Ua loaʻa i ka US Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District kahi palapala ʻae mai Virginia Port Authority e pili ana i ka papahana dredging terminal Virginia International Gateway.
ʻO ka papahana i manaʻo ʻia he hui pū ʻana o kahi hana dredging hou a me ka mālama ʻana e hoʻohonu i ka wahi kikowaena awa i kahi hohonu o -58 kapuaʻi MLLW.
Wahi a ka Corps, manaʻo ka mea noi e puhi pololei i nā mea dredged mai kahi dredge hydraulic a hiki i nā cell uka ma ka Craney Island Dredge Material Management Area (CIDMMA).
ʻO ka huina i manaʻo ʻia he 1,148,000 cubic iwilei o ka dredging mua e pili ana i 200,000 cubic iwilei o nā mea hana dredging mālama.
ʻO ka dredging hou, aia nā mea waiwai ma kahi o 548,000 cubic iwilei o nā silts a me nā pālolo a me 400,000 cubic iwilei o ke one maikaʻi me nā ʻāpana pūpū.
ʻO ka papahana i manaʻo ʻia e pili ana i nā pōʻai dredging e hiki mai ana, ma ke kumu e pono ai, e mālama i ka hohonu i loko o ke kahawai a me ke kīʻaha i -58 kapuaʻi MLLW.Manaʻo ʻia ʻekolu (3) mau pahu dredging me ke ola o ka ʻae.