Contractors operating bulldozers move freshly dredged sand into place Jan. 31 at Solana Beach, California.

Doug Chitwood, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District lead project engineer, left of center, talks with Col. James Handura, commander of the Corps’ South Pacific Division, right, during a site tour Jan. 18 on the Rio Hondo side of Whittier Narrows Dam in Montebello, California.

Gary Jones, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors, left of center, talks with Lt. Col. Stephen Brooks, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District deputy commander, during a Jan. 9 boat tour of dredging operations at Marina del Rey Harbor in LA County, California. Brooks spent most of the day visiting with LA District project-delivery team members and LA County project partners to better understand how he can best support those working on the project.

The Seana C, at right, a triple-screw-model bow tug, pulls a dump scow, called the Robert L, on the way to deposit dredged material near the shore of Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey, California. The pair of vessels is slated to make four to five trips per day for the next five months.

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