Posted on February 10, 2025
The Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, partnering with Wicomico County, recently removed about 160,000 cubic yards of dredged material from the lower Wicomico River.
The project’s accomplishments ensure safe navigation for barge traffic passing through the vital waterway toward the Port of Salisbury, home of Maryland’s second-largest port, which is crucial in supplying fuel, aggregate, and agricultural products to the Delmarva Peninsula. Recreational boaters can now reap the benefits of reduced shoaling.
Cottrell Contracting Corporation‘s dredge CSD LEXINGTON is contracted to work on maintenance dredging the district’s navigation program, which includes operating and maintaining more than 290 miles of federal navigable channels within the Susquehanna River watershed. The beneficial use of dredged sediment is essential to USACE’s dredged material management strategy. This strategy aims to create value from dredged sediments through beneficial uses such as beach nourishment, enhancing wetland habitat, and brownfield reconstruction.
Source: America’s Engineer, January 28, 2025 by Cynthia Mitchell.
