A $175 million seawall project will shore up a wastewater treatment plant and a sewage tunnel on the southern end of San Francisco's Ocean Beach to help protect the area from erosion.
Suzanne PhanThe California Coastal Commission has approved a plan to build a massive seawall to protect San Francisco's Ocean Beach against erosion.The California Coastal Commission approved a plan to build a massive seawall to protect San Francisco's Ocean Beach against erosion on Thursday.It would all happen right by the Great Highway, which voters recently agreed to permanently close to cars to create a recreational area.
"It's the Lake Merced Tunnel. It's large enough you could drive a truck through it. Its 14-foot diameter tunnel, it carries storm water and sewage from that side of the city to the oceanside treatment plant," said Anna Roche, senior project manager of the SFPUC. "If it fails, that means we could be spilling sewage onto the beach and hundreds of thousands of residents would not be able to flush their toilet," Roche said.Many people agree it's important to protect the city's aging infrastructure, but they don't think a large seawall is the way to do it.
"It's huge. It's huge," said Jennifer Savage with the Surfrider Foundation. "3,000 feet long, up to 120 feet wide, 35 feet deep."
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