Ankhondo a US Army Corps of Engineers adayambitsa ntchito yokonza njira ku Southwest Pass for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 23) pa Januware 29, 2023, ndi hopper dredge GLENN EDWARDS (Manson Construction).
Pulojekiti yozama ya Mississippi River Ship Channel posachedwapa yakwaniritsa chinthu chinanso chofunika kwambiri pamene New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association (NOBRA) inawonjezera malingaliro awo apamwamba kufika pa mamita 50 kuchoka pa Mile 175 Pamwamba pa Mutu Wodutsa (AHP) mpaka Mile 88 AHP.Malingaliro omwe adalembedwa m'mbuyomu anali ochepa ku 49 mapazi pamwamba pa Mile 106 AHP (Huey P. Long Bridge).
USACE idamaliza kale Gawo 1 ndi Gawo 2 la projekiti yakale yozama Mississippi River Ship Channel Deepening (MRSC) mpaka 50 Feet.Madera a Ship Channel omwe amafunikira dredging kuti apereke njira yozama kwambiri adakulitsidwa mpaka Smoke Bend ku Mile 175 AHP.Njira yomwe ili pamwamba pa Mile 175 AHP ikuyembekezeka kuzama mwamakina mu Gawo 3-5 (loyerekeza) pofika 2027.
Makampani a hopper dredge GLENN EDWARDS (Manson Construction) adayambiranso kugwetsa mu SWP kuchokera ku Mile 3.5 BHP kupita ku Mile 5.0 BHP madzulo a Marichi 11 atayima pang'ono kuti ayankhe zomwe zikuchitika kunja kwa LMR.
GLENN EDWARDS idamaliza Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #2-2021 ndipo tsopano ikugwira ntchito pansi pa Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #1-2022 ndi FY 23 koyambirira kopereka mphotho ya hopper dredge contract, yomwe ikuyembekezeka kumalizidwa kumapeto kwa Julayi (2023). ).
Makampani a hopper dredge PADRE ISLAND (Great Lakes Dredge & Dock) ayamba kugwira ntchito pansi pa Southwest Pass Hopper Dredge Rental Contract #2-2022 kumapeto kwa Marichi 2023. Iyi ndi yachiwiri mwa mapangano awiri oyambilira omwe adalandira mphotho ya FY 23.
USACE hopper dredge WHEELER adagwira ntchito ku SWP pansi pa Readiness Exercise #1-2023 kuyambira February 23 mpaka Marichi 11 (2023).WHEELER ikukonzekera kuyambiranso ntchito yowononga mu SWP pansi pa Readiness Exercise #2-2023 sabata ino, ikugwira ntchito mpaka Epulo 3 (2023).