Santa Barbara Harbour Federal Channel e boetse e bolokehile bakeng sa likepe tse kholo tse kenang le ho tsoa koung ka lebaka la lets'olo la ts'ohanyetso le phethetsoeng ka katleho Sontaha se fetileng.
Sesole sa US Army Corps of Engineers, hammoho le mokonteraka oa sona, Pacific Dredge & Construction, San Diego, ba ile ba qala ho phunya seteishene ka tšohanyetso ka la 25 Pherekhong.
Nakong ea lets'olo, "Sandpiper" ea "motlakase" oa "motlakase" o tlositse lehlabathe le fetang 30,000 la lehlabathe monyako oa boema-kepe ho khutlisa phihlello e felletseng.
Ho ea ka ba boholong, lehlabathe le feteletseng le ileng la sutumelletsoa boema-kepeng ke lifefo tsa morao-rao tsa mariha le se le ntšitsoe 'me le behiloe lebōpong la East Beach ho fana ka lijo tsa lebōpo.
Ts'ebetso e tloaelehileng ea tlhokomelo ea boema-kepe e lebelletsoe ho qala hape bohareng ba Hlakola mme e phetheloe bohareng ba Mmesa.Nakong ea potoloho e tlang ea ho hula, ho lebelletsoe hore lintho tse ling tse ka bang 150,000 tsa li-cubic tsa lisebelisoa li tla huloa ebe li beoa lebopong la leoatle.