HUNTINGTON BEACH : City OKs County Work on Channel
The City Council has given its approval to a county proposal for maintenance work on a new ocean channel at the southeast edge of the city.
The new opening to the sea is the Talbert Channel, which the county completed in April. The cut in the strand at Huntington State Beach allows ocean water to flow into the Huntington Wetlands between Brookhurst Street and the Santa Ana River.
In a memo to the City Council earlier this week, Public Works Director Louis F. Sandoval said the county has asked for permission to perform maintenance work on the new channel. The work consists of replacing corroding light poles and sealing channel walls at the Talbert outlet, he said.
Sandoval said the maintenance work is urgently needed. He said “large holes” have formed in some of the channel walls. “If the problem is not prevented from continuing, the holes will become a significant public safety hazard,” Sandoval said.
City approval of the project was necessary because the channel is within city limits, even though the land is owned by the state and county.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
