News Advisory from the City of Coronado:

CORONADO, CA (January 19, 2012) – The City of Coronado has been awarded a $630,000 grant from the California Boating and Waterways Commission for improvements to the Glorietta Bay Boat Launching Facility.

State Boating and Waterways commissioners approved two grants totaling $1.25 million at its meeting on January 18 in Santa Barbara.  Coronado resident Doug Metz, a commissioner, attended the meeting.

“I was pleased to move approval of the $630,000 grant to Coronado,” said Metz, who was appointed to the California Boating and Waterways Commission in 2006.

Coronado will use its funds to improve the boat ramp and dock at Glorietta Bay.  The project will include the installation of a new gangway, repair of the concrete boat launching ramp and the adjacent rock revetment, and the replacement of docks and piles.  The City also will relocate the boat wash-down area to prevent contaminants from entering the bay, resurface and restripe the parking lot, and install new ramp lighting.

Coronado applied for the grant in March 2010.  The state Department of Boating and Waterways grants come from the taxes paid by boaters on the purchase of vessel gasoline and the repayment of principal and interest on department-made loans. These grants and loans require the consent of the state’s Boating and Waterways Commission.

The Glorietta Bay Boat Launching Facility is located at the southern end of Strand Way, south of the Coronado Community Center.  The project is expected to improve access to the bay and provide updated code-compliant facilities.

City officials say the grant will allow Coronado to provide the type of facility that will attract more boaters to Glorietta Bay. Riverside County Parks Department received the other grant, $620,000, for boat launch facility upgrades.

Contact:  Janine Zúñiga
619-522-7340-office
619-520-8973-cell

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