FY26 Q4 Baltimore Harbor and Channels Maintenance Dredging, Maryland Channels, Chesapeake Bay, MD

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FY26 Q4 Baltimore Harbor and Channels Maintenance Dredging, Maryland Channels, Chesapeake Bay, MD - The dredging depth for all channels is 50 feet mean lower low water (ft MLLW) with an additional 1 ? 2 feet of allowable overdepth. Approximately 1,538,000 cy will be dredged from the Maryland approach channels (Craighill Entrance, Craighill Angle, Cutoff Angle, and Upper Range Channels) and placed at the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystems Restoration Project at Poplar Island. Approximately 700,000 cy will be dredged from Baltimore Harbor Channels (Brewerton Angle and Curtis Bay Channels) and placed at the Cox Creek Dredged Material Containment Facility. The work areas are within heavy commercial waterways supporting the Port of Baltimore. The equipment required for this work commonly consists of two 30 plus cubic yard clamshell dredges, one 24 ? 30-inch hydraulic unloader, six to eight large tugs, six to eight 2,500 ? 6,000 cubic yard material scows, a drag bar and barge, and appropriate attendant plant and pipeline.