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Army corps st johns river dredge report12/6/2023 Johns Riverkeeper, on December 29, 2017, regarding the Corps' failure to fully assess potential flooding impacts from the propsed dredging of the St. T he following are comments submitted to the Army Corps of Engineers by Lisa Rinaman, the St. Learn more about the proposed dredging and the potential impacts to the St. ![]() Johns River channel by an additional 7 feet, or nearly 18%, will further increase the intensity and freqeuncy of flooding, resulting in additional property damage, failing infrastructure, sewage spills, and pollution problems in the St. ![]() Johns RIVERKEEPER has serious concerns that deepening the St. In a major storm, dredging may have also led to more intense storm surge for neighborhoods that are even miles upriver. The river on our doorstep has saltier water, faster currents, and tides that come earlier and are more extreme. Johns River into a waterway that more resembles the Atlantic Ocean than at any other time in its past. This investigation by the Times-Union "led to one unmistakable conclusion: A century of dredging and engineering has turned the once-lazy St. Recently, the Florida Times-Union published a special report, As the Ocean Creeps In, that looked into why Hurricane Irma "caused a shocking 150-year flood that sent salty seawater gushing into the streets of downtown and an eclectic mix of neighborhoods along the river and its tributaries, and deep into Clay County neighborhoods along Black Creek."
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