Dredging of channels across Hatteras Inlet to continue through end of month

Dredging of channels across Hatteras Inlet to continue through end of month

December 15th, 2022

The realignment of the Rollinson Channel within Hatteras Inlet has been approved, allowing for federally funded dredging to occur throughout the entire horseshoe route in Hatteras Inlet.

An Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was signed on November 30, 2022 by Robert M Burnham, LTC, U.S. Army, acting district commander for the Wilmington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

This will allow maintenance of the horseshoe route by shallow draft dredges between October 1 and March 31, except for Sloop Channel North and Hatteras Connector Channel, which can now be maintained any time of the year.

Army Corps of Engineers Survey of Sloop Channel (left) and the Connector Channel.

Throughout December 2022, the Merritt, a sidecaster dredge operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will dredge the Rollinson Channel and Connector Channel to reduce the shoaling that has occurred within Hatteras Inlet.

Survey of the Hatteras Ferry Channel. Hatteras Inlet is at the top of the image. A red circle highlights the area where dredging is underway.

To learn more about dredging in Hatteras Inlet, visit https://www.darenc.gov/departments/planning/grants-waterways/hatteras-inlet.

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