tideland
noun
, -lənd\
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Staff for the port, which oversees development on state tidelands, reasoned that the analysis would assist the agency’s board members in weighing the Fifth Avenue Landing development. — Lori Weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Port financial analysis favors convention center expansion over competing hotel project," 8 June 2018 At particular issue in the latest legal round is a law specific to Massachusetts that governs waterways and filled tidelands. — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, "Energy giant sues Weymouth over pipeline station, saying federal law overrides zoning," 6 May 2018 The bill would not have granted public use or access to private dry land, banks, beaches, marshland, tidelands or water bottoms - only ebbing and flowing waters deep enough to allow navigation by boats and other vessels. — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, "Lawmakers reject effort to make Louisiana coastal waters public," 18 Apr. 2018 The expansion, though, has been on a collision course with the Fifth Avenue Landing hotel project, whose developers control the five-acre state tidelands site via a lease that is not due to expire until 2024. — Lori Weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Can convention center expansion backers gain control of bayfront site?," 30 Mar. 2018 The development team, which includes longtime Port of San Diego tenants Ray Carpenter and Art Engel, controls the state tidelands site via a lease that is not due to expire until 2024. — Lori Weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Ballot initiative for convention center expansion, homelessness launched," 8 Jan. 2018 According to the Port, of the 8,035 overnight accommodations on its tidelands, just 237 units at the Chula Vista RV park fall within the low-cost category. — Lori Weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, "New hope for low-cost overnight stay at the beach," 16 Oct. 2017 Both the Port of San Diego and Brigantine, though, expect that the tidelands project will yield even greater revenues than the base rent. — Lori Weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Anthony's bayfront replacement clears last hurdle," 10 Oct. 2017 For good tideland exploration, go when low tides expose a long sand spit reaching from the park’s main beachfront almost to the end of the half-mile-long point. — Brian J. Cantwell, The Seattle Times, "Sailing the water wonderlands of South Puget Sound," 6 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tideland.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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