Thanks to all who attended this past month's Local Coastal Plan (LCP) workshop. Stay tuned for a final workshop later this year. This event will unveil the draft language of the LCP.
In other news...
This past month our local neighborhood newspaper, the Sunset Beacon, published a story regarding a plan of road consolidation and re-alignment for the Great Highway south of Sloat. Oscar Gee, project manager at the San Francisco Department of Public Works, confirmed the move in the piece. The Great Highway south of Sloat is to be consolidated into one northbound / one southbound lane. The two new lanes are to re-aligned away from the water.
This is a significant milestone in our campaign to restore the south of Sloat area of Ocean Beach. At the heart of our solution for Ocean Beach erosion is the landward relocation of threatened infrastructure. Re-aligning the road inland south of Sloat is a critical first step to removing the erosion hazard, and gaining the space we need for proper beach restoration.
Truthfully, the south of Sloat section of the Great Highway should never have been built so close to the water. This portion of the coastal road was under attack by the surf ever since it was extended to meet up with Skyline Boulevard in 1964. Above is proof of this claim. The image is screenshot of an article that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, dated Tuesday June 5, 1973 page 2. Click on the image and zoom in to read.
Dumping rock to control erosion at Ocean Beach is nothing new. It's time to stop this practice.
Dumping rock to control erosion at Ocean Beach is nothing new. It's time to stop this practice.
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