Managing sand in southern California is a job few tourists and non coastal residents ever consider. Last summer, that all changed when the city of Oceanside CA was forced to dredge the harbor entrance in the middle of the important tourist season. Never Again! is the chant being heard around the city this winter:
For Complete Article:Dredging prep work begins on Oceanside beach : North County Times - Californian: "OCEANSIDE -- In an effort to prevent last year's August dredging do-over, crews are already preparing to start annual harbor dredging this spring.
Yellow earth-moving equipment is working this week on the beach just south of the North Coast Village condominium complex to lay the groundwork for dredge pipes that will soon carry about 180,000 cubic yards of sand south past the Oceanside Municipal Pier and deposit it on the beach just west to Tyson Street Park."
