DESCRIPTION: The project provides for a 0.8-mile-long navigation channel, 12 feet deep, 200 feet wide, in Esopus Creek from deep water in the Hudson River to the Steamboat Wharf at the Village of Saugerties.
AUTHORIZATION: Adopted 1884 and 1902.
BACKGROUND: During FY2024, funds were used to perform maintenance dredging of the full navigation channel. Approximately 34,000 CY of shoaling was removed from the channel, restoring access to the Hudson River for U.S. Coast Guard vessels stationed at the Saugerties Harbor ANT facility along Esopus Creek; allowing critical ice-breaking and Search and Rescue (SAR) missions for the high-use commercial deep-draft Hudson River Federal Navigation project, to continue.
STATUS: Project caretaker funds are used to perform as-needed work, including project condition surveys and minor channel maintenance activities.
CONTACT:
Devon Hinds
Engineer Technician
P: (518) 273-0870
Email: devon.hinds@usace.army.mil
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District
Albany Field Office
1 Bond Street
Troy, NY 12180
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS: NY-19 and NY-20