Newport Harbor Dredging Project Enters Next Phase

Byline: The Log Staff Newport Beach Harbor Resources has released its latest update on the Lower Bay dredging project: • The quantities of material dredged under Phase I include 260,000 cubic yards of sediment disposed of offshore at disposal site “LA-3” and 111,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment sent to the Port of Long Beach’s containment site. That amounted to a total of 371,000 cubic yards of sediment removed in Phase 1 of dredging. • Now starting Phase 2, R.E. Staite has its medium-sized dredge 180 working in the larger channel between Harbor Island and Linda Isle. The crew will be working down the center of the channel, then will work their way down each side, staying 15 feet from the docks. Boaters with slips in this channel must remove their vessels if the boat overhangs 5 feet beyond the docks.  Boaters can hail R.E. Staite on VHF radio Channel 78A to find out when they need to move their vessel. • R.E. Staite has mobilized a new small dredge to remove the last remaining contaminated material marked for disposal in the Lower Bay dredging project — located along the back side of Linda Isle. The 1,200 cubic yards of material to be dredged...