This shipping channel maintenance project is to deepen Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in the Vicinity of Venice Inlet to the depth of 9 feet. With this project, this waterway will be a reliable 9-foot navigation channel. For the location of this project, it is situated in the city of Venice, Sarasota County, Southwest Florida.

The information of this contract was released online on July 9, 2019, and more detailed information is available by searching the NAICS code and contract award number of this contract. These two codes are 237990, and W912EP19C0019, respectively. In 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. This office is located in USACE District, Jacksonville. This is a project valued $1,192,500.00, and Florida Dredge and Dock, LLC got this contract successfully on June 26, 2019. The construction 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 9, 2019.

After the initial excavation, a channel is established. It does not represent the end of the dredging. To be more specific, dredging must be done periodically to keep it clean and safe for navigation. It is called maintenance dredging. There are billions of cubic yards of silt removed from the bottom of rivers and waterways around the globe each year to keep the big ships and their cargo moving to their destinations. Thus, the maintenance of waterways is essential to promote efficient global trading and boost the global economy.

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