Maintenance Dredging of the Long Island Intracoastal Waterway Federal Navigation Project at Bellport Bay and Moriches Bay, Suffolk County, New York

The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposes to perform maintenance dredging of the Long Island Intracoastal Waterway (LIIW) Federal Navigation Project at Bellport Bay and Moriches Bay. The proposed maintenance dredging would remove approximately 30,000 cubic yards (CY) of sand with placement along the shoreline of Cupsogue Beach County Park and/or Smith Point County Park, subject to availability of funds. The placement areas are approximately 1.25 to 4.5 miles from the dredging area. Dredging would be required to a depth of -6 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) plus 2 feet allowable overdepth. The .... Read More

The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposes to perform maintenance dredging of the Long Island Intracoastal Waterway (LIIW) Federal Navigation Project at Bellport Bay and Moriches Bay. The proposed maintenance dredging would remove approximately 30,000 cubic yards (CY) of sand with placement along the shoreline of Cupsogue Beach County Park and/or Smith Point County Park, subject to availability of funds. The placement areas are approximately 1.25 to 4.5 miles from the dredging area. Dredging would be required to a depth of -6 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) plus 2 feet allowable overdepth. The .... Read More