15 Guiding Good Governance Keeping the Map Updated To open the auxiliary channel, NOAA surveyed an area called Sollers Point at the north end of the bridge. The water was deemed deep enough. The Coast Guard designed the auxiliary channel and dropped buoys for vessels to follow. “That discussion centered around data on ArcGIS Online, because we could display the survey data, where the buoys were going to be, and have everybody look at it and approve it,” Hanna said. A process like this would typically take months. The Army Corps surveys the channel and dredges if needed. The Coast Salvors preparing to move a large piece of supporting steel on April 22, 2024. Guard designs the channel and places buoys in the water. NOAA updates the nautical charts. “If we’re trying really hard to speed our typical process, we can do it in a couple of weeks,” Hanna said. “In the Key Bridge response, we shortened the whole process to less than 24 hours.” In this case, salvage crews removed debris, the Army Corps and NOAA surveyed, and everyone could see progress on the same day the survey was taken. “We had a call every day to discuss the data that was going up, who was able to see it, and the data we expected
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