Sand recovered from clearing the Great Highway is being used once again to help shore up the south Sloat bluffs.
Dear Surfriders and Friends,
The Chapter Erosion Committee has just released a new document about the history of erosion at Ocean Beach. See http://public.surfrider.org/files/a_history_of_coastal_erosion_at_ocean_beach_0412.pdf
In many ways, the challenge we face at Sloat is nothing new. There is a long record of coastal erosion at Ocean Beach. With the wisdom gained from an historical perspective, we hope to chart a new course for erosion response by our city...
We are also pleased to announce the release of a new basic informational video about the Sloat issue. Check it out by clicking this link... https://vimeo.com/40248193 Thanks to Josh Hayes of Visual Anarchy and Silvin Morgan for their help in producing this work.
In other news...
The final Ocean Beach Master plan is due to be released within the next few weeks. Please stay tuned! There is an excellent article on the OBMP in the current issue of the SPUR journal The Urbanist. See http://www.spur.org/publications/urbanist
In the meantime, at last Tuesday's meeting of the Board of Supervisors, Supervisor Carmen Chu asked Mayor Lee if he would support the recommendations of the SPUR OBMP. The Mayor said he would not only help find the money to implement it, but would take steps to expedite the plan through the bureaucracy. This is important news as the situation at Sloat needs to be addressed as quickly as possible. The sooner we take action - hopefully with a managed retreat plan - the better. Coastal erosion keeps its own schedule.
One more development: The City has resumed the practice of using sand collected from clearing the Great Highway to fill erosion hotspots at south Sloat. Although this is a short-term, "Band-Aid" style measure, sacrificial beach sand has less of an environmental impact than sandbags, rock or rubble. Perhaps most importantly, it does not promote the spread of erosion - as is the case with the armored approach.
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