Ankhondo a US Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District alandila chilolezo kuchokera ku Virginia Port Authority okhudzana ndi pulojekiti ya Virginia International Gateway terminal dredging.
Pulojekiti yomwe yaperekedwa ikuphatikiza kuphatikiza kwa ntchito zatsopano ndi kukonza zokulitsa malo olowera doko mpaka kuzama kwa -58 mapazi MLLW.
Malinga ndi a Corps, wopemphayo akufuna kuti azipopera zida zowonongeka kuchokera ku hydraulic dredge kupita ku ma cell akumtunda ku Craney Island Dredge Material Management Area (CIDMMA).
Chiwerengero chonse cha ma cubic mayadi 1,148,000 oyambira kukumba amaphatikiza pafupifupi ma cubic mayadi 200,000 azinthu zopangira zokonza.
Pakukhetsa kwatsopano, zida zimakhala ndi ma cubic mayadi pafupifupi 548,000 a silt ndi dongo ndi ma cubic mayadi 400,000 amchenga wabwino wokhala ndi zidutswa za zipolopolo.
Pulojekiti yomwe yaperekedwa ikuphatikiza kukonzanso kwamtsogolo, pakufunika, kusunga kuya mkati mwa njira ndi beseni mpaka -58 mapazi MLLW.Zozungulira zitatu (3) zowongolera zikuyembekezeredwa ndi moyo wa chilolezocho.