LOS ANGELES : Port of L.A. OKs Plans to Restore Wetlands
The Port of Los Angeles approved final design work to start an ambitious wetlands restoration project at Batiquitos Lagoon near Carlsbad.
Officials from the port joined Mayor Bud Lewis and other city officials at a news conference Wednesday announcing approval of the project, which has an estimated cost of $45 million. Construction may begin in 1994, officials said.
The goal of the program is to restore tidal influence to the lagoon by permanently opening the mouth and dredging up to 3 million cubic yards of sand and silt from the floor of the 600-acre wetland.
The port agreed to undertake the project in 1987 as part of an environmental mitigation plan to offset damage to marine habitat during planned expansion of its facilities. Work on the project could take up to two years, officials said.
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