{"id":470685,"date":"2026-09-21T07:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470685\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T07:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:46:09","slug":"port-of-oakland-begins-640m-turning-basins-project-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470685\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Of Oakland Begins $640M Turning Basins Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Baird Maritime<\/p>\n<p class=\"transition-opacity duration-300\">Officials from the Port of Oakland and the US Army Corps of Engineers have signed an agreement to widen and modernise waterways to accommodate larger cargo vessels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"transition-opacity duration-300\">The design pact marks the initial stage of a $640 million infrastructure project intended to maintain maritime trade capacity, the port noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"transition-opacity duration-300\">Cargo ships entering the port frequently reach 1,300 feet (396 metres) in length and must navigate an estuary that currently offers 150 feet (46 metres) of clearance on either side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"transition-opacity duration-300\">Congresswoman Lateefah Simon described the widening initiative as \u201ca prime model of local, state, and federal governments coming together to drive innovation and economic growth\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"transition-opacity duration-300\">Having commenced around 2020, harbor widening works are expected to reach completion in 2030, according to port project schedules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"transition-opacity duration-300\">Sediment dredged during the excavation will be transported for beneficial reuse at the Montezuma Wetlands restoration project in Solano County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"transition-opacity duration-300\">The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners certified the final environmental impact report and approved the project in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/megaproject.com\/news\/seaport\/port-of-oakland-begins-640m-turning-basins-project\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Baird Maritime Officials from the Port of Oakland and the US Army Corps of Engineers have signed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-470685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}