Construction of the new Shelter Island Boat Launch Facility continues to make progress but, unfortunately, the launch ramp will remain closed to the public during the July 4 holiday.\u00a0The Port of San Diego recognizes that this extended closure impacts boaters during the summer season, but due to longer than expected delays, the ramp cannot be opened at this time.\u00a0The contractor is working on opening a lane as soon as construction allows.
\nCurrently the contractor is building the east half of the breakwater wall system. Pile driving activities are anticipated throughout the early part of July, but could be extended if additional unforeseen underground obstructions are discovered.\u00a0
\nThe contractor had previously encountered an extensive amount of large buried concrete debris, and the removal of this debris required a change to the project schedule. To make up for lost time, the contractor has been working 10-hour days and most Saturdays.
\nThe new concrete breakwater wall system is more than 75 percent complete, with the remaining portion anticipated to be in place by early July.\u00a0Additionally, the western portion of the new concrete walkway is underway, as well as construction of the new concrete boat ramp.\u00a0 It is anticipated that concrete pouring for the new ramp will begin in early July.\u00a0 The entire project is anticipated to be completed and all lanes open by late 2018.
\nOnce completed, the improvements will make the boat launch safer and more navigable. Upgrades include enlarging the maneuvering area in the basin by 80 percent, replacing the worn-out launch ramp, increasing the lengths of the boarding floats, installing public walking platforms with viewing areas, installing signage and lighting and updating the docks, public walkways, adjacent parking and restroom to current Americans with Disabilities Act Standards.
\nThe Port of San Diego appreciates the public\u2019s patience as we continue with this important public improvement project.\u00a0Please visit\u00a0portofsandiego.org\/sibl\u00a0for a list of alternate boat launches.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Construction of the new Shelter Island Boat Launch Facility continues to make progress but, unfortunately, the launch ramp will remain closed to the public during the July 4 holiday.\u00a0The Port of San Diego recognizes that this extended closure impacts boaters during the summer season, but due to longer than expected delays, the ramp cannot be […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":277997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11561","_seopress_titles_title":"Shelter Island Boat Launch to remain closed for July 4","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11551,11561],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-peninsula-beacon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}