The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $9.6 million contract to dredge the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. The project will remove about 90,000 cubic yards of sediment from the canal, stretching from the Freeman Highway Bridge south to its entrance at Rehoboth Bay. 

Dredging in the Lewes Canal is finally complete after a month long delay. The project ultimately moved about 40,000 cubic yards of sediment from in between the Roosevelt Inlet to just south of the Freeman Highway bridge, after the 5 months of work total.