I-US Army Corps of Engineers iqale imizamo yokulungisa isiteshi eSouthwest Pass for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 23) ngoJanuwari 29, 2023, nge-hopper dredge GLENN EDWARDS (Manson Construction).
Iphrojekthi yokujulisa i-Mississippi River Ship Channel isanda kuzuza enye ingqopha-mlando lapho i-New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association (NOBRA) inyusa isincomo sayo sokusalungiswa esiphezulu saba ngamafithi angu-50 ukusuka ku-Mile 175 Above Head of Passes (AHP) kuya ku-Mile 88 AHP.Isincomo sangaphambilini esalungiswa besikhawulelwe kumafidi angama-49 ngaphezu kwe-Mile 106 AHP (Huey P. Long Bridge).
Ngaphambilini i-USACE iqede Isigaba 1 kanye neSigaba 2 sephrojekthi eyingqophamlando yokujulisa i-Mississippi River Ship Channel Deepening (MRSC) ibe yi-50 Feet.Izindawo zeSiteshi Semikhumbi ezidinga ukunwetshwa ukuze kuhlinzekwe isiteshi esisalungiswa esijulile zajuliswa ngomshini ku-Smoke Bend e-Mile 175 AHP.Isiteshi esingaphezulu kwe-Mile 175 AHP kulindeleke ukuthi sijule ngokwemishini ezigabeni 3-5 (esilinganiselwe) ngo-2027.
Imboni ye-hopper dredge GLENN EDWARDS (Manson Construction) iqale kabusha ukumba ku-SWP isuka ku-Mile 3.5 BHP yaya ku-Mile 5.0 BHP kusihlwa ngoMashi 11 ngemva kwekhefu isikhashana ukuze iphendule izimo zesiteshi ngaphandle kwe-LMR.
I-GLENN EDWARDS iphothule iSouthwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #2-2021 futhi manje isebenza ngaphansi kweSouthwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #1-2022 inkontileka yokuqasha ye-FY 23 yokuqala ye-hopper dredge, okulindeleke ukuthi iqedwe ngasekupheleni kukaJulayi (2023). ).
Imboni ye-hopper dredge PADRE ISLAND (Great Lakes Dredge & Dock) izoqala umsebenzi ngaphansi kwe-Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #2-2022 ngasekupheleni kuka-March 2023. Lesi yinkontileka yesibili kwezimbili zokuqala ze-hopper ye-FY 23.
I-USACE hopper dredge WHEELER isebenze ku-SWP ngaphansi kwe-Readiness Exercise #1-2023 kusuka ngoFebhuwari 23 kuya kuMashi 11 (2023).I-WHEELER ihlelelwe ukuthi iqalise kabusha ukusebenza kokudonsa ku-SWP ngaphansi kwe-Readiness Exercise #2-2023 kuleli sonto, isebenza kuze kube ngu-Ephreli 3 (2023).