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NOTICE TO NAVIGATION INTERESTS

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS                               LOCAL NUMBER: 2024-014              

JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT                            WATERWAY:  Okeechobee Waterway - Ortona and W.P. Franklin Locks

EFFECTIVE: 5 November 2024

ATTN: CESAJ-OD-SN

PO Box 4970

JACKSONVILLE, FL 32232-0019

POC: Christopher Rush  (863)-514-0773

www.saj.usace.army.mil/NTN

Okeechobee Waterway Low Water between Ortona and W.P. Franklin Locks

REFERENCE:

a.     33 CFR Navigation and Navigable Waters

1. Notice to Navigation

Attention Boaters! There will be a spillway gate inspection at Ortona Lock and Dam from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on November 6, 2024. Boaters should expect low water west of Ortona today and tomorrow, between the Ortona Lock and the W.P. Franklin Lock and make any necessary docking adjustments.  

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.)