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Environmental Remediation

Beginning in the 1880's, the Campbell Shipyard site - adjacent to the Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel and east of the convention center - was used for industrial activities including shipbuilding, the manufacturing of bulk petroleum and gas waste disposal. Consequently, extensive environmental remediation has been required to clean up the site for development. In the first phase of remediation, the Port treated or removed over 80,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil from the land site of this site. During the current and final phase of remediation, 9.2 acres of waterside sediment was capped with 5 feet of sand, gravel, and rock. Included in the capping phase was 1.6 acres of mitigation area to replace eelgrass habitat lost by the project.