Local News in Brief : Newport Beach : Celebration to Mark Bay Cleanup Completion
State and local officials will be on hand next Saturday for a celebration marking completion of a $13.7-million cleanup of Upper Newport Bay.
Commemorative pins and balloons will be given away as part of the event, which will begin at 10 a.m. at North Star Beach. Boy Scout Troop 746 of Newport Beach will be the color guard for the ceremonies.
The cleanup project involved excavation of more than 2.5 million cubic yards of silt from the bay, and creation of three desilting basins upstream. It was funded with $10.4 million in state funds and $3.3 million in local matching funds from the cities of Newport Beach, Tustin and Irvine, as well as the county and the Irvine Co.
Scheduled as the main speakers are state Sen. Marian Bergeson (R-Newport Beach); Orange County Supervisor Thomas F. Riley; Fred Worthley of the state Department of Fish and Game, and the mayors of Newport Beach, Irvine and Tustin.
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