Notice to Navigation: 2024-010 Update on the re-opening of the Okeechobee Waterway for Navigation

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NOTICE TO NAVIGATION INTERESTS

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS                               LOCAL NUMBER: 2024-010              

JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT                            WATERWAY:  All South Florida Locks

EFFECTIVE: 11 October 2024

ATTN: CESAJ-OD-SN

PO Box 4970

JACKSONVILLE, FL 32232-0019

POC: Christopher Rush  (863)-514-0773

www.saj.usace.army.mil/NTN

 

Update on the re-opening of the Okeechobee Waterway for Navigation

 

REFERENCE:

a.     33 CFR Navigation and Navigable Waters

 

1. Notice to Navigation

 

Attention all concerned boaters! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has competed the inspection of the Okeechobee Waterway post-Hurricane Milton. The Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Canals have been determined safe for navigation, Routes 1 and 2 across Lake Okeechobee are not yet open.

 

2. For up-to-date Lock information, contact the shift operator 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at:

                St Lucie Lock & Dam 772-287-2665 or 863-662-9148

                Port Mayaca Lock & Dam 561-924-2858 or 863-662-9424

                Julian Keen, Jr. Lock & Dam 863-946-0414 or 863-662-9533

                Ortona Lock & Dam 863-675-0616 or 863- 662-9846

                W.P. Franklin Lock & Dam 239-694-5451 or 863-662-9908

                Canaveral Lock 321-783-5421 or 863-662-0298 (6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)

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