By Rick Boone Fox 5 San Diego Reporter

8:15 a.m. PDT, October 16, 2012

SAN DIEGO - A massive dredging project is underway along San Diego County beaches in order to replenish the evaporating coastline.

In an attempt to give life back to oceanfront properties and beachgoers more room to play near the water, San Diego Association of Governments has construction crews in place digging, drilling, and altering the coast from the eroding coastline.

A pipeline is pumping sand from the ocean and kicking it onto the coastal lands.

Oceanside resident Hannes Niedner expressed his concern that waves are getting too close to his home.

Just last week, the tide hit the rocks near my place just swallowing the sand and making the beach invisible, said Niedner.

Oceanside is one of several locations getting a beach facelift. Crews will be working in Oceanside here for a few days, as well as similar projects in Encinitas and Solana Beach.

SANDAG posts beach progress updates on their Facebook and Twitter pages. The current project schedule is :

The projected cost of the project is $28 million.

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Local beaches get sand transfusions