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Long Beach residents review plans to modify breakwater; Moving breakwater could bring better waves and cleaner beaches to the city, but it could also cause flooding

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on October 10, 2008 at 6:38 am

From the Los Angeles Times:

The 55 Long Beach residents who gathered to pore over city maps weren’t engineers or oceanographers, but they had plenty of questions — and plenty to say — about a proposal that would radically change beach life in their city.

The proposal calls for moving or reconfiguring the 2.2-mile eastern portion of the 8.4-mile San Pedro Bay breakwater. Shielded by the breakwater, Long Beach gets puny waves. Without the surf’s cleansing action, the city’s beaches were among the dirtiest in California this year.

On Wednesday evening, the 55 residents met with engineers for the first of three public workshops devoted to the Long Beach Breakwater Reconnaissance Study.

Officials from the city and the Long Beach firm Moffatt & Nichol hope these brainstorming sessions will lead to federal support to study the proposal further. Moffatt & Nichol engineers are overseeing a $100,000 preliminary study of the federally owned breakwater.

“You’re taking a big chance if you do something without including the community,” said Bill Sundell of Long Beach. “It’s a good idea to invite the community and invite as much participation as possible.”

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October 10, 2008 · Filed Under Other Oceans & Beaches Stories

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