Canaveral Harbor sand bypass project gets underway

Work is underway on the $40.6 million sand bypass and beach renourishment project in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

According to the Port Canaveral, the project began last weekend with the beach landing point at Station 34+50 adjacent to the Harbor Drive beach access in Cape Canaveral.

The Army Corps awarded the contract to Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock for beach restoration work involving the dredging and bypassing of approximately 1.5 million cubic yards of sand from the shoreline immediately north of Port Canaveral along the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The Cape Canaveral Sand Bypass Beach Renourishment Project includes two placement locations: Segment 1 from approximately Harbor Drive in the City of Cape Canaveral to Palm Lane in Cocoa Beach with Segment 2 beginning in mid-March and encompassing an area near North 2nd Street in Cocoa Beach progressing south to Tables Beach near Patrick Space Force Base.

This is the sixth sand bypass project since its inception in 1995. The sand placement will initially widen the beach by about 100 feet, after which the sand will drift southward, maintaining Brevard’s beaches at their historical dimensions.