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Army Corps Wants Deeper, Wider Channel For Montauk Inlet

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More than 300,000 tons of sand dredged from the inlet would be pumped onto the shoreline west of the harbor when the inlet is dredged.

More than 300,000 tons of sand dredged from the inlet would be pumped onto the shoreline west of the harbor when the inlet is dredged.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a new dredging plan for Montauk Inlet that would set a target depth of 17 feet, 5 feet more than the current target, and place hundreds of thousands of tons of sand on badly eroded beaches west of the inlet.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a new dredging plan for Montauk Inlet that would set a target depth of 17 feet, 5 feet more than the current target, and place hundreds of thousands of tons of sand on badly eroded beaches west of the inlet.

authorMichael Wright on Sep 10, 2019
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a new dredging program for the inlet to Montauk Harbor that would cut a deeper and wider navigation channel and pump hundreds... more

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