New 20-boat dock taking shape along Lewes-Rehoboth Canal
A dock large enough to accommodate 20 boats for a new development along the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal off Oyster House Road outside Rehoboth Beach is taking shape.
Approved in late 2019, the new dock is part of Oyster House Village, a residential community of 30 single-family houses west of the proposed marina, now under construction. The dock has been built on the site of a defunct oyster-processing plant. Prior to construction, old, decaying docks had remained from its past commercial use.
The property is owned and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. According to an agreement with Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, no portion of the proposed docking facility will encroach within the 10-foot-wide buffer of the 55-foot-wide federal navigation channel.
