This report by the Trails for Richmond Action Committee summarizes new and improved Bay Trail sections completed or ready to advertise for bids since adoption of the City of Richmond’s Bicycle Master Plan and Pedestrian Plan in October 2011. TRAC 2-year Report
Continue Reading1. SFEI-ASC Seeks to Fill Two Important Positions: Executive Director, Senior Project Manager 2. Jim Kelly Appointed Interim Director of SFEI-ASC 3. PFCs in the News 4. Special Issue of Marine Geology on Sediment Transport in San Francisco Bay 5. RMP Journal Publication on Mercury in San Francisco Bay Forage Fish 1. SFEI-ASC Seeks to Fill Two […]
Continue ReadingState regulators ordered Google to move its mysterious high-tech barge out of its Treasure Island hangar Monday on grounds that the four-story bayside techie haven lacks necessary permits. The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission issued the directive Monday after numerous complaints about construction on the island, commission executive director Larry Goldzband told the Associated […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) are proposing performance standards for certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel of the Armed Forces into the navigable waters of the United States, the territorial seas, and the contiguous zone. Comments must be received on or before April […]
Continue ReadingWater taxi may soon ferry workers from Richmond’s Marina Bay to San Francisco By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times RICHMOND — A private water taxi may soon transport workers from the Marina Bay shoreline to San Francisco daily. Richard Poe, who owns and operates 25 acres of land and about 250,000 square feet of […]
Continue ReadingTransportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) County Program Manager Fund Fiscal Year 2014/15 Draft Call for Projects The San Francisco County Transportation Authority is pleased to announce a call for projects for an estimated $800,000 in TFCA County Program Manager Fund programming for the Fiscal Year 2014/15 cycle. This is being issued as a draft […]
Continue ReadingOur nation’s ports, America’s opportunity multipliers Posted by Anthony Foxx “In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama said that we need to help upgrade America’s transportation system because, “in today’s global economy, first-class jobs gravitate to first-class infrastructure.” It’s no coincidence that the President explicitly included our nation’s ports in the […]
Continue ReadingWATER: House tackles Calif. drought on multiple fronts Debra Kahn, E&E reporter Published: Monday, February 3, 2014 Congress is eyeing California’s record-breaking drought this week by reviving political hot-button issues as well as long-term infrastructure proposals. A bill to make more water available to farmers in the Central Valley is headed to the Rules Committee […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. The following new information has been posted to the State Water Resources Control Board’s “Drought Year Water Actions” page: Notice of a Temporary Urgency Change Petition filed by California Department of Water Resources and the United States Bureau of Reclamation Regarding Delta Water Quality […]
Continue Reading“What you’ll see: The Port of Redwood City solves the access problems that plague many recreation sites along southern San Francisco Bay. There is more than a mile of shoreline access for walks and picnics. It has a boat ramp, a fishing pier, a deepwater channel so boats can venture out – regardless of […]
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