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Senate backs interim Highway 37 project with incidental-take authorization; bill framed as necessary resilience step
Summary
Senators approved SB 697, authorizing incidental take for certain species to enable an interim half-billion-dollar project on Highway 37 and related habitat restoration. Supporters described the measure as a necessary step while planning a longer-term elevated causeway; opponents urged alternatives and emphasized transit and housing solutions.
The Senate approved SB 697, authorizing an incidental-take permit and related conservation measures to allow an interim resilience and restoration project along State Highway 37, the low-lying route that crosses marshes north of San Pablo Bay.
Senator Bill Wilson, presenting the measure, said the corridor is at acute risk from sea-level rise and that without action portions of Highway 37 could be under water within decades. Wilson described the interim proposal—estimated at roughly $500…
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