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Study on changing breakwater to be ready for Long Beach City Council by mid- or late July

Posted by: Maven on June 30, 2009 at 12:15 pm

From the Long Beach Press Telegram:

The city’s engineering consultant firm is putting the finishing touches on two reports to be reviewed by the City Council in mid- or late-July for a key decision on whether the city should move ahead with changes to the breakwater.

The $100,000 Moffatt & Nichol reconnaissance study is looking at whether there may be value to taking down all or part of the breakwater, which encircles much of Long Beach’s coastline, protecting it against storms but also killing wave action and trapping pollutants.

The study is an extremely preliminary step. The Army Corps of Engineers must agree to examine the study and Congress must approve funding for such an effort before reconfiguring the breakwater can even be considered more than a pipe dream.

With this first step, watchful coastal property owners, environmentalists and surf advocates should have a sense of whether the project will move forward or whether it’s dead in the water.

The Moffatt & Nichol study includes an analysis and a project management plan, and they’re being prepared in the format required by the Army Corps of Engineers, according to Tom Modica, manager of government affairs.

The Army Corps will then determine if there is a federal interest in reconfiguring the breakwater, to conduct further reviews and studies about potential changes.

The report will be available to the public, Modica said Monday. Once a final report is ready, it will be made available on the Breakwater website, http://www.longbeach.gov/citymanager/ga/breakwater/default.asp.

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June 30, 2009 · Filed Under Southern California

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