ʻO ka papahana dredging nui ma mua no ke awa o Corpus Christi

Ke hoʻolaha nei ka US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District i kahi loiloi lehulehu a me ka manawa manaʻo no ka Port of Corpus Christi Authority's (PCCA) Channel Deepening Project.

Aia ka PCCA Channel Deepening Project ma kahi kokoke i Port Aransas a me Nueces a me Aransas kalana ma Texas.

Wahi a ka Corps, ʻo ka hana i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohonu i ke kahawai e kū nei mai kona hohonu i ʻae ʻia i kēia manawa o 54 kapuaʻi a 77 kapuaʻi a hoʻolōʻihi i ka palena o ke kahawai o waho i kahi 29,000 ft.

ʻO ka hana i manaʻo ʻia he 13.8 mau mile mai Harbour Island a hiki i ke Kaiwa o Mekiko, e hana ana ma kahi o 47 miliona cubic iwilei o nā mea hana hou.