Regulators from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District issued a federal permit to the City of Newport Beach, Division of Harbor Resources on Jan. 10 for maintenance dredging activities in Newport Bay, located in the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, Calif. The permit was issued pursuant to section 10 of the [...]
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As of Monday, August 20, the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA) has removed the beach closure that was posted last week. Late in the evening on Wednesday, August 15, the dredging equipment in the Newport harbor grabbed onto and broke the primary sewer line that serves all of Balboa Island. The line was immediately [...]
The Newport Beach Harbor Commission plans to review development projects worth about $100 million. The Daily Pilot reports that the projects range from more dredging in Newport Harbor to replacing Balboa Island’s seawalls. Chris Miller, the Harbor Resources Manager, said: “The harbor has never had a complete plan for specific projects, it has always been [...]
The City Council unanimously approved additional funding for a $10.4 million Newport Harbor dredging project that aims to clean up the harbor, reports ocregister.com. The city council approved an additional $3.87 million for phase two of the dredging project. The areas for dredging have been broken down into three separate categories based on priority — [...]
The Newport Beach City Council voted Tuesday to allocate an additional $3.9 million to dredging the harbor’s shallowest spots, bringing the total project to $10.4 million, including federal funds, reports dailypilot.com. The City Council considered funding to dredge areas as part of Phase II of the project. Next week the County Board of Supervisors will [...]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began a five-month, $6.5 million maintenance dredging project May 2, 2012 when a clamshell dredge started removing up to 350,000 cubic yards of material in an effort to restore safe navigation to federal channels in lower Newport Harbor. The contractor, R.E. Staite Engineering of San Diego, Calif., will operate [...]
Homeowners along Newport Harbour will have to contend with the noise and lights of dredging crews working around the clock over the next two months, the Daily Pilot reports. Newport Beach’s harbor resources manager, Chris Miller, told the City Council that dredging crews wouldn’t need to work every night, just nights when tides were high [...]
This week, RE Staite has mobilized some equipment into the harbor, and they’ve established a mooring area near the west side of Bay Island, and near the eastern end of the anchorage area. RE Staite is really pushing hard to meet the June 30 deadline for disposal at the Port of Long Beach. To do [...]
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After missing a deadline, Newport Beach officials were granted a deadline extension and have until June to commence the next phase of the city’s harbor dredging project, Daily Pilot reports. Dredged materials from areas near the south side of Lido Isle, the north side of Balboa Island, West Coast Highway, the Coast Guard Station and [...]
Daily Pilot reports that the dredging contract for the Newport Harbor was awarded to R.E. Staite Engineering. The contractor will commence dredging in late April, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Greg Fuderer, spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles Division said on Friday that R.E. Staite [...]
