. It removed approximately 53,000 cubic yards from the TTB and TAC portions of the Naval Ordnance Test Unit (NOTU), returning these areas to their authorized depth. An additional contract is being planned for award in the summer of 2023 to dredge the TTB and TAC portions of NOTU in response to impacts from hurricanes Ian and Nicole. All NOTU dredging work is an option within the larger civil works contract.
