Army Corps To Conduct Emergency Inlet Dredging After Recent Storms

OCEAN CITY — The federal Army Corps of Engineers late this week is expected to begin an emergency dredging of the Ocean City Inlet that shoaled in even further during Winter Storm Jonas in late January although a long-term solution has not yet been reached.

An already challenging shoaling problem in the Inlet was exacerbated during Winter Storm Jonas in January, forcing the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) to begin an emergency dredging project scheduled to begin on Friday.

While the Inlet and other channels in and around the mouth of the commercial harbor naturally fill in and are in need of continual maintenance dredging, the problem has become more acute in recent years to the point it is now curtailing commercial and recreational activity out of Ocean City. While the Army Corps and its state and local partners, including Worcester County and the town of Ocean City, are still exploring a long-term solution, an emergency repair is set to begin on Friday.

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