LONG BEACH, Calif. (Diya TV) — Long Beach is accelerating an $11.4 million beach-replenishment project after repeated storm swells stripped sand from its peninsula, shattered a protective boardwalk and left eight buildings containing 13 residences unsafe to enter.
Crews began staging equipment Oct. 14 for dredging expected to start around Oct. 20. The project will move approximately 415,000 cubic yards of sand from the Alamitos Bay entrance channel onto the eroded shoreline, rebuilding a buffer between the ocean and beachfront homes.
For resident Shawn Curtis, that protection disappeared before dawn Oct. 9. He told NBC News he awoke around 3:30 a.m. to find the beach and boardwalk outside his apartment gone. Waves struck the second floor as the building began tilting toward the ocean…