Environmentalists oppose developer’s plan to fill in part of Redwood City tidal lagoon to build apartment complex

REDWOOD CITY — Environmentalists are rising up against a developer’s plan to dredge part of a San Francisco Bay tidal lagoon and use the fill to cover marshes around it so a 350-unit apartment complex can be built on top.

Saying it would would destroy a natural habitat and expose apartment dwellers to sea-level rise, the environmentalists said they would sue to stop the project at 199 Seaport Blvd., near the Port of Redwood City.

Before the development proposal could even go before the Redwood City City Council, however, Menlo Park-based Laguna Sequoia Land Company must obtain building permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Regional Water Quality Control Board.