If approved, the dredging project will probably begin in the late 2010s.
Last winter just two major dredging projects were completed in the county.
If the government just allowed nature to take its course, it is highly likely that extensive dredging projects would not be necessary.
There will be a new dredging project for the inner and river portions of the harbor.
As a result, the government abandoned a planned dredging project, which would have further damaged the water quality.
"There is no real-world basis for a dredging project," he said.
"We are very concerned about the risks associated with a dredging project that size," she said.
It once contained several islands, but these were removed during a dredging project in 1988-1989.
By next month, the dredging project will make history.
In late March 2010 the dredging project was 50% complete.