Intersection of AICW and Mantanzas Inlet
Posted by Claiborne | Posted on 05-12-2009
Intersection of AICW and Mantanzas Inlet
(Statute Mile 793, Eastern Florida AICW)
The Problem: Since at least April, 2010, the Waterway was shoaling badly along its eastern flank, south of marker #80. Repositioning of the various aids to navigation marking this channel as of late April, 2010, helped the worst of this problem, but most importantly, dredging of this AICW Problem Stretch was completed as of 9/20/11, and as of mid-October, 2011, new navigational markers are in place.
The Solution: For the moment, with the completion of dredging in the fall of 2011, traversing this intersection should have no more than usual problems for stretches where the AICW runs behind a tidal inlet. Eventually, shoaling will reappear here, but let’s hope that sad event lies well into the future
