Dock to be removed next month from Oregon beach
It's part of debris from last year's tsunami in Japan
An unidentified person sterilizes the side of a dock float torn loose from a Japanese fishing port by the 2011 tsunami. The dock float washed up on Agate Beach near Newport, Ore. Scientists say they don't now yet how much the tons of tsunami debris may add to the invasive species problem on the West Coast.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department says the work to remove a dock from Agate Beach near Newport, Ore., could begin as soon as July 30.
The 66-foot dock will be dismantled and hauled away from the beach under an $84,000 contract with Ballard Diving and Salvage of Vancouver.
The dock washed ashore June 5 and officials confirmed it had been swept away from Japan in the March 2011 tsunami.
Pieces of the dock will be saved for a local memorial.
