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Removing muck from the St.Sebastian River won't start before late 2004 due to permitting delays and design changes.
2.25 million cubic yards will be removed. The muck is 10 feet thick in some parts of the river.
Muck buries seagrass and clouds the water keeping sunlight from penetrating to the seagrass.
It took longer than expected to obtain the permit allowing the building of the muck storage in south Brevard County.
The muck removal will begin at the US 1 bridge and go west towards the East Coast Railway Bridge.
Once the dredging is complete, the area will trap future sediments that would otherwise impact seagrass in the lagoon.
Another part of the project is the creation of a lake that will store runoff from the Sottie Canal before its release into the St. Sebastian River.
Sediments will settle into the lake bottom before the discharge is released into the river.
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