Commander Fraser-Harris considered that something should be done to deal with this impasse, and on the morning of 26 May he submitted a plan to Commander Gay, the CTE, designed to "fix" the "Rubber Bridge" once and for all.15 Called Operation Squeegee, the plan involved using Nootka’s motor cutters to sweep a channel close inshore so that she and Stickell could take the bridge under fire at practically point-blank range. Commander Gay at once gave his approval.
Désigné sous le vocable «Opération Squeegee», le plan en question comportait l’emploi des vedettes à moteur du Nootka au déminage d’un chenal jusqu’à proximité du rivage afin de permettre au destroyer, accompagné du Stickell, d’approcher plus près du pont et de le bombarder presque à bout portant.