Between April 1974 and March 1975, the Harbor entrance channel was deepened from 37 to 

 44 ft and a new turning basin and access channel constructed to a depth of 4 1 ft for the Trident 

 Missile Defense System. Approximately 4 Mcy were removed from the entrance channel, and 

 9 Mcy were removed from the turning basin and access channel. Local interests completed the 

 deepening of the west access channel and west turning basin from the authorized 31 to 35 ft in 

 May 1987. 



Deepening of the Harbor entrance channel from 37 to 41 ft, the inner channel from 36 to 40 ft 

 and widening it to 400 ft, the middle turning basin from 35 to 39 ft to provide for a 1,200-ft- 

 diameter turning area, and the north channel branch from 35 to 39 ft with a width of 350 ft, was 

 started in August 1993 and completed in October 1994. Construction of the authorized fishing 

 walkway, located on the south jetty, was coordinated with the jetty extension and sand-tightening 

 project. The south jetty sand-tightening work was completed in September 1995. The first sand 

 bypassing was completed in September 1995. 



F. 1. 1. Harbor Project Modifications 



1951 Project Review Study . The Senate Public Works Committee by resolution adopted 

 April 26, 1951, directed the USACE to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on Canaveral 

 Harbor (House Document 367/77/1) to determine if the project should be modified. The purpose 

 of the study was to consider the advisability of maintaining the enlarged and deepened harbor 

 with civil works funds, deepening and enlarging the existing barge channel, enlarging the dike- 

 enclosed harbor area, modifying the requirements of local cooperation, and proceeding with 

 construction of a barge lock. The USACE Jacksonville District Engineer's feasibility report in 

 response to the Congressional resolution is dated October 30, 1961. The report of the Board of 

 Engineers for Rivers and Harbors is dated March 23, 1962. The report of the Chief of Engineers 

 is dated July 6, 1962. The Secretary of the Army transmitted the study results to Congress on 

 September 24, 1962. The project was modified as follows. 



1962 Sand Transfer Plant Authority . The River and Harbor Act of October 23, 1962 (Public 

 Law 87-874), authorized maintenance of improved channel and turning basin. It also authorized 

 enlarging a barge channel and lock, relocating the dike, constructing a channel and turning basin 

 west of 35-ft turning basin, and constructing and operating of a sand-transfer plant. Project 

 modifications are described in Senate Document 140, 87 th Congress, 2" Session dated 

 September 24, 1962. The purpose of the sand-transfer plant, in combination with conventional 

 dredging, was to maintain the navigation project entrance channel. 



1990 Project Deepening Study . Title I, Section 101(7) of the 1992 Water Resources 

 Development Act authorized modifications to the Canaveral Harbor, Florida, project. The 

 authorization provides for increasing the depth of the entrance channel from 37 to 41 ft and 



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Appendix F Brevard County Federal Projects and Surveys 



