The Redondo Beach replenishment project that has been moving sediment from a channel in Marina del Rey is on schedule and is expected to be done by the second week of October.
According to Greg Fuderer from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 36,000 cubic yards of the expected 75,000 cubic yards of sand has been placed on the beach, and 73,000 cubic yards of 85,000 cubic yards of the near shore placement area has been successfully positioned.
“As of right now the weather’s been pretty good so we haven’t had much trouble,” said Fuderer. “There have been one or two equipment issue where we’ve had to delay some production while working on a pump or something. But right now it looks like if nothing catastrophic happens we expect to finish placing the sand on Redondo about the end of the first week of October.”
After that Fuderer expects it will take about another week to demobilize and finish moving the material around and remove the equipment including the pipes, bulldozers and barriers.
“When all is said and done the new sediment should provide some protection from winter storms that affect the beach and create more recreational areas for beach-goers,” said Fuderer.
For more information and weekly updates on the project, visit http://www.redondo.org/news ER
