Ua hui pū ʻo Niagara County Legislators Dave Godfrey i ka pule i hala me Orleans County Legislature Chairwoman Lynne Johnson e hōʻike aku i ka Great Lakes Dredging Team (GLDT) ma ke awa liʻiliʻi a me ka hoʻokele dredging.
ʻO ke kumu o ka GLDT ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ʻike ma waena o nā mea komo, me ka US Army Corps of Engineers, e pili ana i nā ʻano like ʻole o ke kaʻina hana dredging a me ka hoʻokele waiwai dredged.
Ua kūkākūkā nui ʻo Legislator Godfrey lāua ʻo Johnson i ka Lake Ontario Regional Dredging Council a me nā hoʻāʻo e huki i nā awa 19 ma Lake Ontario.
Ke hana nei nā kalana ʻeono i loko o ka ʻaha kūkā e kaʻana like i nā kumuwaiwai a me nā koina.
"E like me kā mākou e ʻike nei, ʻo nā hana waʻa ka mea hoʻokele waiwai nui, me kahi kokoke i $100 miliona e hana ʻia mai nā awa o Lake Ontario," wahi a nā Legislators.
"ʻO ka hiki ʻole o ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou mau awa i ka huki ʻia a wehe ʻia ʻo ia ka mea hiki ʻole i nā moku ke komo i ko mākou kaiāulu a he hopena kālā maikaʻi loa ia.Manaʻolana, hiki i nā kaiāulu ʻē aʻe i komo i ka GLDT ke aʻo mai kā mākou ʻike.