The U.S. military has begun constructing a pier off of Gaza’s coast that isn’t expected to be operational until early next month, though it will allow for a surge of humanitarian aid to flow into the strip once it’s ready.

U.S. forces intend to build a pier anchored miles off of the Gaza coast and a causeway that will jut out from the Gaza coast into the Mediterranean Sea. The plan is for aid to travel to Cyprus, where it will be loaded onto ships and travel roughly 200 miles from there to the floating pier, known as a Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore capability, or JLOTS, where it will then be loaded onto new vessels that will go from the pier to the causeway. Once the aid gets to the causeway, it will then be transported to land and distributed into Gaza.