Dust Control – Soil Stabilization – Erosion Control

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The city (Newport Beach) is seeking easements granted by property owners in order to complete several erosion control  projects. A secondary benefit of the erosion control project would be the removal of dense, invasive non-native plants and replacement with drought-tolerant, fire-resistant native plants, the city said.

“In order to move forward, we need to have the easements by November,” city Project Manager Bob Stein said.

Following that, construction would begin next summer after the end of the breeding season for threatened and endangered birds, so the work would be completed by the first rains.

“This is the most dangerous kind of construction you can do,” Stein said, especially when the ground is saturated.

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