Capitola to Use $10 Million Dollar Grant to Enforce Cliff Drive Against Environmental Hazards

Capitola to use $10 million dollar grant to enforce Cliff Drive against environmental hazards

Capitola is laying the groundwork for future reinforcements to Cliff Drive.

Capitola shrinks Cliff Drive resiliency project as cost estimates soar

After a battering during the 2023 winter storms that saw swells eat into the city’s coastal cliffs, officials in Capitola envisioned a plan to reinforce one of the city’s most iconic and busiest roads against the future tempests and rising tides.  The high-level proposal for the Cliff Drive resiliency project included reinforced bluffs and an overhaul of the pedestrian, bicycle and car lanes along the roughly third of a mile between the Capitola…