$2.2 Million Contract Awarded to Dredge Guilford Harbor

The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, New England District recently awarded a $2.2 million contract for maintenance dredging a portion of the Guilford Harbor.

The dredging is part of an effort to correct the destruction left by Superstorm Sandy on the Guilford Harbor.

According to the New Haven Register, before the storm the marina basin had a mean low water depth of 6-feet and the storm filled it to 2-feet. After the dredging, the mean low water depth will once again be 6-feet.

The dredging is expected to start on or around Nov. 15 and will take 10 weeks to complete, the Corp of Engineers announced in a press release. The work will be done by Coastline Consulting and Development, LLC of Madison.

Approximately 60,000 total cubic yards of sandy material will be dredged from the main channel, anchorage, Sluice Creek and marina.

The Army Corps secured funding for the dredging through Superstorm Sandy Funding, the Register reports. While the funding to dredge the marina basin was provided by the state.

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