will maintain all necessary lighting and safety procedures to be able to continue working through the night. In Grand Haven, dredging will now continue 24 hours a day to maximize efficiency during favorable weather. “We’re dredging later than planned but looking forward to the safe opening of the harbor to commercial shipping very soon.” “The team really pulled together to address the rapidly changing conditions at both Grand Haven and Holland harbors,” said Elizabeth Newell Wilkinson, Grand Haven Resident Engineer. dredged 90,000 cubic yards of material in May before mobilizing their equipment to Grand Haven Harbor. Unprecedented shoaling – the movement of sand into the channel – led to additional dredging in Holland, where King Co. Unusually windy and wavy conditions during March and April delayed dredging work in Holland.ĭue to specialized equipment used in hydraulic dredging, waves as small as 1.5 feet can create dangerous conditions for the crew and cause work to be suspended. 28, required the work to begin in Holland and Grand Haven harbors when the weather allowed in the spring using hydraulic dredging for speed and cost. The placement area borders the Ottawa County North Beach Park and several properties along North Shore Drive.
The material will be placed 7,000 to 10,000 feet north of the north pier onto the beach and into the nearshore area between the Ordinary High-Water Mark (OHWM) and the most-landward 12 feet depth contour in the lake.
of Holland, Michigan is on-site and contracted to clear 141,000 cubic yards of sand from the federal channel at Grand Haven, just beyond the pierheads. Grand River commercial docks are struggling to receive shipments due to the unexpected shoaling.
Severe weather and minimal ice cover during the winter led to increased shoaling in several harbors on Lake Michigan this year, blocking large commercial vessel traffic. The project is expected to be completed in mid-July.
Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District (USACE) is currently utilizing 24-hour dredging in Grand Haven, Michigan during favorable weather to remove shoaling blocking Grand Haven Harbor from commercial traffic.
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