After opening for a week, beaches near border closed again
After being open for only one week, the ocean shoreline near the border was closed again Sunday because of sewage contamination, San Diego County, CA, officials said. The closure affects all of the ocean shoreline at Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge and Border Field State Park, officials said Sunday. Ocean water samples exceeded state health standards, according to the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality.
This closure makes it the fourth time this year that the beach has been closed due to sewage contamination. For Adam Hernandez who has lived at Imperial Beach his whole life it's no surprise,
"There is always talk about it getting cleaned up and efforts being made to help clear it out but
we just keep seeing the same thing over and over."
At the end of 2019, the United States, Mexico Canada trade deal promised $300 million to go towards long-term projects that would address the contamination issue. In 2020, the EPA announced short term projects to help keep the beaches open. According to ABC10's previous reports,
construction for the short term projects is expected to take place sometime in 2023.
As for the $300 million?
There is still no decision on how the money will be spent, nor a timeline or plan for what exactly the project/projects will entail.
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