The Stuart News
Friday, October 10, 2008
By staff report

PORT SALERNO — Time is running out for Manatee Pocket property owners to submit private dredging applications that piggyback on the Manatee Pocket Dredging Project.

Applications submitted after Oct. 31 may be subject to extended processing, surveying requirements and increased costs normally associated with a standalone private dredging project, said Jayne Bergstrom, coastal engineering specialist with Tetra Tech EC, the engineering firm hired by Martin County to oversee the dredging.
The project is to restore a navigable waterway within the Manatee Pocket, while also improving its unique environmental habitat.

Estimated to begin in summer 2009, dredging will span the length of the Manatee Pocket waterway, as well as Chapman's, Salerno and Manatee creeks.

For more information call Bergstrom at (772) 781-3420.