Ua hoʻomaka ka US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, i ka hana dredging ma Ludington a me Pentwater harbors ma Lake Michigan i ka pule i hala.
Hōʻike nā papahana ma kahi o $ 1.25 miliona i ka dredging e mālama pono i ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokele federal a wehe ʻia no ke kālepa a me ka leʻaleʻa.
Ludington
Sault Ste.ʻO Marie, Michigan-based MCM Marine, Inc., e huki i 81,323 cubic iwilei mai ke kahawai hoʻokele federal i loko o nā poʻo haʻihaʻi a hiki i ke alanui Ferry Hema.
E hoʻohana ʻia nā mea e hānai ai i ke kahakai ma kahi o 5,500 kapuaʻi hema o ka haʻihaʻi hema no 3,500 kapuaʻi hema.
Ua hāʻawi mua ʻia ka ʻaelike $684,001 i ka lā 11 o Mei, akā ua hōʻike ʻia nā noiʻi hou aʻe i ka nui o nā shoaling ma ia wahi.Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻaelike i $833,231 no ka hana hou.
ʻO Viking Marine, ma ke ʻano he subcontractor, ua hoʻomaka mua i ka dredging a me ka waiho ʻana.Pono ka ʻaelike e hoʻopau ʻia ka hana ma mua o Kepakemapa 25.
Pentwater
Na ka King Co., Inc. o Holland, Michigan, e hoʻoneʻe i 59,081 iwilei cubic o nā mea mai ke ala hoʻokele ma kahi kokoke i nā pierheads i uka a hiki i Pentwater Lake.
ʻO ka ʻaelike papahana, hāʻawi ʻia i ka lā 30 Malaki, no $299,025.ʻO nā kālā hou mai ka Papa Hana i ka 2023 Civil Works Budget i hoʻohui i ke kālā hou e hoʻonui i ka huina kālā i $440,662.
Ma lalo o nā kūlana o ka ʻaelike, e hoʻopau ʻia ka papahana a hiki i Dekemaba 2023.
E waiho ʻia nā mea waiwai mai ke kālai ʻia ma kahi kokoke i kahakai ma waena o 800-3,300 kapuaʻi ma ka ʻākau o ka uapo ʻākau.