Jacksonville District Awards GLDD $40.6 Million Contract
The Jacksonville Engineer District has awarded a $40.6 million contract to Houston-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock LLC for the sixth iteration of the Canaveral Harbor Sand Bypass project.
The Corps of Engineers will fully fund the work to dredge and bypass approximately 1.5 million cubic yards of sand from the shoreline immediately north of Port Canaveral for placement along two segments of critically eroded shoreline in Brevard County, Fla. The first segment runs along approximately 3.3 miles of shoreline starting just south of Jetty Park in the City of Cape Canaveral to about Shepard Park in the City of Cocoa Beach. The second segment runs along approximately 3.7 miles of shoreline from just south of Lori Wilson Park in Cocoa Beach to the northern border of Patrick Space Force Base.
Work on the beach is expected to begin no earlier than November 1 and be completed by the end of April to ensure all equipment is off the beach before the start of the next sea turtle nesting season. To ensure public safety, beach access will be restricted in the active construction zone, typically in 500- to 1,500-foot-long sections. Beaches will remain open elsewhere. Sand ramps will be placed over shoreline pipelines approximately every 200 to 300 feet to ease beachgoer access to the water.
The Canaveral Harbor Sand Bypass project is a federally authorized project designed to mitigate for downdrift erosion damages caused by the Canaveral Harbor Federal navigation project. Previous bypassing efforts were completed in 1995, 1998, 2007, 2010 and 2019, which pumped a combined total of over 4.7 million cubic yards of sand onto Brevard County beaches.
The Corps-led project will be executed in partnership with the non-federal sponsor, Canaveral Port Authority, the Brevard County Natural Resources Management Department, costal engineering consultant Foth/Olsen and U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 45 to ensure the project is delivered efficiently, safely and on schedule.
