Maintenance dredging project on the way in San Francisco

The Port of San Francisco has applied for a ten-year Department of the Army permit to conduct maintenance dredging within the port’s various berths and approach areas.

The purpose of the proposed maintenance dredging project is to maintain safe navigational depths by restoring the original project design depths in the deepwater berths at the port.

According to the Corps, the applicant is planning to remove approximately 2,664,500 cubic yards of material from the Port’s 376 acre permitted area.

The design depth of the dredge area ranges from -12 feet to -40 feet mean lower low water, plus an overdepth allowance of 2 feet.

The material would be removed using a clamshell or excavator and transported by barge to an in-bay disposal site, the San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Site (SF-DODS), to a beneficial reuse site, or to an upland disposal site.

Additional project information or details can be found on the San Francisco District website.