Some 5,400 cubic meter of soil will be hauled out of St. John’s harbor by February, as part of a $4-million upgrade to the Canadian Coast Guard Atlantic headquarters.
About 450 truckloads of soil will be dug out of the Coast Guard dock, to allow the fleet’s larger vessels to use the wharf adjacent to the headquarters.
The dredging will deepen the harbor on the south side by about one meter
Work is already underway. On Friday, a long reach Hitachi excavator sitting on a barge was already dredging up dirt near the headquarters.
The job is being done by RJG Construction of St. John’s and will continue until February 2017.
