Umkhosi woMkhosi weeNjineli wase-US uqalise iinzame zokulungisa isitishi kwi-Southwest Pass kuNyaka-mali ka-2023 (FY 23) nge-29 kaJanuwari, nge-hopper dredge GLENN EDWARDS (Manson Construction).
Iprojekthi ye-Mississippi River Ship Channel enzulu kutshanje iphumelele enye inqanaba xa i-New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association (NOBRA) inyuse idrafti yabo ephezulu yeengcebiso ukuya kwii-50 ezinyaweni ukusuka kwi-Mile 175 ngaphezu kweNtloko yokudlula (AHP) ukuya kwi-Mile 88 AHP.Isindululo esiyidrafti sangaphambili sasikhawulelwe kwiinyawo ze-49 ngaphezu kwe-Mile 106 AHP (Huey P. Long Bridge).
I-USACE igqitywe ngaphambili iSigaba soku-1 kunye neSigaba sesi-2 seprojekthi eyimbali yokuqinisa i-Mississippi River Ship Channel Deepening (MRSC) ukuya kwi-50 Feet.Iindawo zoMjelo weeNqanawa ezazifuna ukutsalwa ukubonelela ngomjelo onzulu woyilo zaye zenziwa nzulu ngoomatshini ukuya kwi-Smoke Bend kwi-Mile 175 AHP.Ijelo elingentla kwe-Mile 175 AHP kulindeleke ukuba lifakwe nzulu ngoomatshini kwiZigaba 3-5 (ingqikelelo) ngo-2027.
Ishishini le-hopper dredge i-GLENN EDWARDS (iManson Construction) iphinde yaqala ukugrumba kwi-SWP ukusuka kwi-Mile 3.5 BHP ukuya kwi-Mile 5.0 BHP ngorhatya lwe-11 kaMatshi emva kokunqumama okufutshane ukuphendula kwiimeko zejelo ngaphandle kwe-LMR.
IGLENN EDWARDS igqibe iSouthwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #2-2021 kwaye ngoku isebenza phantsi kweSouthwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #1-2022 yeFY 23 yesivumelwano sokuqashisa ngebhaso le-hopper dredge kwangoko, ekulindeleke ukuba igqitywe ekupheleni kukaJulayi (2023). ).
Ishishini hopper dredge PADRE ISLAND (Great Lakes Dredge & Dock) iya kuqalisa umsebenzi phantsi kweSouthwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #2-2022 ekupheleni kukaMatshi ka-2023.
I-USACE hopper dredge WHEELER yasebenza kwi-SWP phantsi kwe-Readiness Exercise #1-2023 ukusuka nge-23 kaFebruwari ukuya nge-11 kaMatshi (2023).I-WHEELER icwangciselwe ukuba iqalise kwakhona ukusebenza kwe-dredging kwi-SWP phantsi kwe-Readiness Exercise #2-2023 kule veki, isebenza kude kube ngu-Epreli 3 (2023).