By Dave Downey - ddowney@nctimes.com
North County Times
June 5, 2009
A regional planning agency is setting the stage for a 2012 sand replenishment project like the one that dumped enough sand on county beaches in 2001 to fill Qualcomm Stadium.
The San Diego Association of Governments is poised to launch an environmental study for the project next month. SANDAG says it is going to evaluate the consequences of pumping sand onto the beach from the ocean floor, and of building a model sand retention structure at Solana Beach.
Shelby Tucker, SANDAG associate regional planner, said the association hired the Long Beach consulting firm of Moffatt & Nichol to tackle the two-year, $500,000 study.
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