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One Shoreline outlines multimodal plan to protect Millbrae and Burlingame shoreline from sea-level rise
Summary
One Shoreline presented draft design concepts and a late-summer draft EIR for a three-mile MillbraeBurlingame shoreline resilience project, proposing onshore levees, nearshore seawalls and habitat-focused hybrid solutions while flagging major funding and permitting needs.
One Shoreline, the countywide flood-and-sea-level-rise resiliency district, gave Millbrae City Council an update March 24 on a three-mile shoreline project that would extend from the airport's planned seawall at Highline Canal through Millbrae's Bayfront Park into Burlingame.
The presentation, delivered by Chief Executive Len Matterman and Project Director Summer Bundy, described existing conditions that leave the shoreline vulnerable to higher tides and storm surge: shoreline elevations as low as 8 feet NAVD, tidally connected creeks that back up into city storm systems, and fragmented, nonengineered protections in front of hotels and commercial properties. The agency said the corridor includes critical infrastructure and transportation corridors at risk and estimated “over $2 billion of infrastructure” and roughly $370 million of buildings exposed under future sea-level…
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