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May 2024 update: Project design is currently underway, including incorporation of early 2024 updated survey data. The project includes channel deepening to -17 ft MLLW, with placement of the dredged material on the eroded shoreline west of the inlet jetty, and excess channel rock disposed at a NYS offshore reef. The construction contract for this channel deepening effort is currently scheduled for Award in Late 2025, upon Sponsor (Town) acquisition of necessary real estate, and completion of contract plans/specifications, including required permits.
October 2023 update: The recommended plan for Lake Montauk Harbor is to deepen the channel and authorize a deposition basin utilizing the Corps’ Continuing Authorities Program, Section 107. The recommended plan is the deepening of the navigation channel to -17 ft. MLLW and creation and maintenance of a deposition basin 100 ft. wide immediately east of the channel. Material from the initial deepening will be placed on the eroded shoreline west of the inlet jetty. A Project Partnership Agreement for project design and construction was executed September 2022 between the Corps and Town of East Hampton. Project design is currently underway, and project construction of the channel deepening is scheduled for Late 2024, upon Town acquisition of real estate necessary for placement of dredged material west of the inlet.
Navigation Improvements Feasibility Study, Dec 2020
Lake Montauk Harbor Navigation Improvements Feasibility Study Final Feasibility Report
Appendix A: Engineering and Design
Appendix B: Cost Engineering
Appendix C: Economics
Appendix D: Real Estate
Lake Montauk Harbor Navigation Improvements Feasibility Study Final Environmental Assessment
Finding of No Significant Impact: Lake Montauk Harbor Navigation Improvements Feasibility Study
Appendix A: Clean Water Act
Appendix B: Essential Fish Habitat Assessments
Appendix C: Endangered Species Act - USFWS
Appendix D: Endangered Species Act - NMFS
Appendix E: Cultural Resources
Appendix F: CZMA Consistency Determination - with letter
Appendix F: CZMA Consistency Determination
Appendix G: CZMA Consistency Determination