Ukuze kugcinwe useyili ophakathi kwe-Ameland ne-Holwerd ufinyelele ukujula nobubanzi, i-Rijkswaterstaat isanda kuqala ukudonsa izinsimbi kule ngxenye yoLwandle i-Wadden.
Kusukela namuhla, zingama-27 kuNhlolanja, i-Rijkswaterstaat izosheshisa ukusebenza futhi ithumele enye i-dredger e-Ameland - Holwerd fairway.
Ngokusho kwe-Rijkswaterstaat, lezi zinyathelo ezengeziwe zithathwa ngoba inkampani yemikhumbi i-Wagenborg isanda kuphoqeleka ukuthi ikhansele ukuhamba ngomkhumbi emanzini aphansi.
Ngaphandle kwale mizamo, kuya ngokuya kuba nzima ukugcina ukujula okuhlosiwe kwesiteshi ngezinto zamanje zokudonsa, kusho i-ejensi.
Baphinde banezela ukuthi lokhu kungenxa yenqubo yemvelo lapho i-sediment evela emanzini ifakwa phansi oLwandle i-Wadden.Ngenxa yalokho, iphansi liyakhuphuka futhi iziteshi ze-mudflat ziba nzima kakhulu ukuhamba.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinguquko ezisheshayo endaweni yesiteshi nokunyakaza kwe-sediment kusho ukuthi imiphumela yomsebenzi wokudonsa ayinakubikezelwa kancane.