RICHMOND HARBOR
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

PROJECT LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION

Richmond Harbor is a high-use, deep-draft harbor located on San Francisco Bay in the County of Contra Costa. The project includes the Outer and Inner Harbor Channels and a training wall.  Authorized project depths of the channels are 38 feet (Inner Harbor) to 45 feet (Outer Harbor).
 

FY 21 ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

• Completed dredging to project depth and placed all suitable beneficial reuse material at an upland beneficial reuse site.

FY 22 ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

• Complete an analysis of advanced maintenance alternatives. Plan to perform condition surveys, Environmental coordination, and develop plans and specifications for the next dredge episode.

ISSUES AND OTHER INFORMATION

• This is a non-annual project with a dredging cycle of every two years.  Dredging is scheduled for FY23.
• The CA State Coastal Conservancy has contributed approximately $5M to fund the additional cost of beneficial reuse.  We used roughly half in FY21 and will use the rest of the funding to redirect a portion of the dredged material from in-Bay placement to beneficial reuse for the next episode summer.
• ​The Port of RWC continues to support reducing the dredging cycle frequency from every two years to annually. The PDT is evaluating the feasibility of this recommendation.

CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST

• 11^th District, Rep. Mark DeSaulnier
• 12^th District, Rep. Nancy Pelosi

POINT OF CONTACT

• Deputy for Project Management, Edwin S. Townsley, (415) 503-6593.

Updated on 20 Sept. 2021

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