May 2025
FACT SHEET
Jacksonville Harbor, FL
Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
Congressional Districts: 4, 5
1. DESCRIPTION
Jacksonville Harbor is located in Duval County, Florida, and begins at the mouth of the St. Johns River where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The federally authorized Jacksonville Harbor navigation project provides deep draft vessels access to terminal facilities located within the city of Jacksonville, Florida.
The project, as currently authorized, provides for annual operations & maintenance of an existing channel depth of 47 feet mean lower low water (MLLW) from the ocean entrance to the Dames Point Terminals at River Mile 13, then 40 feet MLLW through approximately River Mile 20 and 34 feet MLLW in Cuts F/G of the West Blount Island Channel. The project also includes routine maintenance of two dredge material management areas (DMMAS) at Bartram and Buck Islands.
2. FUNDING
a. Regular Civil Works Funds:
| Allocation for FY25 |
$0 |
| President's Budget FY26 |
TBD |
a. P.L. 117-58: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act:
| Allocation thru FY23 |
$37,700,000 |
| Allocation for FY24 |
$37,680,000 |
3. SPONSOR
Jacksonville Port Authority
2831 Talleyrand Avenue
Jacksonville, FL 32206-3496
4. STATUS
Annual maintenance dredging of the federal channel continues with two active contracts. Design and Permitting is also underway for the scheduled FY26 maintenance dredging contract scheduled for award in December 2025.
