DESCRIPTION: Manage and monitor 50-foot navigation channels within the New York and New Jersey Harbor; New York and New Jersey. This includes 35 miles of navigation channels and anchorage areas within the Upper and Lower New York Harbor.
AUTHORIZATION: The 50-foot projects include the Ambrose Channel to -53 feet MLW datum; the Anchorage Channel, Arthur Kill Channel (to Howland Hook Marine Terminal), Bay Ridge Channel, Kill van Kull Channel, Newark Bay Channel, and Port Jersey Channel to -50 feet MLW datum (-52 feet in rock or hard substance) as authorized by Section 101(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, Public Law 106-541. Additionally, New York Harbor and Adjacent Channel, Port Jersey was authorized by Public Law 99-662 to a depth of -41 feet MLW datum as amended by Section 337 of Water Resources Development Act of 1999, Public Law 106-53, and modified in 2004 to authorize the project to -50 feet MLW datum.
COMMERCE: Greater than $250,000,000 of commerce is transported annually through these more than 35 miles of channels.
FUNDING: The $5,650,000 in FY2017 is needed to accomplish work which includes sediment sampling and monitoring, dredged material management efforts, shoaling rates development, engineering and design packages, environmental coordination with Federal and State agencies, as well as recurring, periodic hydrographic condition surveys of all the navigation channels.
STATUS: The 50-foot Harbor Deepening Project is being completed for July 2016 and the acceptance of each of the improved channels is underway as they are available.
PROJECT COST: Estimated Annual Future Federal Maintenance Cost is approximately $5,650,000
CONTACT:
Joseph Olha,
Project Manager,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
Phone: (917) 790-8404
E-mail: joseph.olha@usace.army.mil
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
26 Federal Plaza
New York, NY 10278
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS: NY-7,8,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 and NJ- 6,8,9,10,11,12,13
Current as of February 2016