By Alex Kuffner
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NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The Quonset Development Corporation is in the midst of a $7.5-million-project to dredge 23 acres in the shipping channel leading into the post of Davisville.
The Providence Journal/Bob Breidenbach
Dredge Captain Wade Eldridge, right, talks during a tour of the dredging operation in the shipping channel leading into the Port of Davisville, Friday. At left, the 18 cubic yard Anvil bucket that's used to dredge the area. View the photo gallery.
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- The Quonset Development Corporation is in the midst of a $7.5-million-project to dredge 23 acres in the shipping channel leading into the post of Davisville.
Parts of the channel have silted up since it was originally dug out by the Navy in the 1940s when Davisville was part of a naval station. The project will return the channel to its original depth of 32 feet.
The QDC took out a loan to pay for the project and will repay it through revenue from the port and the surrounding state-owned business park. The work to remove 26,000 cubic yards of sediment is being done by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, of Oak Brook, Ill.