San Jose: $197 million project completed to improve flood protection along south San Francisco Bay shoreline
Hoping to reduce flooding risk for thousands of people living in low lying areas and expand habitat for fish and wildlife, Silicon Valley’s largest water agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday announced they have completed a $197 million project to build two miles of new levees along San Francisco Bay’s southern shoreline. … The work, officially called the South Bay Shoreline Project, also is the key step toward plans for restoring 2,900 acres of former Cargill industrial salt evaporation ponds near Alviso back to tidal wetlands for fish and wildlife, and to expand waterfront public trails in the South Bay.
Other levee news:
- KRCR (Redding, Calif.): Butte County completes Chico Five-Mile SAFE Project cutting flood risks
- Financial Times: News release: Granite announces launch of Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project
