Pacifica Tribune/Jane Northrop, 11/13/12. "AIMCO allowed to construct concrete tie-back wall for The Bluffs apartment building."
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| The Bluffs at Pacifica apartments, 380 Esplanade Avenue |
"The California Coastal Commission has unanimously decided to give the owner of The Bluffs apartment building on Esplanade permission to construct a concrete tie-back wall. The wall will effectively stabilize the otherwise unstable soil slope and prevent further damage from erosion. Bars of concrete will be inserted into the slope and secured into place.
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| Cliff erosion problem |
Owned by AIMCO, The Bluffs at 360-380 Esplanade is near two apartment buildings that were condemned and evacuated during the 2009-10 winter storms.
.... "The original estimate was $10 million, but the way our costs are looking, it may double that amount," said Cindy Duffy, spokeswoman for AIMCO. "The investment is one that is needed to do this work. We are committed to our residents and to the community. We also appreciate the support of the Coastal Commission." Read Article.
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Posted by Kathy Meeh
10 comments:
They did a great job rebuilding this whole complex.
This is only one part of the sea wall, not a retaining wall, needed from Sharp Park to the Daly City line.
A sea wall from Sharp Park to Daly City...is it a good investment of hundreds of millions in public money? Cheaper to relocate the residents although wildly unpopular here.
The cost of buying out properties, demolishing built environments and toxic cleanup, relocating neighborhoods, sewer lines, utilities and roads would dwarf the cost of a seawall. People all over the world mitigate nature's urge to flatten water edges.
Leave it to a bunch of nutty Pacifica NIMBY's to sacrifice everyone elses property as long as it's not their own.
I tell you I would not live in these apartments. In a good quake if those cliffs are saturated they are going to liquify.
I don't believe you can stop sand cliffs from eroding back. The ocean is just too powerful.
@542 Nonsense. People all over the world are finding better ways to deal with this problem. You have no idea what such a sea wall would cost to build and maintain, how effective it might be, or the unintended consequences it may cause. Your method of cost comparison is dramatic, but unrealistic. Do a little serious research on current solutions and the science behind them. Pick and choose, agree or disagree, but educate yourself on the subject.
There's no need for an additional sea wall at Sharp Park. Just bolster the levy and existing rock wall in front of the promenade.
The 50 foot sand cliffs in Manor are another matter. Those landlords knew when they bought that property that the cliffs were eroding. I don't believe any amout of money will stop it.
Nimby this and nimby that. Brilliant. Buyers with a little high school geology would have made those houses a lot harder to sell. Deal with it! Why should the public have to foot the bill?
Bet the rents will be going up again on Esplanade.
I don't want to pay for other people's stupidity
Linda Mar used to be a wetland.
Get rid of the houses.
Sharp Park used to be a sand bar/wetland.
Get rid of the houses.
Pacifica hills are home to endangered butterflies.
Get rid of the houses.
Endangered frogs and snakes are everywhere.
Get rid of the houses.
Just bulldoze the whole damn city and jump off the Pier.
Oops that's gotta go too.
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