![]() The harbor has had to be dredged roughly every 20 years since. Before the first dredge in the 1950s by the Army Corps of Engineers, there was no harbor but just a channel, said former Harbormaster Dave Hutchinson. Since the last dredge in 1996, more than 42,000 cubic yards of sand, silt and clay have accumulated. It has been 21 years since York Harbor has been dredged - a scooping out of silt that comes from further upriver and builds up gradually in the harbor. In all, more than $7 million was appropriated for the projects. Army Corps of Engineers. In addition to York Harbor, funding is also included in the president’s budget for dredges of the Saco River and Wells Harbor. 1, said Jack Karalius, project manager with the U.S. If all goes well, bids will go out in July and the contract will be awarded Oct. ![]() “So we feel very pleased and cautiously optimistic.” But it’s 99 percent sure,” said Harbor Board Chairman David Webber. ![]() The appropriation still has to be approved by Congress, so “it’s not 110 percent sure yet. YORK - After five years, a lot of worry by the town’s Harbor Board and continuing work of the Maine congressional delegation, word came this week that $2.5 million is in President Donald Trump’s budget to dredge York Harbor.
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