![]() ![]() The dredged spoil, amounting to 357,000 cubic yards, is to be dumped in what federal officials call a deep hole near the Virginia waterfront off Fort Belvoir, at Gunston Cove about 12 miles south of Alexandria. ![]() Others worry about what will become of all that muck pulled up from the bottom. The machine won't stop until it has scoured seven miles of river bottom at the waterfront and two sites downstream-scooping up enough clay and sand to fill a hole the size of a football field 300 feet deep.Īlexandria leaders say the work will provide a crucial and long overdue boost for their historic port, allowing bigger cruise ships to visit and letting freighters carry heavier loads, including newsprint for The Washington Post. In coming weeks a dredge will appear on the Potomac River near Alexandria, drag its mammoth bucket through the greenish-brown water and begin deepening the river's shipping channel for the first time since 1965. ![]()
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