Dependent on getting regulatory approvals and then going to bid for the work, the White Pass & Yukon Route could have a contractor dredging out contaminated sediment from around the Skagway ore terminal next fall.
The plan is to remove up to 10,000 cubic yards from the seafloor — about the same volume as three Olympic-size swimming pools — using a barge-mounted mechanical dredger, not a suction dredger. The contaminated sediment would be taken to…