If you have been along the shore in Stratford or near the mouth of the Housatonic River in the last few days or nights you may have noticed an unusual looking ship plying the waters. Here is what you saw.--TG
Editor's note: This article originally appeared on Stratford
Patch on Oct. 26. The dredging was pushed back from Monday to Wednesday
as Superstorn Sandy impacted the area.
A project 13 years in the making began last week as the dredging
process to deepen the Housatonic River to a minimum depth of 14 feet
started at the mouth of the waterway.
It'll take about 27 days to remove some 50,000 cubic yards of silt
from the shallowest parts of the boat channel leading up to the Devon
Bridge, according Bill Rock, chairman of the town's Waterfront and
Harbor Management Commission.
Rock said though most of the boat channel between Stratford and
Milford has a depth of 18 feet or more, there are spots where the depth
has decreased to two or three feet and these areas have created "a
menace" for boaters. Read More
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