California Construction News staff writer
The Board of the California State Coastal Conservancy has approved more than $48 million for 22 projects to protect, restore, and improve access along coast and coastal watersheds.
The San Diego Unified Port District will receive $6.6 million for the construction of Harbor Park, a 25-acre park with a beach, boat launch, and other recreational amenities to expand, improve the resilience of, and replace amenities of Bayside Park on the Chula Vista Bayfront.
Also, $994,197 will go to 13 nonprofit organizations and 1 tribe for projects to enhance the public’s opportunities to explore the California coast. The programs will engage an estimated 6,100 people from across California, including 5,500 low-income Californians, 5,700 people of color, 1,000 youth who are homeless or in foster care, approximately 650 people for whom English is not their first language, and at least 1,900 people with physical, cognitive, and/or emotional disabilities.
“Coastal Conservancy funding is being put to work to protect and restore the California coast, and to make it more accessible and climate resilient. The projects funded at this meeting, from wildfire resilience to wetland restoration to lower cost coastal accommodation, will help to address the many challenges that face our iconic coastline. We are proud of our nonprofit, tribal, and public agency partners and excited to see these projects being implemented,” Amy Hutzel, executive officer of the State Coastal Conservancy, said in a statement.
Click here for the full list of projects throughout the state and more information about the grant programs.
