At a 2 p.m. event, Gov. Rick Scott will formally announce $38 million to wrap up the next phase of Mile Point project, reports jacksonville.com.
It is estimated that this program should create 3,500 jobs.
Regarding this plan, Gov. Scott stated: “ We don’t know how many years it’s going to take … we need the jobs now.”
The Mile Point development project will allow an additional 340,000 20-foot cargo containers annually. This was estimated by the JaxPort officials, according to jacksonville.com.
Mile Point consists of 5,000 feet of shoreline located along the north shore of the St. Johns River and east of the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW). Great Marsh Island and the Mile Point Training Wall divide Chicopit Bay.
The confluence of the St. Johns River with the IWW is known as Mile Point, an area that experiences difficult crosscurrents on the ebb tide.
Due to these crosscurrents there is navigational restriction on the ebb tide that affects all vessels that have a transit draft greater than 33 feet inbound and 36 feet outbound, inhibiting the free movement of vessel traffic.
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Dredging Today Staff, January 14, 2013; Image: jaxport