Workshops on Dredging and Waterway Management in Delaware Announced

Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section will be holding three informational public workshops to share information about dredging and other waterway management operations in Delaware.

The workshops are scheduled as follows:

• October 23, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the South Coastal Library, 43 Kent Avenue, Bethany Beach.
• October 30, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company Hall, 32628 Oak Orchard Road, Millsboro.
• November 3, 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Lewes Library, 111 Adams Avenue, Lewes.

The workshops will provide information on topics such as the Inland Bays dredging prioritization project that is in progress, the upcoming maintenance dredging project at Massey’s Ditch, and an overview of waterway management operations (dredging, channel marking and surveying, macro-algae harvesting) conducted by the Shoreline & Waterway Management Section.