Fishing boats get stuck daily on the Wheatley Harbour’s sand bar, and that is the main reason for the commercial fishermen in Wheatley to try to find a permanent solution to an ongoing silting problem, according to windsorstar.com
The harbour manager Al Matthews said: “ Now it’s to a dangerous point where there’s going to be property damage to the vessel, personal injury or there could even be an environmental disaster. The water has dropped a foot and a half since July. ”
Kevin Hill, the spokesperson with Fisheries and Oceans Canada , stated in a written statement that “ onshore dredging has been on-going for approximately three weeks and is currently 70 percent complete. Approximately 5,000 cubic metres of sand and silt will be removed from the harbour entrance. ”
Hill added the “ contract for off-shore dredging of the approach channel was awarded last week and the contractor will begin work shortly, subject to weather conditions. ”
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Dredging Today Staff, December 5, 2012; Image: wheatleyharbourauthority