corps of engineers dredging report phoebus channel

The largest portion, 65 million m 3, was removed along the Gulf coast, and the rest was dredged along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Great Lakes coasts. In Fiscal Year 2000, over 200 million cubic meters of material were dredged from Federally constructed and maintained navigation channels. Dredged material can be used for a variety of purposes that support the Corps' missions.

If this material impedes navigation, it may be dredged to provide safe passage through an inlet or other navigation channel. The inflow of sand and finer-grained sediments causes many channels to shoal. The foremost navigation goal is to provide safe passage in navigation channels for vessels of a given design draft at the least cost. Today, the Corps' dredging program involves the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of riverine, estuarine, and coastal passages to meet navigation needs. The Corps' navigation mission was authorized by Congress in 1824, when the Corps was directed to remove sandbars and snags from major navigable rivers.

Corps of engineers dredging report phoebus channel