1.   Adel presided over a multi-year program to widen and deepen the canal.

2.   He predicted the flow will accelerate in coming days as water deepens the canal.

3.   It had started as an ankle-deep trickle Thursday morning, requiring workers to deepen the canal.

4.   Studies by the Army Corps of Engineers have found that deepening the canal would not benefit commerce, Gilchrest added.

5.   The flow had started as an ankle-deep trickle Thursday morning but workers and water flow has deepened the canal since then, he said.

6.   Adel ruled out building a second tunnel, saying it would impede future plans to deepen the canal.