Sea Level Rise — The Levee Is Done, But the Work Is Not
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Foster City completed the largest public works project in its history in February 2024 — a multi-year levee improvement program that is already earning national recognition. The Levee Improvements Project has been recognized by the Floodplain Management Association, Engineering News Record, and the American Society of Civil Engineers San Francisco Section for excellence in flood management — a well-deserved acknowledgment of a city that acted before disaster struck. The completed levee increased the height and width of Foster City's six-mile bayfront perimeter, ensuring continued protection against storm and tide surges, maintaining FEMA accreditation, and providing resilience for sea level rise projections through the year 2100. But the work is not finished: Foster City is among the top Bay Area cities identified by researchers as at elevated risk for affordable housing flooding by 2050, and the levee's long-term integrity depends on sustained maintenance funding, coordination with OneShoreline (the county's sea level rise district), and monitoring as state sea level projections are updated.
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