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    • USACE: Okeechobee Waterway Lock Operations during Hurricane Helene

      Notice to Navigation: 2024-006 Okeechobee Waterway Lock Operations during Hurricane Helene

      U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT

      LOCAL NUMBER: 2024-006     

      WATERWAYS:  All South Florida Locks     

      EFFECTIVE: 24 September 2024

      ATTN: CESAJ-OD-SN

      PO Box 4970

      Jacksonville, FL 32232-0019

       

      POC: Christopher Rush  (863)-514-0773

      https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/NTN/

       

      Okeechobee Waterway Lock Operations during Hurricane Helene

       

      REFERENCE:
      a.     33 CFR Navigation and Navigable Waters

       

      1. Notice to Navigation

       

      Notice is given that safe harbor lockages will begin on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 to allow safe passage for vessels before Hurricane Helene makes local landfall. Locks will be open 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. supporting vessel safe harbor passage. Lock operations will stop eight hours prior to landfall, as railroad and drawbridges will be lowered or rotated and locked into a secure position. It’s important that all vessels are at their intended destination before bridges are secured and passage across the waterway suspended. No mooring of vessels on Corps Structures during event.

       

      For Lock Operator safety, the locks will:

      • Stop locking vessels or working outdoors if lightning is observed within five miles of the lock, and operations will not resume until lightning has not been seen in the area for 30 minutes.
      • Stop locking vessels when winds exceed 35 MPH.

       

      After a storm, it could be days or weeks before the waterway is reopened, depending on damage to structures and how quickly debris creating navigation hazards can be removed. When locking is resumed, it will be at the site’s normal locking hours: Okeechobee Waterway Locks from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Canaveral Harbor Lock 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m..

       

      1. 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.)

       

      //signed//

      Christopher Rush

      Acting Chief of Navigation

      U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

      South Florida Operations Office

       

       

      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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