Mobilization underway for Canaveral Harbor dredging/beachfill project

The Canaveral Port Authority has partnered with the Army Corps and Brevard County on a critical shoreline preservation project representing a historic investment of $41 million.

This represents the sixth iteration of an ongoing federal initiative designed to mitigate for downdrift erosion caused by the Canaveral Harbor Federal navigation project.

“This important project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has restored miles of beaches over the past several decades while ensuring the continued safe navigation of our harbor,” stated Capt. John Murray, Port Canaveral CEO.

Beach equipment is being mobilized at Washington Avenue in the City of Cape Canaveral in anticipation of sand placement starting in the northern segment between January 20-28.

The USACE 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.

USACE awarded the contract to Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, LLC at a cost of $40.6 million 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.