Slammed Treasure Island
The original builders of Treasure Island in 1939 dumped 20 million cubic yards of dredged sand and rock into the bay. They did not anticipate climate change.
Today, the island is getting slammed by the very water that surrounds it.
Rating: 2/5 (for the incident response; the festival itself was otherwise well-curated) slammed treasure island
The second way Treasure Island is being slammed is by affordable housing advocates and politicians.
When the city approved the Treasure Island Development Project in 2011, the promise was glittering: a solar-powered, carbon-neutral, LEED-Platinum community. Crucially, the plan mandated that 25% of all new units be "affordable" to low- and middle-income families. The original builders of Treasure Island in 1939
But in 2024/2025, those promises are under fire.
Recently, locals have begun using the phrase to describe the island’s traffic status: As the development races toward its goal of
As the development races toward its goal of 20,000 new residents, transportation planners are scrambling to implement a ferry system and a dedicated bus lane. But for now, the bridge gods are winning.