May 2025
FACT SHEET
Naples to Big Marco Pass, FL
Operations and Maintenance (O&M)
Congressional Districts: 19, 26
1. DESCRIPTION
The project includes the southerly 10.15 miles of the waterway from Naples to Big Marco Pass and 4.5 miles of waterway from Naples to Gordon Pass. It consists of an interior channel 6 x 70 feet from southerly limits of the town of Naples to Big Marco Pass; a channel 12 x 150 feet from that depth in the Gulf to Gordon Pass, thence 10 x 100 feet through Gordon Pass and Naples Bay to a point 400 feet south of the U.S. 41 highway bridge, thence 10 x 70 feet to the bridge; it includes a turning basin 8 x 150 x 200 feet in upper Naples Bay and a turning basin 8 x 250 x 670 feet at the municipal yacht basin.
2. FUNDING
a. Regular Civil Works Funds:
| Allocation for FY25 |
$0 |
| President's Budget for FY26 |
TBD |
b. P.L. 115-123: Bi-Partisan Budget Act of 2018, Supplemental:
| Current Working Estimate |
$400,000 |
| Allocation thru FY24 |
$400,000 |
| Allocation for FY25 |
$0 |
c. P.L. 116-20: Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019:
| Current Working Estimate |
$2,532,000 |
| Allocation thru FY24 |
$2,532,000 |
d. P.L. 117-43: Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act:
| Current Working Estimate |
$10,000,000 |
| Allocation thru FY24 |
$10,000,000 |
3. SPONSOR
City of Naples
Jay Boodheshwar, City Manager
735 8th St S
Naples, Florida 34102
4. STATUS
The Jacksonville District continues to perform project condition surveys of the federal channel. With Class 3 O&M Supplemental (P.L. 115-123) funding, the team performed new surveys for updated volumes following Hurricane Ian in 2023 from Naples to Big Marco Pass, including Gordon Pass. The most recent maintenance event was completed in August 2020 for Naples to Gordon Pass. Approximately 87,000 cubic yards of material were removed from Cut 1 and the Settling Basin and placed on Keewaydin Island located south of the inlet. The next maintenance event will be advertised in FY25. Gordon Pass material from Cuts 1-7 will go to Keewaydin Island. Geotechnical investigations, cultural resource surveys and SAV surveys were conducted/completed in FY24/5. NEPA and new permits will need to be obtained for the Big Marco Pass work although dredged material placement location(s) have not been identified for material that is not suitable for beach or nearshore. Material that is suitable for beach or nearshore compatible from Big Marco Pass material is proposed to be placed at Sand Dollar Island.
