Welcome to the Manatee Pocket website where you will find plenty of information about the Manatee Pocket dredging project. The website will offer timely updates on construction progress, newly released reports and analysis, notices and summaries of public meetings and events and other milestones.

Over the years, muck has accumulated in the bed of the Manatee Pocket and the larger St. Lucie Estuary, negatively impacting the natural environment and reducing access to homes, businesses and recreational activities along the Pocket.

The Manatee Pocket dredging project will restore the historic navigability of this important waterway while also improving the environmental health of the Pocket. To accomplish this, the project will remove more than 280,000 cubic yards of material, using a hydraulic system that minimizes any turbidity in the water. Then, through a pipe running inside of public right-of-ways, the material will be transported to a handling site where it will be dried and taken offsite.

The result for the Main Channel of the Manatee Pocket will be a clean 100 ft. wide channel, restoring the Pocket to environmental and economic health once again.

We hope this site will give you a better understanding of the environmental, recreational and economic benefits of the Manatee Pocket and the importance of this dredging project to Martin County.