A massive speculative biolab development, the Redwood LIFE Project, is proposed along the Redwood Shores Ecological Reserve. This is not a typical project. At more than 5 million gross square feet it will be more than double the size of the Oracle campus and three times the size of the Salesforce tower. It is bigger than most projects on the Peninsula and bigger than anything Redwood City has ever contemplated.
The impacts are complex. It’s sited on an unlined, pre EPA legacy waste dump, already experiencing sea-level rise and groundwater rise, a collapsing cap, storm surges and a collapsing levee. It would also bring years, potentially decades, of disruptive construction, along with contamination risks from building atop a former dump, and potentially grave consequences for Redwood City’s adjoining wildlife reserve and wetlands.
Moreover, the greenhouse gas impacts and congestion from traffic will be unprecedented for the Shores, bringing more than 5,000 daily car trips and residual pollution to this remote bayside location, surrounded by family homes and an ecological reserve.
The environmental impact report for this project is coming soon, but it won’t resolve all concerns or answer every question, including long-term risks like sea level rise and ground water rise.
Instead of waiting for that report, the Redwood City City Council needs to hear NOW that the community is still concerned about this project and is looking for Council leadership to ensure that the final project is right-sized and compatible with this location and its sensitive shoreline.
Add your name to the petition NOW to urge the City to get this right! Keep Redwood Shores livable and save the Bay and nature we love.
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