E hoʻomaka ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Mei a hoʻomau ʻia no hoʻokahi mahina, e hana ʻia nā hana dredging ma Salt Run mai ka Lighthouse Park Boat Ramp a hiki i ka nuku o ka Salt Run Channel ma St. Augustine Inlet.
Ua ʻaelike ke kūlanakauhale ʻo St. Augustine iā Brance Diversified, Inc. no ka hana ʻana i ka hana dredging pono a hoʻoneʻe ma kahi o 10,000 cubic iwilei o nā mea.E hoʻouka ʻia nā mea i kālai ʻia i kahi moku a lawe ʻia i ka Reed Island Dredged Material Management Area (DMMA) o Jacksonville.
“Ke kākoʻo ʻia nei kēia papahana mālama e ka hāʻawi kālā ʻo Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) a me St Augustine Port, Waterway, and Beach District (SAPWBD).Mahalo nui mākou i nā hui kaiaulu a me nā haʻawina e hiki ai i nā papahana o kēia nui ke hana, "wahi a Eric Walters, City of St. Augustine Grant Administration Coordinator.
"Ua hoʻolako kālā ʻo FIND a me ka SAPWBD i ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka wai hoʻoheheʻe ʻo Marina ma muli o ka Hurricane Ian lāua ʻo Nicole, nā ʻenehana hou o ke kai moana ʻo Marina, nā papahana hoʻoneʻe moku nui, nā lako sonar kūikawā a ka Police Department Marine, a me ʻekolu mau makana dredging Salt Run."
He mea nui ka mālama ʻana i kēia awāwa no ka mālama pono ʻana i ke komo ʻana i nā hana waʻa leʻaleʻa a me nā ʻoihana kalepa, e like me nā moku wai ponoʻī, ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā huakaʻi kaiaola, ka lawaiʻa hoʻolimalima, a me nā malihini e holo ana i ke ala moana ʻo Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka shoaling ma ke kahawai, kōkua kēia dredging i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke kai i kēlā me kēia lā e hiki ai i ka mālama ʻana i ke kai maoli a me ka noho ʻana o nā manu ma ke ala wai a me Anastasia State Park.