North Embarcadero Visionary Plan
Joint Powers Authority Meeting - July 26, 2007 (2 p.m.) Click here for details and materials
NEVP Plan

DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO'S western waterfront is poised to undergo a dramatic revitalization. Several projects planned and underway will remake downtown's "front porch" into a magnificent public esplanade. In 1997, an alliance of five agencies (CCDC, the City of San Diego, the County of San Diego, the San Diego Unified Port District and the United States Navy) with jurisdictional or ownership interest in the North Embarcadero area joined forces to create a vision for the future development of the area. The result was the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan, intended to become the "showcase of the San Diego waterfront and a place for urban grandeur." The design, created by Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut and Kuhn (EEK), will add almost 12 acres of park and open space and calls for 7 acres of gardens, 5 acres of hardscape and landscape area and more than 1,700 trees. Because the plan is so large, implementation will be segmented into phases.

NORTH EMBARCADERO VISIONARY PLAN

PROJECT COMPONENTS:

• An estimated $228 million public infrastructure program to improve to San Diego's "front porch"
• Project area is roughly 1 mile long and a 1/4 mile wide, including a broad waterside esplanade and narrowed Harbor Drive
• Improved Broadway Pier and plaza space at the foot of Broadway
• New pier(s) and historic wharf at County Administration Center
• Streetscape enhancements (lighting, paving, street trees, furniture)
• Public art

APPROVALS & PROJECT ACTIVITY:

• Environmental Impact Report (EIR) certified April 2000
• Port Master Plan/Community Plan amendments approved by the California Coastal Commission March 2001
• Preschematic design completed 2002
• North Embarcadero Alliance Joint Powers Authority (JPA)—Port/CCDC/Agency initiated in August 2003
• Schematic design and recommended 1st phase approved February 2007 approved by JPA Board April 2005
• New JPA agreement for construction document for 1st phase approved February 2007.
• A Request for Qualifications for Design Services for Phase 1 of the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan was issued on April 23, 2007. Statements of Qualification are due on May 23, 2007.

http://www.portofsandiego.org/projects/nevp

North Embarcadero Waterfront Schematic Design Presentation

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