USA: Army Corps Approves To Dredge Cos Cob Harbor

Posted 7/29/2015

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved to the dredging of the clogged Mianus River and Cos Cob Harbor and the work to clear the harbor and river will commence in October of next year.

The channel has not been dredged since 1985 and is only two to three feet deep in parts at low tide.

60,000 cubic yards of clay and silt will be dredged up and loaded onto scows. The barges will dump the silt about six miles away to the west off Noroton in Long Island Sound.

The expected time frame for the dredging of the Mianus will be from October 2016 through January of the following year.

A contractor for the work has not yet been selected.

The Army Corps will accept comments and input on the dredging scheme through August 23.