San Francisquito Creek Levee Restoration and Floodwall Reconstruction

San Francisquito Creek Levee Restoration and Floodwall Reconstruction

The project has two components: Levee Restoration and Floodwall Demolition and Reconstruction. Each of these components is described below. San Francisquito Creek functions as a dividing line between San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. The Santa Clara Valley Water SCVWD (SCVWD) is responsible for construction on the Santa Clara County side and the City of East Palo Alto is responsible for construction on the San Mateo County side. The San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (JPA) is coordinating the project. The project objective is to increase flood flow capacity within San Francisquito Creek by restoring the levees downstream of Highway 101 to their as-built 1958 elevation, and by rebuilding an 1100 foot section of floodwall in Palo Alto and closing a weir and "CALTRANS gap" on the East Palo Alto side upstream of Highway 101. The City of Palo Alto's bike path on top of the levee will also be removed and rebuilt in the process.

East Palo Alto

San Mateo

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)

California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)

Water Facilities (Type Creek)

Aesthetics, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Recreation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian