I-Santa Barbara Harbour Federal Channel isiphinde futhi iphephile emikhunjini emikhulu engena futhi ephuma ethekwini ngenxa yomkhankaso wokuqothula izimo eziphuthumayo oqedwe ngempumelelo ngeSonto eledlule.
I-US Army Corps of Engineers, kanye nosonkontileka wayo, iPacific Dredge & Construction, eSan Diego, baqale ukudilizwa okuphuthumayo kwesiteshi ngoJanuwari 25.
Ngesikhathi somkhankaso, i-all-electric cutter-head suction dredge "Sandpiper" isuse isihlabathi esingaphezu kwama-cubic yards angama-30,000 emnyango wetheku ukuze kubuyiselwe ukufinyelela okugcwele.
Ngokusho kwalezi zikhulu, isihlabathi ebesidlulele ethekwini ngenxa yeziphepho zasebusika ezisanda kwedlula sesisikiwe sabekwa e-East Beach ukuze sihlinzeke ukudla olwandle.
Ukulungiswa okujwayelekile kwechweba kulindeleke ukuthi kuqale kabusha maphakathi noFebhuwari futhi kuphothulwe maphakathi no-Ephreli.Ngesikhathi somjikelezo wokudonsa ozayo, cishe amanye ama-cubic wamayadi angama-150,000 wezinto ezibonakalayo kulindeleke ukuthi adonswe futhi abekwe ogwini lolwandle.