How to save southern part of S.F.’s Ocean Beach – less roadway and a lot more sand
For the past two weeks, a 375-foot dredge ship has been cruising off the coast of San Francisco, ferrying thousands of tons of sand from the seafloor to Ocean Beach and marking the city’s latest effort to confront climate change. The ambitious $7 million project is designed to anchor the city’s rapidly eroding southern shoreline with a 3,000-foot-long, 30-foot-tall sand berm. … Roads, underground infrastructure and a major city wastewater treatment plant are at risk of being swallowed by the sea.
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