May 2025
FACT SHEET
Jacksonville Harbor Deepening, FL
Construction (C)
Congressional Districts: 4, 5
1. DESCRIPTION
Jacksonville Harbor is located in Duval County, Florida. The Harbor consists of approximately 20 river miles starting at the mouth of the St. Johns River where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean and extends beyond the Talleyrand Marine Terminal into downtown Jacksonville. The authorized and completed project (WRRDA 2014) included deepening the federal channel from 40 feet to 47 feet from the entrance channel to approximately River Mile 13, with two areas of widening at the Training Wall Reach and St. Johns Bluff Reach and two new turning basins at Blount Island and Brills Cut to accommodate the growing fleet of post-Panamax shipping lines.
2. FUNDING
| Estimated Total Cost |
$1,070,000,000 |
| Estimated Federal Cost |
$535,000,000 |
a. Regular Civil Works Funds:
| Allocation for FY25 |
$0 |
| President's Budget FY26 |
TBD |
3. SPONSOR
Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT)
2831 Talleyrand Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32206-3496
4. STATUS
The harbor deepening project (including all 3 awarded contracts) was successfully completed in 2022. Post-construction environmental monitoring which includes active monitoring for salt and freshwater wetlands, nekton, submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), salinity, etc. will continue for up to 10 years post-construction (through 2032) as per the authorized report and state permitting.
