The latest phase of Newport Beach’s harbor dredging is underway, with giant vessels removing thousands of yards of toxic sediment from Lido Isle. The sediment will be sent the Port of Long Beach for disposal in time to meet a June 30 deadline. The $6.5-million undertaking launched May 2 and will focus on the Lower …
A San Diego-based engineering contractor will begin dredging in the Newport Harbor in late April, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Friday. R.E. Staite Engineering, the low bidder for the project, was awarded the $6.3-million contract, said Greg Fuderer, spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles Division… “The city …
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Area for development is near John Wayne Airport, where a total of 2,200 homes are allowed. Agreeing to lift constraints on affordable housing development, Newport Beach officials have received tentative approval of the city’s housing blueprint. Regulators from the state Department of Housing and Community Development said last month that the city’s moves would bring …
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More than half of the estimated 310,000 homeowner and condominium associations in the United States are struggling with financial issues stemming from the nation’s mortgage foreclosure crisis and related economic downturn, according to the Community Associations Institute (CAI). The organization released the results of its national survey this week and found that 45 percent of …
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