Progress is being made turning an old landfill into Salish Landing Park. It will take 3 years as a lot of work has to be done. The process was being explained during a kayak tour. I didn't kayak, but met them at a their rest stop in Boulevard Park. There was a discussion about what steps are being taken to develop the new park. The process is interesting.
From South Bay Trail, one can see lots of work being done. the view is through the trees.
Eventually the city plans to put up a sign explaining things and possibly trim some trees for a better view.
Like a vapor barrier, the toxic landfill is being covered in a thick permanent cap. More rocks and soil will be put on top with the park built above that.
Thousands of pages of documents explains things. Lots of agencies are working on this, including the State Department of Ecology.
I read about the kayak trip and ask AI if there was any way to learn from the trip without a kayak. AI explained that a rest stop and information session was planned on shore at Boulevard Park along the way.
Kayakers on their way along the shore from the Boating Center in Fairhaven District past Boulevard Park and then up to the new Salish Landing site.
Passing Bellingham's famous little island made out of tin flakes tossed out from a cannery that was there long ago.
On way back to boating Center the kayakers stopped at Boulevard Park for a lunch break and information session.
Lots of questions were answered.
Here is the containment cap seen from the railroad crossing at Warf Street and the end of Corwall Avenue. I went there later in the day.
View from the north entrance. Site is not open to public. It will take nearly 3 years to build, monitor and open as a park. The park will be larger than Boulevard Park.
It takes patience to wait through this long process. It might be like the building of a cathedral in the Middle Ages, only not as long. Some Cathedrals took hundreds of years to build.
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