Long Beach begins $11.4 million Alamitos Bay entrance dredging, The Log reports

The Log reports that the City of Long Beach, California, began dredging the Alamitos Bay entrance channel on Oct. 20, after mobilization began Oct. 14. It puts the cost at $11.4 million, with work expected to continue through February 2027, and says boaters should expect construction activity.

According to The Log, about 415,000 cubic yards of sandy sediment will come out, restoring federally authorized depths for recreational vessels moving between the Pacific Ocean and Alamitos Bay in Southern California. The entrance has gone more than 20 years without dredging, and the sand will go onto Peninsula Beach. Shallow water can trouble deeper-draft boats or lower-tide passages, the paper says, but it gives no depth figures.

Manson Construction is using the dredge H.R. Morris and derrick barge DB Freya, The Log reports, and it lists approvals involving the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the California Coastal Commission and the Regional Water Quality Control Board. The detail here comes from The Log’s report and has not been confirmed by the City of Long Beach.