Cavache to Dredge IWW Channel for Florida Counties

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District announced maintenance dredging of the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) channel for Palm Beach and Broward counties is underway. The locations are approximately 16 miles apart.

Dredging in Palm Beach County is limited to a small shoal and will bring the channel down to a depth of 9 feet, plus one foot of allowable over-depth. The second location, in Broward County, lies in the vicinity of the IWW and the Hillsboro Inlet channel. Dredging in Broward will bring the required channel depth to 10 feet, plus two feet of allowable over-depth. Approximately 27,000 cubic yards of excavated material will be dredged between these two areas and will be placed in Dredge Material Management area MSA641A which is located in Palm Beach County, immediately adjacent to the Palm Beach dredge area.

The $1.7 million maintenance dredging contract was awarded to Cavache, Inc. of Pompano Beach, Florida. on Feb. 20, 2019. The project is anticipated for completion by the end of August 2019.