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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District has awarded a $18.8 million contract to Manson Construction for maintenance dredging works in Ventura, California.
The project involves maintenance dredging of federal navigation channels and sand traps at the Channel Islands Harbor and placing the majority of sand onto Hueneme Beach.
The six-year contract includes three dredging cycles, each to remove approximately 150,000 to 200,000 cubic yards of sand that will be placed onto the beach.
The Army Corps typically dredges every two years under legislation that authorized the small craft harbor and sand trap to be built in the early 1960s.
The harbor was designed to trap sand to prevent loss to the submarine canyon off of Port Hueneme and to provide dredged material for beach replenishment for downcoast beaches.
The replenishment provides vital shore protection for downcoast facilities, including the Naval installations at Port Hueneme and Point Mugu, the Port of Hueneme, and City of Port Hueneme.