Dredging Begins in Milford Harbor
By Aiswarya Lakshmi
Thursday, June 16, 2016
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be dredging MIlford Harbor over the next two weeks, says a press release from Milford Mayor Ben Blake’s office.
Army Corps will be using a 150-foot vessel called the Currituck, which is a special purpose dredge barge.
Over the next two weeks, the crew of the Currituck will remove the silting and shoaling along the federal channel by relocating approximately 14,000 cubic yards of material to a near shore site, off of Bayview Beach.
“The dredging will be at no cost to the city and will help ensure that Connecticut’s most popular recreational harbor remains safe to navigate,” said Mayor Ben Blake.
Built by the Barbour Boat Works from North Carolina in 1974, the Currituck vessel was converted to dredge in 1977 at the US Army Engineer Yard, Eagle Island, North Carolina.
The dredging will be at no cost to the city and will help ensure that Connecticut’s most popular recreational harbor remains safe to navigate, he added.