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<br />o <br /> <br />-c)-- <br /> <br />c..) <br />.. <br />N <br /><:n <br /> <br />;.>,.- <br /> <br />, ,- <br /> <br />, , <br /> <br />PANAMA CITY HARBOR, FLORIDA. --The Board recommended that the existing <br /> <br />project for Panama City Harbor, Florida, be deepened to permit the accommodation <br /> <br />of larger, modern vessels. <br /> <br />The recommendations provide for deepening of the main entrance channel to <br /> <br />42 feet at the existing 450-foot width in the Gulf approach channel, and to 40 <br /> <br />feet over the existing width of 300 feet across Lands End Peninsula to deep water <br /> <br />in St. Andrew Bay. Branch channels would be provided to a 38-foot depth, and <br /> <br />'....' <br /> <br />300-foot width, leading from the inner end of the main entrance channel west- <br /> <br />ward to the Port Authority terminal at Dyers Point and eastward to the Bay Harbor <br /> <br />'\>;f:-' <br /> <br />;'.)\:~: <br /> <br />.'; <br /> <br />terminal. Turning and maneuvering areas comprising about 55 acres opposite <br /> <br />Dyers Point and 42 acres opposite Bay Harbor, both at 38-foot depths, would be <br /> <br />constructed. An anchorage area, 40 feet deep and containing about 177 acres, <br /> <br />would also be provided in St. Andrew Bay near the inner end of the main entrance <br /> <br />.<.~.~.: .'~ <br /> <br />channel for LASH-type intermodal carriers and other vessels. <br /> <br />The modifications would cost $2,310,000 for construction, of which $104,000 is <br /> <br />the estimated cost to local interests. The benefit-cost ratio is 3.3. <br /> <br />The Board believed that the proposed placement of dredged material on the <br /> <br />-, ' <br /> <br />'. . ~ : <br /> <br />beach in the vicinity of St. Andrews State Park in lieu of deposition in deep water <br /> <br />in the Gulf of Mexico, will help alleviate the erosion problem in that area, and <br /> <br />conserve a highly valuable natural resource. <br /> <br />00000 <br />