- Oyster Point Marina/Park
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Oyster Point Park Type San Mateo County Parks District Location South San Francisco, California (Oyster Point) Area 33 acres (13.4 hectares) Status Open all year Oyster Point Marina/Park is a 600 berth marina and 33-acre (13.4 HA) city park in South San Francisco, California in the San Francisco Bay Area on the western shoreline of the southern San Francisco Bay.[1] It is also the site for the construction of the Oyster Point/South San Francisco Ferry Terminal with service to the Jack London Square/Oakland Ferry Terminal.[2]
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Overview
The marina is located close to nearby job centers in various office complexes and high rises in downtown of this city known as a regional biotech center.[3] The high and increasing traffic on Highway 101 and job centers being located adjacent to this marina has led the San Francisco Bay Water Transit Authority to develop a ferry terminal here.[3] That terminal will operate service to downtown San Francisco as well as Bay Farm Island in Alameda on the opposite shore.[4] Service will begin in 2011.[5]
In addition to boating and parkland there are 2.3 miles (3.7 km) of sandy beaches.[1]
WETA South San Francisco Ferry
Two docks will be removed for the new pilings and floats based ferry terminal and the Army Corps of Engineers is setting up breakwaters in order to allow safe ferry operations.[5]
Money from a 250 million dollar State Proposition 1B grant will be used to begin building the terminal sometime in 2008.[6]
References
- ^ a b Welcome to Oyster Point Marina/Park!, Oyster Point Marina/Park website, retrieved August 5, 2007
- ^ [file:///Users/ianarmstrong/Downloads/092809SFFterminal.pdf]
- ^ a b Providing New Transit Options for the Biotech Capital South San Francisco, WTA, retrieved August 5, 2007
- ^ Map.gif, WTA ferry routes rap, retrieved August 5, 2007
- ^ a b Project Status/Update, Oyster Point Marina/Park website, retrieved August 5, 2007
- ^ Richmond hoping ferry service can be revived, by Katherine Tam, West County Times, July 10, 2008, access date July 13, 2008
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Coordinates: 37°39′47″N 122°22′51″W / 37.663066°N 122.380743°W
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- Parks in San Mateo County, California
- South San Francisco, California
- Ferry terminals in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Proposed public transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Municipal parks in California
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