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A recent report stated the projects needed to protect a popular beach will cost an estimated $1.2 billion….
A new report puts forth suggested projects to protect Stinson Beach and the surrounding area that will total over an estimated $1.2 billion.
The projects would include elevating homes, roads, and bridges, raising infrastructure, including the bulkheads of Seadrift and Bolinas Lagoon, constructing dunes and cobble berms along beaches for natural buffering, and implementing a community-wide wastewater treatment system.
“The adaptation pathway was developed based on stakeholder engagement as well as engineering, environmental, regulatory, social, and economic considerations,” said Chris Choo, the Marin County Community Development Agency (CDA) assistant director. “Our planners worked with consulting firm Environmental Science Associates (ESA) to identify and analyze feasible adaptation strategies…”
