E pōmaikaʻi ka ʻauwaʻa kalepa a me ka leʻaleʻa o Western Australia mai ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o kahi ʻaelike dredging lōʻihi e hōʻoia i ka hohonu o ka hoʻokele ʻana ma nā awa waʻa a me nā wahi moku nui ʻē aʻe ma ka mokuʻāina.
Ma hope o ke kaʻina hana kūʻai e ka Department of Transport (DoT), ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Maritime Constructions Pty Ltd i kahi o nā ʻaelike nui loa a lōʻihi o ka DoT.
"ʻO kēia kekahi o nā ʻaelike nui loa a lōʻihi loa e hāʻawi ʻia e ka 'Oihana Hoʻokele, a ʻo ka hana i hana ʻia he mea koʻikoʻi loa ia no ka hoʻomau ʻana i kā mākou ʻoihana moana a me nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi," wahi a ke Kuhina ʻOihana ʻo Rita Saffioti.
ʻO ka ʻaelike, a hiki i $70 miliona, e ʻike i ka ʻoihana e hoʻopuka i nā hana no ʻeono makahiki, me ke koho e hoʻonui i ka ʻaelike no nā makahiki ʻehā.
ʻO ka hui ʻo South Australia me kahi waihona ma Fremantle ke kuleana no ka mālama ʻana i ka dredging o nā hale moana 38 o ka mokuʻāina.ʻO ka hele ʻana o ke one makahiki ma nā puka moana ʻo Dawesville a me Mandurah, kahi e hoʻoneʻe ai i ke one e hoʻohālike i nā kaʻina kahakai a hāʻawi i ka hoʻokele palekana, e hana pū ʻia e ka hui.
"He ʻaelike koʻikoʻi kēia e ʻike ai i ka hana koʻikoʻi o Maritime Constructions i ke kōkua ʻana iā DoT e mālama pono i ka poʻe ma luna o ka wai a hāʻawi i nā hale moana mālama maikaʻi ʻia e hoʻoikaika i kahi kaiāulu holomua ma WA," wahi a Saffioti.
Loaʻa i ka ʻaelike lōʻihi ka hoʻomau o ka lawelawe a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā pōmaikaʻi no ka papahana dredging mālama ʻana o DoT, me nā kumukūʻai kūpono me ka mea ʻaelike i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau ma waena o ʻewalu a me 10 mau papahana i kēlā me kēia makahiki.