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Working Waterfronts

Working waterfronts include water‐dependent facilities and related shore‐side infrastructure offering access or support for a wide variety of public, business, recreation, and commercial uses. Challenges facing waterfront users include declining water quality, loss of public access and traditional uses, competing demands, population growth, and threats from climate change. The Alliance will undertake activities to:

• Sustain and enhance robust waterfront cultural traditions, commerce, and uses of public trust; and
  
  
• Integrate coastal and land use planning tools to balance new development, historic uses, port expansion, and sustained resources for the future.