Congress needs to dig up the money to dig out the river

Besides cutting pollution and speeding shipping, dredging will benefit tourism and residential developments along the river. It could also permit the servicing of mega-yachts — the 80-foot-plus vessels that Miami seeks to attract with developments such as mega-yacht docking at a planned hotel complex on Watson Island. A 2003 study estimated that one mega-yacht carrying five passengers would generate $385,000 here in a week’s stay, and servicing it averages more than $100,000 a shot.