The Delray Beach City Marina

The Delray Beach City Marina is a publicly-owned and operated marina located along the Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW), south of Atlantic Avenue and east of Marine Way. The City Marina seawall is approximately 704 feet long and is comprised of precast concrete sheet piling with a reinforced concrete cap. There are ten finger piers comprised of timber decking, stringers, and bent boards supported on pre-stressed concrete piles. The finger piers transverse and are affixed to the seawall. Additionally, there are four marginal docks with composite plastic lumber decking on timber stringers and bent boards supported by timber piles. The City Marina has full time staff to manage the dock and an air conditioned facility that contains restrooms, showers, washer and dryers, an ice machine, an open sitting/reading room, and a coin operated pump-out. At the marina, boat owners are permitted to live aboard their boats. Electricity, water, telephone, and cable TV connections are provided at each slip.

Having been in operation for over 80 years, the City Marina has experienced noticeable deterioration, which is typical of the material types and the age of the structures. Compounding the problem, however, is the aggressive saltwater environment, recent extreme high tides, and wave action from boats, resulting in severe damage to the City Marina finger piers and marginal docks. Upland vegetation is also suffering due to water overtopping the wall causing salt water intrusion. A conditions assessment report prepared by the Wantman Group (WGI) in 2016 covered the observed deficiencies in the structural components of the seawalls, finger piers, and marginal docks that led to the final recommendation for the City Marina Improvement Project in order to raise the top of the seawall/pier/dock elevation to mitigate potential sea level rise and further deterioration from overtopping salt water. To compliment the renovation, the City of Delray Beach will be adding decorative security features, enhancements to the landscaping and sidewalks, and state of the art WI-FI communications.