Signifying the “green light” for development of the port, a permit needed to begin dredging the Port of Port St. Joe’s federally-authorized shipping channel has been signed and certified. The Port also received a permit by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow for spoil disposal as part of the planned dredging of the port’s navigational channel to the maximum authorized depth of 37 feet. A week ago today Port Authority chairman Eugene Raffield signed the final federal permit needed to begin the dredging of the Port of Port St. Joe’s federally-authorized shipping channel. Next up, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contracts out the dredge project…
