https://padlet.com/1057194/9qbllu4k5gnv8l4u Flooding from rain and extreme high tides often leaves the road to San Francisco's China Camp State Park inaccessible. So a diverse group of stakeholders, with support from NOAA’s Science Collaborative team, proposed raising the road. en-us 2023-04-14 21:54:15 UTC 2025-11-06 21:48:42 UTC hello@padlet.com 1057194 https://padlet.com/1057194/9qbllu4k5gnv8l4u/wish/2555010968 This problem is located at the China Camp State Park, located within the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. This features a popular beachfront and trails by land and waterway. ]]> 2023-04-14 21:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1057194/9qbllu4k5gnv8l4u/wish/2555010968 1057194 https://padlet.com/1057194/9qbllu4k5gnv8l4u/wish/2555011128 The problem at this state park is that with the winter's extreme high tides and heavy rainfall that combine with the sea levels, rise to flood the only roadway into the park making it undriveable. These flood events also threaten marsh habitat and block emergency services from reaching bayside neighborhoods. ]]> 2023-04-14 21:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/1057194/9qbllu4k5gnv8l4u/wish/2555011128 1057194 https://padlet.com/1057194/9qbllu4k5gnv8l4u/wish/2555011165 The two solutions that NOAA's Science Collaborative, San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, California State Parks, and Marin County Department of Public works came up with were to raise the most vulnerable road section using solid fill whiel improving the marsh's ability to handle and distribute water flow or to raise the most vulnerable road section via a pile-supported causeway. Both of these solutions have their pros and cons. ]]> 2023-04-14 21:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/1057194/9qbllu4k5gnv8l4u/wish/2555011165 1057194 https://padlet.com/1057194/9qbllu4k5gnv8l4u/wish/2555011251 This project has now been finished so there is not much being done now besides maintaining what has already been built. However, some challenges along the way could be trying to develop solutions for tidal road flooding which would've been very complex and understanding the tidal waves pattern to make sure that the marsh stays okay and the roads are not to flood again after today. ]]> 2023-04-14 21:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1057194/9qbllu4k5gnv8l4u/wish/2555011251 1057194 https://padlet.com/1057194/9qbllu4k5gnv8l4u/wish/2555011328 The final question that I have on this project still is how big of an impact did this project have? How many people travel this path and go down there to enjoy their day?]]> 2023-04-14 21:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/1057194/9qbllu4k5gnv8l4u/wish/2555011328