The new Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Dry Dock and Waterfront Production Facility project may get the go-ahead when the Navy issues its final Record of Decision in December. The decision follows a required waiting period of 30 days or more after publication of the project’s Notification of Availability and final Environmental Impact Statement Oct. 14.

The project currently calls for construction and operation of a new dry dock and waterfront production facility at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Mainte-nance Facility on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

The new dry dock, which will replace Dry Dock 3 and be named Dry Dock 5, is needed to accommodate the Navy’s larger vessels. A new waterfront production facility will also be constructed. The value of the dry dock portion of the project is expected to exceed $2 billion. The value of the entire project is not yet known.

Funding for the dry dock portion of the project is currently included in the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2023 military construction program and will be submitted to the president for inclusion in the FY23 military construction appropriations budget request to Congress.

If funding is granted, actual construction on the dry dock portion of the project is expected to start in 2023. The project is considered to be the largest in Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) history.