New Date: Port of San Diego Seeks Input to Address Erosion Along the Shoreline at Grand Caribe Shoreline Park

As part of its commitment to preserving habitat and providing coastal public access, the Port of San Diego is hosting a workshop to seek input on potential coastal resilience strategies along the eastern shoreline of Grand Caribe Shoreline Park. The Port is evaluating nature-based coastal resilience strategies to stabilize the eastern shoreline of the park, maintain public access and preserve existing habitat. The original workshop date was postponed due to weather.

Workshop details
Tuesday, April 29 at 5 p.m.
Coronado Cays Yacht Club
30 N Caribe Cay Blvd.
Coronado, CA 92118

The project team will provide a brief presentation about the shoreline's current vulnerability to erosion and discuss concepts designed to address erosion, provide shoreline stability and maintain public access with minimal impact on the adjacent habitat. Following the presentation, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide input on potential design concepts with the project team.

Next steps
The project team will use the community feedback received at the workshop to refine a preferred design concept that will be presented for additional input at a second workshop in mid-2025.

For more information about the project and upcoming workshops, visit portofsandiego.org/grand-caribe. For questions, please contact Timothy Barrett by email at tbarrett@portofsandiego.org or by phone at 619.540.0230.

Background
Grand Caribe Shoreline Park is a 2.9-acre park on the southeastern half of an artificial peninsula in southwestern San Diego Bay near the Coronado Cays. Since the construction of the peninsula, the eastern shoreline along the park has experienced ongoing erosion that has impacted the shoreline, beach, trail and established native habitats in the area. The Port has completed a coastal site assessment for the area and is now pursuing conceptual design solution that protects the shoreline, maintains public access and recreation, and preserves the character and ecological value of the existing park space.