Emergency dredging at Santa Barbara Harbor VIDEO

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Navigation Branch, in coordination with Santa Barbara County, completed emergency dredging operations in the entrance channel at Santa Barbara Harbor recently.

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USACE, along with its contractor, Pacific Dredge & Construction, San Diego, began emergency dredging of the channel on January 25.

During the campaign, the all-electric cutter-head suction dredger Sandpiper removed over 30,000 cubic yards of sand from the harbor entrance to restore full access.