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| A Surfer avoids the rubble strewn shoreline at 2nd Lot Photo: B. McLaughlin |
Greetings Surfriders and Friends,
Please sign our new online petition for near term improvements for Sloat!
While the Master Plan continues to be developed, we are asking that sand access to the beach be maintained at both parking lots. Additionally, it is time for initial rubble clean-up to begin. The photo above shows the current situation at high tide. Rubble that does not protect the bluff is now underwater. We hope to see this finally addressed in 2014. Our new petition is a quick and easy way you can help with this effort!
In other news, we are currently engaged with our public agencies over a new erosion hotspot that has developed in the 2nd (South) parking lot. Apparently, some of the old drainage pipes may be contributing to a pair of notches that have recently formed in the bluff. See photo below. The spread of erosion from these two sites could lead to serious consequences for public access. The parking lot could become severed into two pieces which would lead to its closure. Since the New Year, we have sent multiple inquiries to public officials from the SPUR team about the hotspot. A final word is still pending. Let's hope the collaborative spirit fostered by the Ocean Beach Master Plan bears fruit! One thing is for sure: we cannot afford to lose more parking access at south Sloat.
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