May 2025
FACT SHEETS
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Norfolk to St. Johns
Operations and Maintenance (O&M)
Congressional Districts: 4, 5, 6
1. DESCRIPTION
The Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) project authorizes a channel 12 feet deep by 90 feet wide in land cuts and narrow streams and 12 feet deep by 150 feet wide in open waters. The length of the project within Jacksonville District boundaries is approximately 22 miles long from Fernandina Harbor, Florida to the St. Johns River.
2. FUNDING
a. P.L. 117-58: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act:
| Allocation thru FY24 |
$5,000000 |
| Allocation for FY25 |
$0 |
3. SPONSOR
Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND)
1314 Marcinski Road
Jupiter, Florida 33477-9427
4. STATUS
A Memorandum of Agreement with the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) to contribute funds for the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of both the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) and Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) was executed on 3 September 1997. Since that date FIND has provided over $70,000,000 for the O&M of the IWW and AIWW.
In FY24, the AIWW Sawpit reach O&M contract was awarded and completed in early FY25. FIND has provided contributed funds to complete the National Environmental Policy Act documentation for the Nassau Reach 1 Should additional funding become available, plans and specifications would be prepared for Nassau Reach 1 in preparation of an O&M dredging contract.
