Dredging, beach renourishment slated for Delaware Bay sites

From the Murderkill River south to Lewes Seaside, a lot of seashore replenishment and dredging tasks are slated to happen alongside Delaware Bay within the not-too-distant future.

The Delaware Division of Pure Assets and Environmental Management issued public notices Oct. 26 for 5 completely different tasks.

The Lewes Yacht Membership has submitted a subaqueous lands allow request to hydraulically dredge as much as 4,600 cubic yards of fabric from the membership’s marina basin. When accomplished, the depth of the water is predicted to be 6 toes beneath imply low tide. In line with the discover, the fabric will probably be disposed of at a confined facility off Park Highway in Lewes.

The College of Delaware has additionally requested a subaqueous lands allow to dredge as much as 17,800 cubic yards of fabric from the marina basin on the college’s Faculty of Earth, Ocean and Setting. The faculty is situated off Pilottown Highway, adjoining to the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal, throughout from Lewes Yacht Membership. When accomplished, the water is predicted to be 12 toes beneath imply low tide. In line with the discover, the fabric may even be disposed of at a confined facility off Park Highway in Lewes.

The Cape Shores Owners Affiliation has submitted a subaqueous lands allow software and water high quality certification request to put as much as 31,500 cubic yards of sand materials from an inland borrow supply alongside 3,200 linear toes of seashore alongside Delaware Bay inside Cape Shores. Moreover, the applicant requests a Part 401 Water High quality Certification. Approval is being requested to completely fill subaqueous lands with roughly 31,500 cubic yards of fill materials.

The state’s Division of Watershed Stewardship has filed two functions for renourishment tasks within the Murderkill River space of the bay.

The primary software is for the power to put as much as 28,000 cubic yards of sand materials from an inland borrow supply alongside 1,500 linear toes of seashore. The orientation of this undertaking begins on the southern Murderkill River entrance channel jetty and extends to the southernmost residence alongside South Bowers Seaside.

The second software is for the power to put as much as 40,000 cubic yards of sand materials from an inland borrow supply alongside 4,700 linear toes of seashore. The orientation of this undertaking begins on the Slaughter Seaside firehouse and extends southward to the northernmost property of the Isaac Shores subdivision.

A public listening to on the above functions is not going to be held until DNREC Secretary Shawn Garvin determines one is within the public curiosity or if a written meritorious objection to an software is obtained inside 20 days of the discover, which is Tuesday, Nov. 15. For extra info or to evaluation the paperwork, contact Catherine Bronson, DNREC wetlands and subaqueous lands part, at Catherine.Bronson@delaware.gov or 302-739-9943.