Its actually opening a shoaled channel per the Coast Guard (and maybe a little private lobbying). I just get the benefit of the dredging--they certainly wouldn't do it to replenish a beach, in that that form of erosion control has been out of vogue for years now. There's a .gov .pdf online about it: Queen's Creek/Piankatank River Dredge project. Been funded for about six years and just pulling the trigger now. Damn breeding ass tiger beetles