Ua hoʻopau ka US Army Corps of Engineers 'Detroit District i ka holo ʻana o Holland Harbor ma ke komohana o Michigan i ka pule i hala.
Ke hoʻohana ʻia nei ka mea dredge i meaʻai kahakai e hoʻopiha hou i nā kahakai ma hope o ka ʻino ʻana i ka wā kiʻekiʻe o ka wai kiʻekiʻe ma Lake Michigan.
Ma kahi o 31,000 cubic iwilei o nā mea i hoʻoneʻe ʻia mai ke awa o waho (ke loko o nā haʻihaʻi) a puhi ʻia i kahakai 2,000-4,500 kapuaʻi ma ka hema o ka haʻihaʻi hema.
ʻO ka pahuhopu nui o kēia hana dredging koʻikoʻi, ʻo ia ka wehe ʻana o ke kahawai moku.
ʻO nā ukana e hele ana ma ke awa ʻo Holland e loaʻa i ka hui kūkulu hale, pōhaku nui no nā papahana pale ʻino a me ka hana hou ʻana metala.
Aia ke awa ma ke kahakai hikina o Lake Michigan 95 mile ma ka hikina akau mai Chicago, IL, a he 23 mile ma ka hema mai Grand Haven, MI.
