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Dredge report: Army Corps hires Va. firm for $13.5M Delaware project

The contract includes removing 300K cubic yards of material as part of the Delaware River channel-deepening project.

The dredge Pullen works in the Delaware River during the first contract of the Main Channel Deepening project. The 102 mile project deepens the federal channel from 40 to 45 feet.
The dredge Pullen works in the Delaware River during the first contract of the Main Channel Deepening project. The 102 mile project deepens the federal channel from 40 to 45 feet.Read moreUSACE Photo

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District has awarded a $13.5 million contract to Norfolk Dredging Co. of Chesapeake, Va.  for dredging the Delaware River main channel.

The contractor will dredge about 1.6 million cubic yards of sediment from portions of the Marcus Hook and New Castle sections of the Delaware River, mostly from routine channel maintenance. The work begins in December.

The contract also includes removing 300,000 cubic yards of material from the Marcus Hook anchorage as part of the project to deepen the Delaware channel from 40 feet to 45 feet deep. The deepening project, a joint effort of the Army Corps and PhilaPort, is expected to be complete in 2019.