Location
United States / Americas
Project record
Rocky River Harbor 2026 maintenance dredging
Andre Hampton / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District; frame from 29 May 2026 field video
A USD 1.1 million Geo Gradel contract covers approximately 59,000 cubic yards from Rocky River Harbor. Work began in late May, with about 50,000 cubic yards assigned to a nearshore area east of the harbor and 9,000 cubic yards to a designated open-lake area.
Segment
Port infrastructure
Status
Mechanical dredging began in late May 2026 and is scheduled to continue through August / Confirmed
Last checked
18 July 2026
Coverage
Related sectors
Port infrastructure is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.
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Project anatomy
Contract scope and delivery roles
- Client / authority
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District
- Delivery parties
- Geo Gradel
- Contract route
- USD 1.1 million federal maintenance-dredging contract awarded in April 2026 to Toledo-based Geo Gradel
- Execution window
- Operations began in late May 2026 and are scheduled to continue through August 2026.
- Works package
- Mechanical dredging of approximately 59,000 cubic yards from the federal navigation channel, with about 50,000 cubic yards assigned to nearshore placement east of the harbor and 9,000 cubic yards to a designated open-lake placement area
- Marine interfaces
- Mechanical excavation from a narrow recreational navigation channel, loading into scows, two separate Lake Erie material routes, and navigation separation around active plant and public boating access
- Commercial evidence boundary
- The award, contractor, total planned quantity and two placement routes are public. The remaining delivery evidence is operational: measured excavation, route-by-route quantities, environmental compliance, post-dredge survey and accepted channel condition. The planned split should not be reported as completed beneficial use or disposal.
Project timeline
Material developments
Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.
Open this project in the Change LogUSACE recorded mechanical dredging in the channel
Buffalo District video shows an excavator working from a spudded platform and loading dredged sediment into a scow. It confirms field operations but not measured production, final material routing or completion.
SourceUSACE published the contract and material split
The district reported a USD 1.1 million Geo Gradel contract, approximately 59,000 cubic yards and a planned split of about 50,000 cubic yards nearshore and 9,000 cubic yards to an open-lake area, with work continuing through August.
SourceThe federal work plan funded sediment and environmental preparation
USACE listed Rocky River for environmental coordination and sediment sampling and analysis. That preparation supports later dredging decisions but did not itself establish the 2026 contract, selected routes or completed field work.
SourceEvidence gap
What remains unverified
Outstanding evidence
- Measured mechanical-dredging production against the approximately 59,000-cubic-yard scope
- Actual volume delivered to the nearshore area east of the harbor
- Actual volume delivered to the designated open-lake area
- Sediment-testing and environmental compliance evidence for each route
- Navigation controls around the dredge, scows and recreational users
- Post-dredge hydrography against the 6-to-10-foot authorized depths
- Completion and owner acceptance against the August 2026 target
Sources and related records
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Source collections
Project sources 4
- USACE dredging supports safe navigation and recreation at Rocky River Harbor U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, 27 May 2026
- USACE dredging supports safe navigation and recreation at Rocky River Harbor U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District via DVIDS, 27 May 2026
- Rocky River Dredging BRoll U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District via DVIDS, 29 May 2026
- USACE Work Plan boosts Lakes Erie and Ontario navigation by USD 17.6 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, 14 May 2024