Report Abstracts

The Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base has proposed a dredging project to widen a section of the St. Marys Entrance Channel in Camden County, Georgia. AU. S.

Olsen Associates, Inc., of Jacksonville, Florida is currently working on an assessment of the practicality of dredging beach nourishment sand from the south end of Cumberland Island, Georgia.

Durocher Dock & Dredge, Inc. of Cheboygan, Michigan is working under contract with Southern Company Energy Solutions, LLC to deploy a power and fiber optic cable to Ossabaw Island, Chatham County, Georgia.

Building on these previous investigations, the Savannah District contracted with Gulf South

A Phase I marine archaeological survey of the proposed Radisson Hotel riverwalk extension in Savannah, Georgia was performed by Panamerican Consultants, Inc. in October, 1989.

The Ford Plantation Development at the site of historic Richmond Plantation is planning to develop residential lots along the Ogeechee River. As part of their plan, the proposed lots are to have individual dock facilities associated with each lot. Brockington and Associates, Inc.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, together with the Georgia Ports Authority, are examining the feasibility of deepening the Savannah Harbor navigation channel.

New South Associates conducted a Phase I survey to locate and record cultural resources within a roughly 200 acre tract along Quacco Canal, Chatham County, Georgia. The US Army Corps of Engineers has plans for an aquatic ecosystem restoration of the area.

By its very nature, coastal Georgia affords a gateway to world trade, commerce and communication. The Savannah River is considered one of the major direct routes into the heartland of the southeastern United States.

In 1985, construction of emergency bend wideners in Savannah Harbor caused accelerated erosion downstream, exposing the remains of a previously unknown wooden vessel in the banks of Hutchinson Island opposite the Hyatt Regency Hotel.