The $295 million project, authorized by Congress in 2014 as a federal cost-shared project, has seen $209 million expended to date with federal funding reaching $207.8 million by 2023. Completed reaches include Reach 3 at 51 feet and Reach 4 at 26 feet; remaining dimensions include the Reach 1 Outer Bar at 58 feet, Jetty and Main Channel reaches at 56 feet, and Reach 2 at 51 feet. GLDD won the first dredging contract in September 2020, and Orion Group Holdings completed Reach 2 widening and bend-easing excavation contracts totaling $10.25 million by March 2023. Dredging finished in April, with contract completion scheduled for later in August and overall project completion in Q4 2026.
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This article supplies the project's cost structure ($295M total, $207.8M federal, $130M local) and contractor breakdown (GLDD, Orion) not carried in the July 28 ribbon-cutting reports.
