Lewes-Rehoboth canal dredging on schedule
The dredging of the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal is on schedule and expected to be finished in December.
“The progress has been good,” said Steve Rochette, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District spokesperson. “Material is being pumped into the disposal area off and on as they advance the dredge.”
The disposal area is located between the canal and Cedar Street.
“They’ll be removing approximately 40,000 cubic yards of sediment,” Rochette said.
Contractor Dredge-it of Houston, Texas, is performing maintenance dredging from Roosevelt Inlet to just below the Freeman Highway bridge.
Rochette said the project cost is $1.6 million.
The canal dredging is among $50 million in improvements the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is making to Delaware’s ports and waterways.
Bill Shull has been covering Lewes for the Cape Gazette since 2023. He comes to the world of print journalism after 40 years in TV news. Bill has worked in his hometown of Philadelphia, as well as Atlanta and Washington, D.C. He came to Lewes in 2014 to help launch WRDE-TV. Bill served as WRDE’s news director for more than eight years, working in Lewes and Milton. He is a 1986 graduate of Penn State University. Bill is an avid aviation and wildlife photographer, and a big Penn State football, Phillies and PGA Tour golf fan. Bill, his wife Jill and their rescue cat, Lucky, live in Rehoboth Beach.
