Johns River currently suffers from numerous unresolved pollution problems. JaxPort began dredging in February 2018, without any guarantee that future funding will be available to complete the project.local service facilities and aids to navigation are included) the total project cost is $766 million.' Additional infrastructure needed by JaxPort to meet its growth goals will increase the total cost of the project to well over $1 billion. The Army Corps of Engineers says the dredging will cost over $684 million, but 'when other associated costs are included (e.g.The Environmental Impact Study (EIS) was fast-tracked by President Obama’s “We Can’t Wait Initiative,” reducing the timeframe by 14 months and limiting the ability of the Corps to thoroughly evaluate this complex issue.The project requires the removal of 18 million cubic yards of dredged material, the equivalent of over 1.6 million dump truck loads, that will be placed in a newly created Offshore Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS), located in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of the mouth of the river.Caroline National Memorial would be widened. Two areas of the channel close to Chicopit Bay and Ft.Johns River to just west of the Dames Point Bridge near Blount Island. Thirteen miles of the river would be deepened, from the mouth of the St.The project has not been been thoroughly evaluated and publicly vetted.The Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) analysis is incomplete, failing to fully assess tributary impacts or conduct a multi-port analysis or flood analysis, and.

The proposed mitigation is woefully inadequate, doing nothing to offset the damage to the river,.

The projected economic benefits have been dramatically overstated,.

The economic and environmental risks have been ignored or downplayed,.

The impacts to the river have been significantly underestimated,.

Johns RIVERKEEPER has serious concerns that:

By digging a deeper channel, are we also making our communities more vulnerable to flooding and digging a deeper hole for taxpayers and the St. Johns River from 40 to 47 feet for bigger ships. JAXPORT wants to deepen the last 13 miles of the St. Click here to download a factsheet about this important issue.

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