May 2024
FACT SHEET
Intracoastal Waterway Jacksonville to Miami, FL
Operations and Maintenance (O&M)
Congressional Districts: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
1. DESCRIPTION
The Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) project authorizes a channel 12 feet deep by 125 feet wide from Jacksonville, Florida south to Fort Pierce, Florida, and a channel 10 feet deep by 125 feet wide from Ft. Pierce, Florida south to Miami, Florida. The length of the project is approximately 349 miles running from the St. Johns River in northeast Florida southward along the east coast to Miami, Florida.
2. FUNDING
a. Regular Civil Works Funds:
| Allocation for FY24 |
$4,013,000 |
| President's Budget FY25 |
$4,181,000 |
b. P.L. 115-123: Bi-Partisan Budget Act of 2018, Supplemental:
| Allocation thru FY23 |
$300,000 |
| Allocation for FY24 |
$0 |
b. P.L. 116-20: Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019:
| Allocation thru FY23 |
$7,450,000 |
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c. P.L. 117-328A: Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act:
| Allocation thru FY23 |
$5,000,000 |
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3. SPONSOR
Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND)
1314 Marcinski Road
Jupiter, Florida 33477-9427
4. STATUS
On 3 September 1997, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, and the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) executed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to contribute funds for the Operation and Maintenance of both the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). Since that date, FIND has provided over $70,000,000 for the O&M of the IWW and AIWW.
In 2023 O&M dredging was complete for the Palm Valley South Reach and in 2024 O&M dredging was complete for the Matanzas Reach of the IWW. Additionally, a contract for the IWW Volusia Reach will be award in FY24. Funding in FY 25 will be used to complete plans & specifications for the Bakers Haulover Reach of the IWW. If additional funding is received plans & specifications will be developed for the combined reaches of Crossroads and Jupiter Inlet areas of the IWW.
