Back in the mid to late 1990s, during the Mayor Susan Golding administration, the grandiose idea of creating a canal between the two bays, San Diego Bay and Mission Bay, was alive. With the then recent closure of the Naval Training Center now Liberty Station there was interest in a canal. It seemed…
San Diego's second attempt to lift the 30-foot building height limit in the Midway District started in earnest this week with two separate actions of equal significance.
With 226 sleeping pods renting for up to $60 a night, the proposed hotel would mark the first affordable lodging on port tidelands, following years of pleas and pressure by the Coastal Commission.
Travelers would have to head from downtown to a new transit station at the Port Authority, where a people mover would bring them the 2 miles to the airport.
SANDAG leaders said they anticipate beginning the environmental review for the transit connection to the airport this summer. The environmental review for the hub site will follow, after additional study.