Maybe they should not pave a potentially temporary parking lot.

More parking is being added to Bellingham waterfront redevelopment. It's likely temporary. I think they should leave it gravel, rather than spending more money for pavement to a temporary lot. The existing lot, just south of it, is gravel.

It looks like they are getting ready for pavement which could need to be torn out eventually, though "temporary" could mean decades. Other uses may come to that area in the future.

Being a bicyclist, I don't need parking though I realize that car addiction is rampant in USA. Businesses, in that area, will likely benefit from the boost that more parking could bring. There is also a bus route that serves that area. One of the biggest draws to that area, now, is a beer garden. Hope people don't drive drunk.

This is at the redevelopment area where Georgia Pacific Pulp and Paper Mill once stood.