Governor and mayor cautious about paying for Jacksonville ship dredging

[thelakelander]

More speculation on the location of the potential cruise terminal site:

A look at property records shows more than 1,100 JEA-owned parcels in Duval County. But one, a 7.25-acre parcel just north of the Blount Island Terminal on Hecksher Dr., could be a likely candidate. Take a look in the photos at the right to see the land.

The Blount Island Terminal, which serves container, roll-on/roll-off, heavy lift, breakbulk and liquid bulk cargoes, is located east of the bridge.

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/blog/2013/06/could-a-new-jaxport-cruise-ship.html

[tufsu1]

7.25 acres is pretty small....unless they plan on no parking

A few years ago, I compared the Mayport site with cruise terminals in Tampa....the one Tampa terminal site is only about 3 acres, but has another 6+ acres in the adjacent parking structure

[mbwright]

Mayport would have been really improved by the cruise ship. 

How's the 'Quaint, Historic' shrimping villiage doing these days?

The ecological damage that would be done by the dredging is huge.  I would think Saltwater to at least Palatka, if not further.

[thelakelander]

^That's the elephant in the room that most economic development guys are ignoring. As for Mayport, what village? Unfortunately, with the lost opportunity, we may have sealed the eventual fate of the ferry.

[JayBird]

Mayport would have been really improved by the cruise ship. 

How's the 'Quaint, Historic' shrimping villiage doing these days?

The ecological damage that would be done by the dredging is huge.  I would think Saltwater to at least Palatka, if not further.

Seriously that far upstream? Wow, that would be huge. Right now it is brackish around doctors lake.  It does not seem salty but every once in a while I'll see dolphins in the lake from my dock so I guess there is some salt content.  Wonder what that would do to the fishing around here, there are a lot of boats that put in at doctors lake boat ramp that have cages, I assume crabbing?, and they all have big V-#### on their sides so I guess it is commercial. Wonder if any studies have been done on the ecological and economic impacts to Green Cove and Palatka.  I am against the dredging but simply bc of cost, didn't even think it would effect Clay and St. John's counties.