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Budget committee forwards amended ordinance to let Army Corps dredge Pier 70 Central Basin
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee on Dec. 5 forwarded an amended ordinance authorizing the Port of San Francisco to execute a project partnership agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the Central Basin at Pier 70; the Port will provide matching funds already appropriated for the initial dredge and a not‑to‑exceed maintenance match over 30 years.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ Budget and Finance Committee voted Dec. 5 to forward an amended ordinance that authorizes the Port of San Francisco to enter a project partnership agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the Central Basin adjacent to Pier 70.
Daley Donaldson, Port Special Projects Manager, told the committee the Corps’ preferred alternative would deepen the Central Basin to an authorized depth of 32 feet and fold routine maintenance dredging into federal operations. “For every dollar that the Federal Government spends there, they stand to recoup almost 3,” Donaldson said, summarizing the Corps’ cost‑benefit analysis.
Restoring the authorized depth, Donaldson said, would prevent the shipyard at Pier 70 from turning away vessels for navigational reasons and make the facility more competitive. He described Pier 70 as the Port’s shipbuilding facility…
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