The Port of Long Beach announced last week that it has prepared its final environmental-impact report (EIR) for a Southern California Edison (SCE) proposal to modify existing transmission and telecommunication lines to improve navigational safety in the inner-harbor area.
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners will consider the EIR during a public hearing at its Dec. 11 meeting at 6pm at the Port Interim Administrative Offices, 4801 Airport Plaza Dr., according to the Port of Long Beach.
SCE’s project would remove a portion of transmission line and raise segments of existing transmission and telecommunication lines, along with supporting transmission structures that cross the Cerritos Channel at Piers A and S.
According to the Port of Long Beach, the plans are consistent with the objectives for the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project. The new bridge will be 205 feet above the port’s back channel, while SCE’s existing transmission towers’ electric lines spanning the Cerritos Channel are 155 feet above the water. To ensure these electric lines do not impede navigation through the inner harbor, the transmission lines and associated towers will need to be raised to at least 205 feet, the port states.
The EIR, including comments and responses, is available at polb.com/ceqa. Additional comments may be made at the hearing or submitted through email to ceqa@polb.com.
Source: LBPD
