Dredging

Off the coast of Lagos, mighty dredgers are working daily to reclaim land lost to the sea.
Eko Atlantic City is being constructed in six phases - and the first phase entails creating 10 square kilometres of prime land along the Great Wall of Lagos.
When the dredging is completed, a total volume of sand amounting to no less than 100 million cubic meters will have been used, creating a land mass visible from space.

[@chrisbarone515]

That's pretty cool! I want an Island of my very own. A GREAT BIG one with large deserted sandy beaches, clean crystal clear oceans, snowy mountains, and flat green grassy meadows.

[@toast9372]

ur not getting an island mate

[@chrisbarone515]

@@toast9372 Why not?

[@toast9372]

@@chrisbarone515 islands arent worth the amount they cost

[@OzzieBo]

@@toast9372how do you know? They could wind up being a billionaire.

[@toast9372]

@@OzzieBo even if somehow this man becomes a billionare, what would you benefit from having an island

[@rosemariebredahl9519]

Add to (mitigatable) side-effects of beach "renourishment":
Shark attacks via
1) direct access channels (esp to areas between "sandbars"), and
2) bait-fish populations created near recent dredging 🌊🏊

[@dapobelieve]

When the sea is ready, it will take its lands back

[@TheMadridTv]

Won't happen. The water there is shallow. It averages 3-6 feet depending on tidal conditions. The gulf is very shallow in general.

[@dimmjake5176]

would another ship eventually be added ?

[@michaelmixon2479]

I am somewhat dubious of that sand compacting and making a solid land mass.

[@davidedc1]

It does make it solid, look at Dubai, lots of heavy buildings sit on artificial islands, surely the depth and seabed composition materials play a big role, but hey, engineers doing this are not stupid and definitely did tests before

[@Samqdf]

@@davidedc1 You are indeed correct on all counts. Of note I remember seeing in a video about the construction of the palm islands that showed how they used something like vibrating piles that were pushed into the ground at regular intervals. It said that the new ground would settle on its own however given time but by doing this technique it drastically sped up the process and it would help avoid ground liquidification during an earthquake. The reason why all of this works is because sand from the sea bed have grains that have rough edges that do well in locking to each other one settled. This is much unlike the useless sand from sand dunes as they have rounded off edges and hence are useless for reclamation.

[@oidicle]

That's Dregding in a nutshell.

[@michaelkeshi7359]

Eko Atlantic City (Lagos, Nigeria): The Sydney of Africa

[@azharpershiano4790]

Why no one is talking about the silt Curtain?

[@xULTRONzx]

Can we convert into a agricultural use by some other process

[@kalpeshwani8520]

Strictly restrict it from residence for natural open reserves only.

[@lifastorm]

So much strain on that one ship!!!

[@tadeaperriam845]

hippos, owls, buzzers

[@tadeaperriam845]

dreding trunks, giraffes and peckers

[@RobertRobinson-dy3rj]

Dredging kills food the fish & crabs eat 😢

[@kanchanamuralidhar8531]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheIggypop1]

Doesn’t work will sink