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SFPUC outlines Ocean Beach protection plan, short‑term sand placements and 2021 long‑term start
Summary
SFPUC staff updated commissioners on short‑ and long‑term measures to protect critical wastewater infrastructure and the coast at South Ocean Beach, including sand placement under a six‑year permit, interim 'soft' protections and long‑term concepts such as managed retreat, low‑profile walls and a possible Army Corps cost‑share to bring dredged sand.
Zanna Roche, Climate Change and Special Projects Manager for the Wastewater Enterprise, told the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on April 26 that the agency is pursuing a two‑pronged approach to chronic erosion at South Ocean Beach: continued short‑term sand placements and a long‑term alternatives analysis aimed at construction beginning around 2021.
Roche said the Ocean Beach master plan study area stretches from the Cliff House to the Fort Funston bluffs and that the sites of greatest concern include the Oceanside Treatment Plant, the Lake Merced Tunnel and the West Side transport boxes. “This is the area that is experiencing chronic erosion that we are trying to protect,” she said, noting staff have already used sand placements…
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