Sand Being Transported to San Clemente Beaches to Protect the San Diego Rail Connection.

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More than 300 truckloads of sand from a quarry near Palm Springs will be delivered to San Clemente Beach this week as part of emergency efforts to protect the coastal rail line, San Diego County’s only rail connection to the rest of the U.S. The 3,400 cubic yards are the initial deposit in a long-range plan to extract up to 540,000 cubic yards from various sources, including nearby ocean deposits, to reinforce the San Clemente rail line against …