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Enhancement Studies

Spruce Street Channel Rehabilitation Project Spruce

Reidy Creek Enhancement

In April 2023, City staff partnered with the Escondido Police Department and I Love a Clean San Diego to host Coastal Cleanup Day.

The city of Escondido supported the Escondido Creek Conservancy in implementing a $380,873 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Proposition 1 grant to remove over 600 non-native trees, including Mexican Fan Palms.

San Elijo Lagoon Restoration Study

The $120 million restoration project broke ground in November 2017 and is part of the Build North Coast Corridor program of the San Diego Association of Governments and Caltrans. The San Elijo Lagoon Restoration Project (SELRP) includes

  • Vegetation clearing and building a series of dikes along the main lagoon channel and inlet to control water elevations and turbidity,
  • Dredging various channels within the lagoon to increase tidal flow,
  • Restoring mudflats,
  • Establishment of new wetland habitat, and,
  • Creation of new pedestrian trails.