With funding supplied from the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, which was signed into law June 10, Jacksonville Port officials have kicked off the design phase of the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project.
With an expected time frame of 18 months, officials say construction could commence sometime in 2016.
“During the course of the next year and a half, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will design a project with both the economics and the environment as dual priorities,” said Joe York, chairman of the JaxPort Board of Directors. “Our attention as a region must turn to ensuring that this project is funded stays on track, so we can return every bit of benefit back to our citizens as soon as possible.”
Jacksonville begins harbor-deepening project
