California Coastal Commission notes conflict in approving buried wall at SF’s Ocean Beach

A contested plan to build an underground seawall to protect a critical stormwater tunnel along the coast of South Ocean Beach in San Francisco was given conditional approval by the California Coastal Commission last week.

Several commissioners said they had reservations about the proposal from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission that involves building an underground armoring wall and artificial dunes, building up the beach and bluffs by manually replacing sand, and constructing recreational amenities along the Great Highway extension between Sloat and Skyline Boulevards.