Na ke Aupuni Parish o St. Tammany (LA) e huki i ka Canal Navigational River Pearl ma kahi kokoke i ke kahawai West Pearl, ma hope o ka ʻae ʻana mai ka US Army Corps of Engineers.
"He lā lōʻihi kēia no ko mākou poʻe waʻa, lawaiʻa a me nā mea hahai holoholona ma ke kahawai West Pearl nani," wahi a ka Pelekikena Parish Mike Cooper."No nā makahiki, ua kaupalena ʻia ko mākou poʻe kamaʻāina i ke kahawai West Pearl mai Lock #1 ma muli o ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka sediment ma ke kahawai."
Ua hoʻomaka ke Keʻena ʻOihana Aupuni i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ke kahawai e hāʻawi i ke kōkua pōkole i ka waha o ka Canal Navigational River Pearl.
Ke hoʻopau nei ka poʻe ʻaelike i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻomaka i ka papahana $2.2 miliona no ka wā lōʻihi, e komo pū ana me ka dredging a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o nā panakō e kaupalena i ke kūkulu ʻana o ka sediment.
ʻAʻole wehe wale kēia hana i ke komo ʻana i ke kahawai ʻo West Pearl, akā ʻoi aku ka palekana no ko mākou poʻe moku.
"Ua kaupalena ʻia ko mākou Marine Unit i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā waʻa liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi wale nō ma muli o ka pāpaʻu o ka wai ma ia wahi o ka muliwai," wahi a ka Makai Nui Randy Smith."ʻO ka pāpaʻu loa o kēlā wahi i kekahi manawa e haʻalele pinepine i kahi kapuaʻi o ka wai, e koi ana i kā mākou mau mea hoʻokele waʻa e holo ma ka mokulele ʻoiai e hoʻokele kokoke ana ma lalo o nā kumulāʻau haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me nā lālā i ka pane ʻana i nā misionari ʻimi a hoʻopakele ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o West Pearl. Ka muliwai.
ʻO ka huki ʻia ʻana o kēlā wahi e hiki ai i ke Keʻena Makai Nui ke loaʻa i nā kumuwaiwai hou aʻe e hiki ai ke pane aku i kēlā poʻe kamaʻāina nele a me ka wikiwiki loa.
I nā pule e hiki mai ana, hiki nō i nā poʻe waʻa ke hoʻokuʻu mai ka hoʻokele waʻa ʻo North Lock #1 mahalo i ke kālā mai ke Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA).
ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana he ʻāpana ia o nā papahana GOMESA 16 o St. Tammany Parish e hāʻawi ana i nā manawa leʻaleʻa, ka pale kahakai a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kūpaʻa no ke kahakai o ko mākou Parish.