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.
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The work will go approximately one month longer than originally anticipated.
The Army Corps of Engineers is hard at work replenishing the beaches near the Roosevelt Inlet in Lewes.
The Corps is adding around one hundred thousand cubic yards of sand to the beach.
An unusual sight of a sailboat washed ashore Lewes Beach could be seen Oct. 9, near Delaware Avenue.
The City of Lewes has announced that dredging of the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal is set to begin on or around Oct. 9.