Able to dredge down to 65 ft, the Lexington uses a suction cutter and piping system to excavate sand, mud, and hard packed clay,” Cottrell continued. “Our dredge Lexington has been in service for seven years doing maintenance and navigation dredging along the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway for most eastern seaboard deep water ports and harbors. Our success is that we have been able to stay on the cutting edge of the technology to upgrade old systems to ones that are more precise and efficient.” Reliability and longevity “The hydraulic method of dredging and material transport,” pointed out Jimmy Cottrell, vice president of Cottrell Contracting, “has been around forever. Cottrell’s dredge Lexington is built to American Bureau of Shipping standards to operate in an ocean environment to mine sand from either inland or offshore sites. The company can pump sand from any inland site to be placed on a beach up to 8 mi away. It is shown here with spuds extended and piping system behind.Ĭottrell Contracting, Chesapeake, Va., has performed both shallow and deep water projects throughout its 80-year history. “With the completion of the emergency dredging of Moriches Inlet and the Intracoastal Waterway now complete, it should be fair winds and following seas for local fisherman, boaters, businesses and first responders,” Schumer said in a statement.Cottrell Contracting’s dredge Lexington is 200-ft long, 38-ft wide, displaces 900 tons, and packs a total of 4250 hp. Among those who fought for the funding was Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who also held conversations with the Army Corps over the dredging work. Last year, House and Senate lawmakers announced funding for both projects. Zeldin on Monday said the funding totaling $15.2 million for both projects came from a pot of money the federal government allocated to the Army Corps for its fiscal 2018 work plan. He said he worked with Army Corps of Engineers on the waterway project in addition to the emergency dredge of the inlet, which removed 120,000 cubic yards of sand clogging access to the Atlantic Ocean. Zeldin, who last year secured $12.2 million in federal funds for an emergency dredging of the Moriches Inlet, said the intracoastal waterway badly deteriorated after four “unprecedented nor’easters,” last winter.
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