The following is from the city’s Coastal Resilience Plan for the Sunset Cliffs. (Yesterday’s post — the proposals for OB and Dog Park.)
Sunset Cliffs
Sunset Cliffs Boulevard is a two-way, two-lane roadway that runs north-south adjacent to the Sunset Cliffs Linear Park and along an actively eroding cliff to the west. Sunset Cliffs Linear Park runs between Adair Street to the north and Ladera Street to the south including an approximately .2-mile-long stretch of open space shoreline and coastal trail adjacent to the Pacific Ocean to the west and Sunset Cliffs Boulevard to the east.
One option for the Sunset Cliffs project includes a road reconfiguration on Sunset Cliffs Boulevard which would create a new separated multi-use path for pedestrians and bicyclists with a one-lane, one-way southbound vehicular travel lane. This concept is in early stages of development, analysis and community engagement to inform the concept.
Another option for the Sunset Cliffs project is to realign the parking lots along the northern portion of the project site away from the cliff edge. This option includes trail enhancements, revegetation of the linear park with native vegetation, drainage improvements as necessary and removal of the paved parking lots from the cliff edge to pull-in parking spaces along the roadway (refer to Concept F-1 figures).
Given the narrow cliff edges and limited amount of recreational space consisting of informal trails, the major focus for the Sunset Cliffs project is to enhance the existing resources without compromising the structural integrity of the cliff or current infrastructure.
This may sound irresponsible, but I like the whole Sunset Cliffs area as-is and I sometimes wonder whether we should just leave it alone and deal with the various problems as they occur—these “Master Plans” seem to bring all sorts of problems of their own.
/s/ Chris Kennedy
The two-lane Sunset Cliffs Boulevard with nothing to slow traffic southbound from Point Loma Avenue all the way to Ladera and only one stop sign northbound at Cordova is pretty whack. It’s a wonderful place to walk, bike, surf, etc… and the majority of the waterfront space is given up so people can drive as fast as they desire or to idle in grid lock. Move the traffic onto Devonshire/Cordova and let the waterfront be for people to enjoy.
No
The one-way sounds amazing for allowing people to better enjoy one of most naturally beautiful areas of our city while slowing the deterioration of the cliffs. I used to run to the end of Sunset Cliffs when I lived on that side of OB. Over the years sections just disappeared in landslides and it pushed the trail closer to the street, sometimes into the street.
Doing nothing is still going to lead to a one-way as cliff erosion and landslides increase with weight and vibration of vehicles. We have an option now to better preserve the pedestrian trail. Come on conservatives- time to conserve and make prudent decisions.
But Panga Steve said No! Lol
Oh and destroy these streets and neighborhoods these people who have lived there for years?? ? Hell NO!
How is that destroying the streets?
Exactly! Leave it alone and let be.
Sunset Cliffs Boulevard is and has been “loved to death” by San Diegans, Californians, and indeed people from all over the world. It is no longer acceptably safe by any standards; if you live in West Point Loma you know that by the many sirens on almost any day. What to do?: Close Sunset Cliffs Blvd to ALL car traffic south of Point Loma Avenue. Make this street strictly for pedestrian, bicyclists and emergency equipment (homeowners have alley access to their homes). Put basalt rock buffers at the base of ALL problematic cliff areas, do not accept the arguments about “natural erosion being acceptable. Put basalt reefs offshore along areas of high surf impact to reduce the erosive effects of high surf. And install robust stairways down to areas that are in high public demand (like No-Surf). This is tough medicine, but we have to swallow it, we can’t continue to allow the unsafe conditions that our beloved Sunset Cliffs are eroding into, and we can’t ignore the erosion that is occurring.