Supervisors considering LCP update

The Examiner has a short piece on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors hearing on the proposed update to the Local Coastal Plan, which tookj place last Tuesday.

The currently approved buildout would cause a 55 percent shortfall of the area’s water supply and worsen traffic on state highways 1 and 92 from "congestion" to "gridlock" by 2010 unless coastside infrastructure is expanded to keep up, according to county planner George Bergman.

The amended 1980 Midcoast Local Coastal Program allows for as many as 7,153 housing units to be built on county lands in Moss Beach, El Granada, Miramar and Princeton, 48 percent more than the existing 3,719 residences.

That’s actually a 92 percent increase.

The story quotes a builder and two real estate agents, whom it describes as "residents".

The supervisors decided to wait until the county Planning and Building Division could provide details on how much additional water, sewer treatment and road widening would be feasible for the midcoast.

The next hearing will be at the March 29 Board of Supervisors meeting. The supervisors plan to take their final vote on the Midcoast revisions April 26.