Port Hueneme--The City Council’s dredging update during its Monday, April 15, meeting brought the body up to speed about the project affecting Hueneme Beach.
The project includes key partners, the Port of Hueneme, the Harbor, the Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Navy, BEACON, and others, which advocate for the project.
In the 1960s, Congress authorized dredging to re-nourish Hueneme Beach to remedy the negative impacts on regional sand transport and Hueneme Beach resulting from Naval Base Ventura Harbor construction.
City Manager James Vega presented the update, which he said is an effort to be one step ahead and give the item to the Council to prioritize.
“This is a project, and we continue to work and advocate aggressively for the City,” he said. “Our beaches are dependent on a dredging project every few years, and we lose our sand throughout the year. The way the Port and other items are configured, the sand isn’t able to get back to our beach, so we have to dredge.”
He said the goal with the County is to dredge about 2.2 million cubic yards every two years.
“Over the past three dredging cycles, starting with the most recent in 2023, we…
