SOLANA BEACH, Calif.
Solana Beach has a weak spot in its armor, and the California Coastal Commission is refusing to let homeowners fix it.
Most of the city’s seaside homes sit nearly 90 feet above the beach behind a carefully crafted, faux-rock seawall that protects the base of the cliffs from the erosion of the surf.
At high tide, Solana Beach has no beach. The waves crash against the concrete walls almost everywhere except Fletcher Cove, which the town fathers carved out from the bluffs with fire hoses during a development boom in the early 1920s.
But on the northern end of town, there’s a 50-foot gap where one house has no seawall and on Sept. 10, 2020, the Coastal Commission board again denied the property owners permission to build one. Only houses in place before the state passed its Coastal Act in 1972 are allowed to build or replace seawalls.
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Solana Beach has a weak spot in its armor, and the California Coastal Commission is refusing to let homeowners fix it.
Most of the city’s seaside abodes sit nearly 90 feet above the beach behind a carefully crafted, faux-rock sea wall that protects the base of the cliffs from the erosion of the surf.
At high tide, Solana Beach has no beach. The waves crash against the concrete walls almost everywhere except Fletcher Cove, which the town fathers carved out from the bluffs with fire hoses during a development boom in the early 1920s.
But on the northern end of town, there’s a 50-foot gap where one house has no sea wall and, on Sept. 10, 2020, the Coastal Commission board again denied property owners permission to build one. Only houses in place before the state passed its Coastal Act in 1972 are allowed to build or replace sea walls.
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Fletcher Cove Beach closed weekdays for sand replenishment
The beach at Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach will be closed during the week until Memorial Day, while a sand replenishment project is underway.
and last updated 2021-04-20 20:51:17-04
SOLANA BEACH, Calif. (KGTV) - The beach at Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach will be closed during the week until Memorial Day, while a sand replenishment project is underway.
Tuesday morning, the parking lot and access to the beach were closed while dump trucks transported sand from a nearby construction project on South Sierra down to the beach.
Kim Kelly has been running the beaches in Del Mar and Solana Beach for twenty years. She said she s always mindful of the fragile bluffs.
The first ever SCOUP project at Fletcher Cove Beach April 15, 2021, by Eldin Ganic
The City of Solana Beach, CA, will implement the first ever Sand Compatibility Opportunistic Use Program (SCOUP) project by placing up to 25,000 cubic yards of high-quality sand on Fletcher Cove Beach beginning Monday, April 19, and ending May 28.
“This important beach sand replenishment program, which has been in the City’s work Plan for several years, is intended to preserve and maintain our beaches and to protect our coastal bluffs and public and private property from Coastal Storm Damage erosion and possible failure,” the City said.
Under this first ever SCOUP Project, sand will be transported from the Solana 101 construction site at the corner of Sierra Ave and Dahlia Drive to Fletcher Cove Beach.