Maintenance Dredging of Sandy Hook Channel, New York Harbor, Federal Navigation Project.

The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposes to perform maintenance dredging of New York Harbor, Sandy Hook Federal Channel.  The dredged material would be placed for future beneficial use the Sea Bright Offshore Borrow Area (SBOBA), approximately 5 miles southeast of Sandy Hook Point, NJ; and/or at a contractor furnished, state approved upland site (s).  The proposed maintenance dredging would remove approximately 200,000 cubic yards of dredged material from Sandy Hook Channel. Dredging would be required to a depth of -35 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) plus 2 feet allowable overdepth. The dredged .... Read More