Notice to Navigation: 2025-021 – Okeechobee Waterway near Route 2 is temporarily closed

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT
LOCAL NUMBER: 2025-21
WATERWAY:  Okeechobee Waterway

EFFECTIVE: 24 September 2025

ATTN: CESAJ-OD-SN
PO Box 4970
JACKSONVILLE, FL 32232-0019

POC: Kriss Zeller, Chief of Navigation (772) 380-6928

www.saj.usace.army.mil/NTN

REFERENCE:

1. 33 CFR Navigation and Navigable Waters
2. Notice to Navigation

Attention all concerned boaters! In conjunction with Notice to Navigation: 2025-020 (Possible floating tussock hazard to navigation in the Okeechobee Waterway near Route 2) a very large floating tussock (approximately 10 acres) was blown into the channel last night near Route 2. The navigation channel is temporarily closed until our team can remove it. We are asking for patience, while we remove the material using mechanical means (heavy equipment).

For the current Lake Okeechobee water levels, please see:  https://w3.saj.usace.army.mil/h2o/currentLL.shtml

2. For up-to-date Lock information, contact the shift operator 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at:

                St Lucie Lock & Dam 772-287-2665 or 863-662-9148

                Port Mayaca Lock & Dam 561-924-2858 or 863-662-9424

                Julian Keen, Jr. Lock & Dam 863-946-0414 or 863-662-9533

                Ortona Lock & Dam 863-675-0616 or 863- 662-9846

                W.P. Franklin Lock & Dam 239-694-5451 or 863-662-9908

                Canaveral Lock 321-783-5421 or 863-662-0298 (6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.)

Thank you! Jeff

Jeffrey D Prater

Public Affairs Specialist

Corporate Communications Office

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District

South Florida Office

4400 PGA Blvd.

Suite 501

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410

Cell: 561-801-5734

jeffrey.d.prater@usace.army.mil

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