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Port and Army Corps unveil $13 billion draft waterfront flood study; NEPA and Section 106 comment period open through March 29
Summary
Port and Army Corps staff presented a draft coastal waterfront flood study to the Historic Preservation Commission, describing a preliminary $13 billion estimate, an expected 65% federal cost share if authorized, reach-specific strategies for the Embarcadero and southern waterfront, and a NEPA/Section 106 process with public comment through March 29, 2024.
Port and Planning staff briefed the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission on Feb. 7 about the San Francisco Coastal Waterfront Flood Study, a multi-decade feasibility analysis led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with the Port of San Francisco. The informational presentation opened a 60-day NEPA public comment period that runs through March 29, 2024.
Danielle Ng Oh, senior planner in the Planning Department's citywide division, introduced the briefing and said comments submitted at today's hearing and the March 20 session will be combined into a comment letter from the commission to the Army Corps.
Adam Barrett, planning lead for the Port's waterfront resilience program and the flood study, said the draft plan assesses coastal flood risk and sea-level rise through the year 2140 and includes a preliminary, high-level cost estimate of about $13,000,000,000. Barrett said that if…
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