Ua hoʻomaka ka US Army Corps of Engineers i nā hana hana dredging channel ma Southwest Pass no Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 23) ma Ianuali 29, 2023, me ka hopper dredge GLENN EDWARDS (Manson Construction).
Ua hoʻokō hou ka papahana hoʻohonu ʻana i ka muliwai ʻo Mississippi River Ship Channel i ka manawa i hoʻonui ai ka New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association (NOBRA) i kā lākou manaʻo hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe i 50 kapuaʻi mai Mile 175 Above Head of Passes (AHP) a i Mile 88 AHP.Ua kaupalena ʻia ka manaʻo kuhi mua i 49 kapuaʻi ma luna o Mile 106 AHP (Huey P. Long Bridge).
Ua hoʻopau mua ʻo USACE i ka Phase 1 a me ka Phase 2 o ka papahana mōʻaukala e hoʻohonu i ka Mississippi River Ship Channel Deepening (MRSC) i 50 Feet.ʻO nā wahi o ka Ship Channel i koi ʻia i ke kālai ʻia e hoʻolako i ke kahawai hohonu hohonu i hoʻonui ʻia i ka Smoke Bend ma Mile 175 AHP.ʻO ke ala ma luna o ka Mile 175 AHP e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohonu ʻia me ka mīkini i nā Māhele 3-5 (manaʻo ʻia) e 2027.
Ua hoʻomaka hou ka ʻoihana hopper dredge GLENN EDWARDS (Manson Construction) i ka dredging ma SWP mai Mile 3.5 BHP a i Mile 5.0 BHP ma ke ahiahi o Malaki 11 ma hope o ka hoʻomaha pōkole e pane i nā kūlana channel ma waho o ka LMR.
Ua hoʻopau ʻo GLENN EDWARDS i ka Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #2-2021 a ke hana nei ʻo ia ma lalo o Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #1-2022 a FY 23 mua o ka makana hopper dredge aelike hoʻolimalima, i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau ʻia i ka hopena o Iulai (2023). ).
E hoʻomaka ana ka ʻoihana hopper dredge PADRE ISLAND (Great Lakes Dredge & Dock) ma lalo o Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #2-2022 i ka hopena o Malaki 2023. ʻO kēia ka lua o nā ʻaelike hopper makana mua ʻelua no FY 23.
Ua hana ʻo USACE hopper dredge WHEELER ma SWP ma lalo o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa mākaukau #1-2023 mai Pepeluali 23 a Malaki 11 (2023).Hoʻomaka ka WHEELER e hoʻomaka hou i ka hana dredging ma SWP ma lalo o ka Readiness Exercise #2-2023 i kēia pule, e hana ana a hiki i ʻApelila 3 (2023).