Posted on October 6, 2025
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District awarded a contract to Cottrell Contracting Corp. of Chesapeake, Va. for $5.36 million to conduct maintenance dredging of portions of the Delaware River between the PA-NJ Turnpike Bridge and the north end of Newbold Island as well as the Fairless Turning Basin. Work is part of the Delaware River, Philadelphia to Trenton federal navigation project.
Approximately 470,000 cubic yards of sediment will be dredged from the federal channel and hydraulically pumped to the Money Island Dredged Material Placement Facility in Falls Township, Pa. Dredging is expected to occur between October 2025 and March 2026.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District maintains several hundred miles of channels across the Delaware Valley under its navigation program, which enables the safe and reliable flow of maritime commerce. The Delaware River, Philadelphia to Trenton project provides for a channel 40-feet deep and 400-feet wide from Allegheny Avenue in Philadelphia, PA to the upper end of Newbold Island, thence to various depths from 25 feet to 12 feet upstream to the Penn Central Railroad Bridge at Trenton, NJ.
