Ndị agha US Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District anatala akwụkwọ ikike sitere na Virginia Port Authority gbasara ọrụ mbanye ọnụ ụzọ Virginia International Gateway.
Ihe oru ngo a choro gunyere nchikota nke ihe nleba anya ohuru na nrụzi iji mee ka mpaghara ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri dị omimi ruo omimi -58 ụkwụ MLLW.
Dị ka ndị Corps si kwuo, onye na-arịọ arịrịọ na-atụ aro ịkwanye ihe ndị a kpụkọrọ akpụkọ ozugbo site na hydraulic dredge gaa na sel elu na Craney Island Dredge Material Management Area (CIDMMA).
Ngụkọta atụmatụ nke 1,148,000 cubic yad nke mbido mbụ gụnyere ihe dị ka cubic yad 200,000 nke ihe ndozi ndozi.
N'ime mkpochapụ ọhụrụ ahụ, ihe nwere ihe dị ka 548,000 cubic yad nke silts na ụrọ na 400,000 cubic yad nke ọmarịcha ájá nwere iberibe shei.
Ihe oru ngo a na-atụ aro gụnyere usoro nrụzi n'ọdịnihu, na usoro achọrọ, iji dowe omimi n'ime ọwa na efere ruo -58 ụkwụ MLLW.A na-atụ anya okirikiri mgbapu atọ (3) na ndụ nke ikike ahụ.