This dredging maintenance project is to deepen and Intracoastal waterway from Jacksonville to Miami in the vicinity of Matanzas Inlet and Flagler County, Florida. Jacksonville is centered on the banks of the St. Johns River in the First Coast region of northeast Florida. It is also the most populous city in Florida, the most populous city in the southeastern United States and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. Miami is an American city that is the seat of Miami-Dade County and is the cultural, economic, and financial center of South Florida. Both of the starting and ending points of this project are located along the Atlantic coast, and the distance between these two locations is 348 miles (560km). However, this project only covers the section from Matanzas Inlet to Flagler County. It means that the length of this waterway required to be dredged will be around 12.2 miles (19.6km). Talking about the details of these two locations, Matanzas Inlet is a channel in Florida connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the south end of the Matanzas River. It is 14 miles (23 km) south of St. Augustine, in the southern part of St. Johns County. Since the inlet is not stabilized by jetties, it is subject to shifting. For Flagler County, it is a county on the east coast of the U.S. state of Florida.

The post date of this contract information online is July 29, 2019, and this contract is also signed on July 29, 2019. This is valued at $5,898,389, and more detailed information about this project is available online by searching the NAICS code and contract award number. These two codes are 237990 and W912EP19C0020, respectively. For this project, the agent is the Department of the army, and the US Army Corps of Engineers office is in specific charge of this construction. Their office is located in USACE District, Jacksonville.

Finally, Southwind Construction Corporation got this contract successfully on July 29, 2019. It is a company in the American dredging industry for over 20 years, and it has a good reputation in this field. Also, the address for the office of this corporation is 14649 Highway 41 N Suite 100, Evansville. The construction of this project will occur in the summer of 2019 and is expected to take 3 to 4 months to complete. The specific estimated completion date is October 29, 2019.

Sedimentation is the natural process of sand and silt washing downstream gradually fills channels and harbors. This phenomenon also happens in this Intracoastal Waterway from Jacksonville to Miami. It is the reason why dredging, the removal of sediments and debris from the bottom of water bodies, is a routine necessity in waterways worldwide. Dredging must be done periodically to keep it clean, and safe for navigation. After this project, the depth of this Intracoastal waterway from Jacksonville to Miami in the vicinity of Matanzas Inlet and Flagler County will be greater. It will be available for larger ships with more cargos.

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