Perdido Pass dredging 2015
Orange Beach welcomes dredging project at Perdido Pass | AL.com
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will soon begin dredging the city's lone access to the Gulf of Mexico. Once all the equipment is in place, the project at Perdido Pass is expected to wrap up within four weeks.
It's been about five years since the Perdido Pass channel has been thoroughly dredged.
On Wednesday morning, two dredging boats were anchored near the Caribe Resort condominiums, just east of the pass.
Parker said dredging could start this weekend and the contractor has 30 days to complete the project. About 250,000 cubic yard of sand will be removed from the pass and its channels north of the bridge.
The goal is to get the pass back to a depth of 9 to 12 feet, Parker said.
"They're going to start to try to fill it there at the west side of the west jetty and whatever's remaining they're going to pull it down on the west side of the beach," Parker said.