$41.4 Million Port of N.Y./N.J. Dredging Contract Goes to Great Lakes

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. said it received a $41.4 million contract to deepen the Arthur Kill channel in the Ports of New York and New Jersey. The contract is from the Army Corps of Engineers New York District and involves the excavation of silt, glacial till and seabed material requiring subaqueous drilling and blasting, it said. Work is expected to begin before the end of the first quarter. Another $27.3 million in work on this contract is expected to be awarded this year. The project is the last phase of a comprehensive plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the Port of New York and New Jersey to 50 feet.