Inlet Dredging Set For This Month, But Long-Term Commitment Still Being Sought

While the Army Corps of Engineers will return to the resort area later this month for a short-term dredging project to temporarily fix the chronic shoaling problem in the Ocean City Inlet and commercial harbor, state and local officials continue to push for a long term solution.

The Inlet and the channels in and around the resort area naturally silt in at different times during the year due to a variety of natural and man-made factors and need to be frequently dredged to maintain a navigable depth. The federal Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) maintains the depth of the channels at 10 feet with two feet of overdraft and the Corps’ heavy dredging equipment is a fixture on the resort landscape each spring and fall.

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