Gavin Newsom greenlights a half-billion dollars for California’s sinking Hwy. 37
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 697 into law Wednesday, allowing expedited construction on a projected $500 million project to widen part of Highway 37 as it continues to subside into Bay Area marshland. The bill, authored by Assemblymember Lori Wilson, D-Suisun City, carves out exceptions to endangered species law so that construction on the roadway can have a larger window. … Documents previously reported on by The Sacramento Bee show that it is sinking into the marsh and that it’s surrounded by sinking levees and berms as sea level rises and threatens to inundate the highway.
Other subsidence news:
- Bay Nature (Albany, Calif.): What to do when your highway is slipping into the sea
- Marin Independent Journal (San Rafael, Calif.): Newsom signs bill that expedites Highway 37 project
- California Department of Water Resources: News release: California’s groundwater data collection and understanding of subsidence expands with launch of NASA-ISRO satellite
