Posted on December 20, 2016
The Port of Grays Harbor and the US Army Corps of Engineers celebrated the deeper draft project on Wednesday.
While dredging officially began on October 3, residents and elected officials joined together on Wednesday to celebrate the project 40 years in the making.
Grays Harbor dredging will bring the navigation channel to a deeper depth of -38 feet, down from the -36 feet that it currently sits, and to the Congressionally Authorized depth.
Port Commissioner Jack Thompson said that the 2 feet dredge will make a large difference to vessels that currently have to carry less than full loads when coming in and leaving the port.
Source: KXRO
