This bond category is around the Estuary waterfront and includes water quality and hazard materials remediation, but also waterfront trail and parks construction. There is a lot of ongoing work in this category, as Bay Trail has had many blockers over the years with a complex set of properties, owners, and government agencies along the waterfront. Parks along the waterfront are also tied into construction at Brooklyn Basin, and there is a lot of hazard materials in the soils which have set back some park work.
Measure DD: Estuary Waterfront Access, Parks, and Clean up
Water quality improvements, hazardous materials remediation, along with waterfront trail and parks acquisition and construction.
Overview
Water Quality Improvements and Hazardous Materials Remediation
$9,500,000 was set aside for these projects
- Land acquisition for environmental clean up and conservation
- Hazardous materials clean up
Waterfront Trail and Parks Acquisition and Construction
- Pedestrian and bicycle trail acquisition and construction along Estuary waterfront to provide continuous public access from Jack London Square to Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline ($19.5 million)
- Public access area for shoreline parks, Martin Luther King wetlands and trails and City sportsfields ($2 million)
- Acquisition and development of following parks along Estuary waterfront ($22 million) :
- Estuary Park at mouth of Lake Merritt Channel into the Estuary
- Meadows Park at 5th Avenue
- New park in area of 9th Avenue Terminal
- Union Point Park at 23rd Avenue