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Rocky River Harbor 2026 maintenance dredging

Excavator loading Rocky River Harbor dredged sediment into a scow on 29 May 2026

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.

Project signal

Construction in United States

Follow the two material routes separately. The current release identifies approximately 50,000 cubic yards for nearshore placement and 9,000 cubic yards for open-lake placement, but it does not report measured production, completed placement, post-dredge hydrography or owner acceptance.

Current status Mechanical dredging began in late May 2026 and is scheduled to continue through August Source confidence Confirmed

Location

United States / Americas

Segment

Port infrastructure

Status

Mechanical dredging began in late May 2026 and is scheduled to continue through August / Confirmed

Evidence reviewed

18 July 2026

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Project anatomy

Scope, counterparties, and execution logic

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 read
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.
Next milestone
Measured route-by-route production and post-dredge hydrography, followed by USACE completion and acceptance evidence

Material change register

What changed, when, and what it proves

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USACE 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.

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USACE 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.

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The 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.

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Delivery watch

Evidence needed next

Measured route-by-route production and post-dredge hydrography, followed by USACE completion and acceptance evidence

Decision watchpoints

  • 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

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Evidence reviewed 18 July 2026 Sources in this record 4

Source record

The 27 May 2026 USACE release controls the USD 1.1 million award, Geo Gradel appointment, late-May start, August target, approximately 59,000-cubic-yard total, 50,000/9,000 placement split, 6-to-10-foot authorized depths and sediment-testing statement. The DVIDS mirror repeats the same release. USACE Buffalo District's 29 May field video confirms mechanical dredging plant operating in Rocky River but does not establish measured quantity, completion of either placement route, final hydrography or acceptance. The May 2024 Work Plan release records earlier environmental coordination and sediment-sampling support for Rocky River; it is pre-construction planning context, not approval or performance evidence for the 2026 routes.

Phase: construction. Evidence reviewed: 18 July 2026.

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