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$300M Cruise Terminal Needs Further Study

SAN FRANCISCO0-The Port of San Francisco proposal to would increase the city's tourism industry, but city officials are worried about the impact of such a project on the environment.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on July 02, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO-The City of San Francisco has submitted a 14-year bid to build a new cruise terminal that would compete with similar facilities at other West Coast ports such as Los Angeles and Seattle for the prosperous sea-travel tourist trade.

However, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will not give the project a green light until they are convinced that the project will be more environmentally feasible. At the board’s meeting yesterday, they requested a revised environmental impact report that thoroughly addresses potential problems that might be caused by cruise ships. The port agreed.

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